Teaching
I am an award-winning instructor and my teaching approach weaves together three pedagogical strands: creating an inclusive classroom, responding to students’ learning needs through multimodal teaching, and grounding ideas in experiential learning. In my teaching, I strive to move beyond providing information and to build skills in analysis, problem solving, and collaboration.
Drexel University, Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Undergraduate Law Program:
Law 312: Immigration Law, Spring 2025
University of California, Berkeley, Legal Studies (Graduate Student Instructor/Teaching Assistant):
Legal Studies 100: Foundations of Legal Studies, Fall 2018
Legal Studies 132AC: Immigration and Citizenship, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019
Legal Studies 140: Property and Liberty, Fall 2017
Legal Studies 184: Sociology of Law, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
University of California, Irvine, Criminology, Law and Society (Teaching Assistant):
CRM/LAW: Law and Inequality, Winter 2012
Awards:
University of California, Berkeley, Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, 2019
What Students Say:
“I can’t think of a more capable professor to instruct this course. The professor’s experience and professionalism on sensitive subject matter was top tier”
— Undergraduate Student, Drexel University (Spring 2025)
“Pauline made herself incredibly available to students. She answered my many emails about writing, citations, and conducting interviews promptly. She made time for me outside of office hours when I was struggling on my paper and provided me support after class when I was preparing to conduct interviews.”
— Undergraduate Student, University of California, Berkeley (Fall 2018)
“Pauline’s teaching style made all the difference. She really engaged us with critical questions about the course material and prepared me to succeed in the writing assignment and writing portion of the exams.”
— Undergraduate Student, University, of California, Berkeley (Spring 2019)