Krystal Laryea

Aug 17, 2023 2 min read

I am committed to pursuing excellence in my teaching practice and fostering classroom environments that are inclusive, creative, rigorous, and supportive. I am equipped to teach courses related to sociological theory, organizational analysis, cultural sociology, sociology of education, sociology of religion, research design, and nonprofits and civil society at the undergraduate and graduate levels. I am also equipped to teach qualitative methods courses, including interviewing and ethnographic methods, for all levels.

Past teaching experience

2021

Teaching Assistant, Organizational Analysis, Stanford University (Masters / PhD)

2020

Instructor, Hope House Scholars Program

2019

Teaching Assistant, Designing Research-Based Interventions to Solve Global Health Problems, Stanford University (Undergraduate)

2018-2021

Graduate Fellow in Residence, Residential Education, Stanford University

Invited lectures

2022

Guest Lecturer on qualitative methods for Practical Approaches in Global Health Research, Stanford School of Medicine.
Discussant for How the Other Half Eats by Priya Fielding-Singh. Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society Book Festival.

2021-2022

Guest Lecturer on qualitative methods for Applied Research Methods in International and Comparative Education, Stanford Graduate School of Education.

2020

Guest Lecturer on “Ambiguous Credentials” for Sociology of Education, Stanford Graduate School of Education.

Quotes from former students

“Krystal’s detailed feedback, general encouragement, and insightful comments in class were very helpful in my learning development throughout the quarter.”

“[Krystal is] very engaging and considerate at the same time. I deeply appreciated her willingness to listen and help.”

“Krystal was thoughtful in marking memos and giving feedback; she would not only give line-by-line feedback, but would also give summarizing commentary that explained both high- and low-level feedback, which was incredibly helpful for the development of my ideas. She was very fair and clearly thought deeply about our memos; in class, she would often make comments that tied together contributions from different students’ memos, which speaks to the volume of effort that Krystal put into this class. Finally, Krystal is a deeply caring person, and repeatedly brought up (in 1-1 communications) aspects about my personal and intellectual development. I felt like Krystal was able to see me as more than a face on Zoom call but as a human being.”

“Krystal cares deeply about providing thorough and detailed feedback to students. She was responsive, not afraid to challenge our thinking, and pushed me to go deeper into understanding the course content.”

“I really appreciated all the time that Krystal took into grading our memos. Each week she would get them back to us the next day with tons of helpful feedback and comments.”