Courses taught at Colorado State University

GR 100: Introduction to Geography Department of Anthropology & Geography, Fall 2021 (2 sections), Spring 2022, Fall 2022. Major geographic themes applied to selected regions; physical environment, human-land relationships, and regional analysis.

GR 217: Human-Environment Geographies Department of Anthropology & Geography, Spring 2022, Fall 2022. Examines human-environment relationships using geographic theories, geographic methods, and empirical evidence. Explores cross-scalar geographic interactions that shape environmental change and emphasizes critical thinking and small group interactions.

ECOL/GDPE 592: Sustainable Food Systems
Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Spring 2021. Interdisciplinary complexities of food systems, including material flows and sociopolitical contexts of food that are changing in response to global and local challenges. Analysis of strategies for improving the sustainability and resilience of food systems. Primary disciplinary foci include ecology, agronomy, and social sciences.

Courses taught at Iowa State University

WGS 201 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies
Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Spring 2019 (2 sections). Contemporary status of women in the U.S. and worldwide from social, economic, historical, political, philosophical and literary perspectives. Analysis of intersection of gender, race, class, and sexuality. Subject matter includes work, health, sexuality, and violence.

FOR/NREM 452/552: Ecosystem Management
Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Spring 2015. Principles of planning, regulating, and decision-making associated with public and private lands, with consideration of forest, grassland, wetland, and freshwater aquatic ecosystems. Integrated natural resources management within ecological, social, economic and policy constraints.

Guest lecturer at Colorado State University

ANTH 571: Anthropology and Global Health
CSU Department of Anthropology & Geography, Fall 2022

SOC 315: Applications of Qualitative Research
CSU Department of Sociology, Fall 2020

ESS 312: Sustainability Science
CSU Department of Ecology Science & Sustainability, Spring 2020

Guest lecturer at Iowa State University

WGS 402/502: Advanced Seminar in Feminist Research Methods
Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Spring 2022

WGS 402/502: Advanced Seminar in Feminist Research Methods
Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Spring 2021

SOC 513: Qualitative Research Methods
Department of Sociology, Spring 2018

WGS 402/502: Advanced Seminar in Feminist Research Methods
Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Spring 2017

CRP 383: Theory of the Planning Process
Department of Community and Regional Planning, Fall 2016

HORT 376: Field Production of Horticultural Crops
Department of Horticulture, Fall 2016

FOR 451: Forest Resource Economics
Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Spring 2014

NREM 570: Advanced Decision-Making in Natural Resource Allocation
Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Spring 2014

Select educational outreach and engagement

Prison agriculture in the United States: Mapping the disciplinary lanscapes of racial capitalism. CSU GIS Day, 2021.

Dare to Share Your Garden
ISU Extension & Outreach Cass County Spring Garden Seminar, Spring 2017

Donation Gardening Trainings
ISU Extension Master Gardener Program, Summer 2016

Food Security in Iowa Immersion Session Leader
World Food Prize Iowa Youth Institute, Spring 2016

People in Ecosystems/Watershed Integration Public Workshops
Co-hosted by Prairie Rivers of Iowa at Des Moines Area Community College, Fall 2015

People in Ecosystems/Watershed Integration Class
Des Moines Brody Middle School 7th Grade Science, Spring 2015