Coursework and teaching
The courses I teach focus on topics related to food systems, food sovereignty and the environment, botany and plant ecology, and Indigenous studies. I also teach methods related to ethnoecology, mixed methodologies, community based participatory research approaches, and allyship
I am developing new undergraduate and graduate courses at Emory University related to these topics.
Teaching at Emory University, Department of Environmental Sciences with contribution to the developing minor in Native American and Indigenous Studies:
Fall 2023: I am teaching ENVS 131 Intro to Field Studies. It is a fabulous intro class to the Piedmont Region, doing field work, and the ENVS department.
Spring 2024: I will teach ENVS 285 Biocultural Environments which will provide foundational knowledge, skills, and perspectives in Indigenous Environmental Sciences
Fall 2025: I am designing a land/lab based course at the 300 level on Food and Forests
In prior years, at Penn State University, I have taught or co-taught:
•GEO 493: Indigenous Connections through Pawpaw (co-teaching with Dr. Bronwen Powell and Dr. Robert Roberts)
•CED 297: Exploring Sustainability in Local Food Systems (students teaching students with undergrad Vancie Peacock)
•GEOG 530, Seminar in Human-Environment Geography, Critical perspectives on Diet and Food Systems (co-teaching with Dr. Bronwen Powell)
