Courses

St. Cloud State University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, September 2005-present

I began teaching at St. Cloud State University in the fall of 2005.  I have taught Soc 301, Social Inequality, Soc 195, Democratic Citizenship and Soc 462, Environment and Society.

In Social Inequality, I draw on the work of Gerry Pratt, Richa Nagar, Melissa Wright, Ann Fausto Sterling, Doreen Massey, Howard Winant, Lucy Jarosz and Victoria Lawson among others to discuss social difference and power, the institutionalization of inequality and topics such as welfare, environmental change, social movements and affirmative action. Oral presentations tied to research papers have focused on immigration, sustainability, health care inequalities and issues in Indian Country. 

Social Inequality, spring 2007

Environment and Society is an upper level undergraduate and graduate course.  We begin with Paul Robbins' text Political ecology and continue with authors who challenge students to think about the nature-society relationship such as Julie Guthman and Elspeth Probyn on food and farming, Anna L. Tsing and Doreen Massey on space and scale and Haraway on companion species.  

Environment and Society, spring 2006

Democratic Citizenship is designed to be an introductory course that all students at SCSU must take. I taught it as a course on global environmental citizenship.

Democratic Citizenship, spring 2007

Syracuse University, Department of Geography, September 2001-May 2003

I developed Global Environmental Change, Population Change and World Geography (in additon to two other courses) for the Geography Department at Syracuse University, where I taught for 2 years as a teaching post-doc.

Global Environmental Change

Population Change

World Geography

Selected Powerpoint Presentations

Environment and Development

The Tragedy of the Commons

Introduction to Questions about Animals

The College of the Holy Cross, January-May 2000

I designed and taught a seminar on Sustainable Cities at The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA while completing my doctorate.

Sustainable Cities

Student Evaluations ~ St. Cloud State 2005-present

I design my own evaluations, preferring these to questions that rate the professor rather than provide her with qualitative data from which she can learn. The files below use descriptive statistics to reveal students' general appreciation of the aspects of the course. The statistics are used to give others a sense of my teaching commitment and ability. The evaluations provided me with feedback that led me to change some readings, assignments and teaching methods.

Social Inequality, fall 2005-spring 2006

Environment and Society

Democratic Citizenship

Student Evaluations ~ Syracuse University 2001-2003

Geo 315 Global Environmental Change, spring 2002

Geo 105 World Geography, spring 2003