Teaching

I joined the faculty at Colgate University as the 2016-2017 Gretchen Hoadley Burke ’81 Endowed Chair for Regional Studies and am currently an Associate Professor in Environmental Studies. Classes include:

  • Sustainability & Climate Action Planning
  • Environmental Policy Analysis
  • US Environmental Politics
  • Conservation Biology & Policy (co-taught)
  • Community-based Study of Environmental Issues (co-taught)
  • Wilderness (CORE Communities)
  • Australian Environmental Issues (Australia Study Group)

From 2012 to 2016, I was a faculty member of the Department of Policy Studies at California Lutheran University. I designed and taught classes in the Master of Public Policy and Administration (MPPA) program. Classes include:

  • Implementation & Analysis of Public Policy
  • Sustainable Development Policy
  • Research Methods
  • Climate & Energy Policy
  • Organizational Theory & Development

Previously, I taught at the University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs (2009-2011), where I received my MPA and my Ph.D. I designed and taught classes in the Master in Public Administration (MPA) program, including:

  • Introduction to Public Administration and Public Service