Previously, I was the assistant director in the Center for Teaching and Learning. I moved over to a full-time faculty position in August of 2025 as an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. In the Environmental Studies program, I teach Intro to Environmental Science with lab, Environmental Geology, and more advanced courses like Earth Materials and Geomorphology and Hydrogeology and Hydrology. 

This course promotes understanding the value and limitations of the natural sciences in solving environmental problems. Students examine how environmental sciences are used to understand our world and its inhabitants, including topics like biodiversity, environmental quality, environmental change, hazards, and sustainability. More specifically, students investigate multiple domains of environmental science including some of the following specific topics: air quality; water quality and hydrology; risk; food/agriculture; soils; climate; and energy. This course aims to increase familiarity with scientific concepts underlying these environmental issues while enhancing students’ abilities to think creatively, analytically, and with minimal bias. Students learn to understand how natural science issues penetrate our lives, helping students gain confidence to discuss these issues and make decisions based on their understanding of environmental science.