Courses Taught

Courses I consistently teach in the Environmental Science & Sustainability Core Curriculum (though I have taught every course in our curriculum) 

• Introduction to Environmental Science (ES 110)

• Junior Seminar (ES 585)

• Senior Seminar (ES/Bio 600 and ES/Bio 610) --> My Senior Seminar Courses include both ESS and Biology Majors

My Upper Level Courses (cross listed with the Biology Department) - these courses rotate and are taught every other year.  I absolutely love teaching them every time! 

• Conservation Biology (ES/Bio 335) - This class provides a thorough introduction to fundamental concepts and current issues in the field, with an emphasis on local and global patterns of diversity, causes and consequences of declines in diversity, and ways to work with natural or managed systems to maintain or restore diversity.  There is a lab with this course which emphasizes investigating local conversation issues.  

• Stream Ecology (ES/Bio 344) - The goal of this course is to give you a background understanding of the structure and function of stream ecosystems which you can apply to basic and/or applied research or obtaining a job. Specifically, this course focuses on principles of stream, river, and watershed ecology to understand the natural history and ecology of running waters. The components of the course that directly address the goal are 1) lectures & discussions on a range of stream topics from hydrogeology to water chemistry to community & ecosystem ecology, and 2) a series of introductory labs that will provide experience with some of the techniques typically used to study the physical, chemical, and biotic aspects of streams. A final goal is to introduce you to current topics of basic and applied research on streams by reading and discussing articles from the primary literature. 

• Independent Studies - these vary depending on the student, semester and research needs.  I do not offer independent studies every semester.