To teach is not to transfer knowledge but to create the possibilities for the production or construction of knowledge.
~ Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of Freedom
Course Titles
Comparative Societies
Culture of Latin America (Peru)
Culture of Spain
Honors–Addressing Social Problems
Honors for Social Change
Incarceration and Society
Introduction to Sociology
International Political Economy
Professional Development, Sociology
Senior Project I, II
Social Change
Social Problems
Sociological Research Methods
Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender
Spanish 1 and 2
The World System and Its Problems
United States Race and Ethnic Relations
Appropriate Technology for the Developing World
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Race, Class, and Gender
Black Studies 1
Black Studies 38B
Latin American and Iberian Studies 100
Other Teaching
First Aid/CPR Instructor-American Red Cross
Religion Teacher-Mission College Preparatory High School, San Luis Obispo, CA
Youth Minister-Nativity of Our Lady Church, San Luis Obispo, CA
Resource Teacher, 3rd and 4th Grade- Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos Orphanage, La Venta, Honduras
Kayak Instructure and Guide-Central Coast Kayaks
Ryan Alaniz MA,PhD 