Kesi is an independent teacher, curriculum designer, and consultant.
Kesi enjoys exploring ways to ignite students’ excitement about making connections between seemingly unrelated texts, questioning authority and master narratives, and layering texts in conversations with students of all ages.
Previous Appointments
First Resident Professor of the Bard Sequence at Urban Assembly School of Music and Art, 2019 - 2021.
Visiting Professor at Bard High School Early College Manhattan, 2017-2019.
Creative Writing 101 at Gotham Writers Workshop, 2018 - 2019.
Sample Workshops
Lecture based: “Education Beyond the Ivory Tower.” Presented at Bard High School Early College Queens’ Black Lives Matter Day of Action, January 28, 2020.
Sample Syllabi
Rewriting Our Stories (BHSEC Manhattan, Summer 2020)
Senior Bard Seminar (Urban Assembly High School for Music and Art, Fall 2019 - Spring 2020)
African American Young Adult Literature (BHSEC Manhattan, Fall 2017)
Sample Course Evaluations
“Major Authors: Toni Morrison” at New York University, Fall 2016