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I have 5 years of teaching experience in the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona with a strong record of teaching effectiveness across diverse student populations.

 

I am currently the instructor for GEOG 210: Cultural and Political Geography of Globalization (fall 2018), a general education, diversity emphasis course with an enrollment of approximately 30 students from a diverse range of majors. In this course we cover topics such as colonialism, free trade and neoliberalism, agriculture and food policy, urbanization, nationalism, and immigration. The syllabus for this course is available HERE.

 

I served as instructor for GEOG/EVS 362: Environment and Development (spring 2018), an upper-level course for geography and environmental studies majors with an enrollment of approximately 45 students. I significantly adapted the previous syllabus for this course, which used political economy and social justice perspectives to examine topics such as climate change, consumption/population debates, environmental social movements, and human dimensions of forest and conservation policy. The syllabus, sample assignments, course evaluations, and student comments are all available by clicking on the in-text links.

 

I served as the instructor for GEOG 150c: Environment and Society (2015 winter term), a fully online, writing-intensive introductory environment and society geography course, covering topics such as: climate change, fisheries, institutions and commons analysis. Course evaluations and student comments are available by clicking the in-text links.

 

I have also served as the instructor for GEOG 395: Current Topics on Geography (4 semesters), a class for undergraduates who take SGD’s colloquium series as a 1-credit class. In this course, I facilitated advanced students engagement with wide range of geographic presentations in weekly colloquium series and develop portfolios of written responses.

 

I have three semesters of experiences as an in-class teaching assistant for two writing intensive courses, GEOG 150b: Geography and Global Issues (fall 2012, spring 2013) and GEOG 170: Intro to Physical Geography (fall 2015), where I was responsible for leading four 20-student discussion sections each semester.

 

As a teaching assistant for GEOG 360: Population Geography (spring 2016) I developed and ran census data lab groups.

 

I served as a graduate intern for the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology (BARA) (fall 2014, spring 2015), where I was responsible for leading a group of undergraduate students in a collaborative research project with the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona to assess client satisfaction. In addition to coordinating the project I worked intensively with undergraduates to develop their skills at building rapport and co-developing research questions with community partners along with technical skills in survey design, administration, and analysis as well as ethnography and participant-observation.

 

I was privileged to serve as the UA's School of Geography and Development (SGD) Undergraduate Advisor/Mentor for two years where I was responsible for supporting undergraduates in four SGD majors (BA/BS Geography, Urban & Regional Planning, and Environmental Studies) by assisting them to develop course trajectories, internship and summer research engagements, and post-graduation plans. This experience was invaluable and I view quality mentorship and advising to be the foundation of effective teaching.