Teaching
My teaching fosters interdisciplinary exploration of complex environment-society questions. I have taught across a wide breadth of topics, and my teaching interests include marine studies, political ecology, environmental justice, environmental history, Anthropocene studies, environmental anthropology, animal studies, and conservation social science. Inclusivity, accessibility, ethical engagement, critical thinking, and experiential learning are core to my pedagogical approach.
Teaching Experience
Courses (Instructor of Record)
Oregon State University
- MAST 201 Humans and the Ocean | Marine Studies Program, College of Liberal Arts
- MAST 300 Society, Culture, and the Marine Environment | Marine Studies Program, College of Liberal Arts
- MAST 399 Special Topics: Marine Mammals, Culture, and History on the Oregon Coast | Marine Studies, College of Liberal Arts
- Recipient of MACO Faculty Advancement Award
- MAST 425 Marine Studies Degree Capstone | Marine Studies Program, College of Liberal Arts
- MAST 444 Writing for Marine Studies | Marine Studies Program, College of Liberal Arts
- HC 407 Frozen Futures and the Ends of the Earth: Competing Visions of Polar Regions | Honors College, in collaboration with PRAx annual theme “Polar Regions”
Supervising (Graduate Teaching Assistantship)
University of Cambridge, Department of Geography
- Geographies of Postcolonialism and Decoloniality | Third-Year Undergraduate Course
- Inequality | Second-Year Undergraduate Course
- Political Appetites: Geographies of Food and Power | Third-Year Undergraduate Course
- Political Ecology in the Global South | Third-Year Undergraduate Course
- Society, Environment and Sustainable Development | First-Year Undergraduate Course
Contributing & Guest Lectures
- “Not Just Moby-Dick & Save the Whales: Cetacean Conservation, Power, & Justice,” in Fisheries & Wildlife 340 Multicultural Perspectives in Natural Resources | Oregon State University | Spring 2025
- “AI in the News: Whales, Communication, and Ethics,” in College Seminar: Generative AI and Society | Oregon State University | Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025
- “Harvesting the Oceans,” in Political Appetites: Geographies of Food and Power | Third-Year Undergraduate Course | Geography Department, University of Cambridge | Winter 2021, Winter 2022
- “Extinction Narratives,” for M.Phil. in Anthropocene Studies | Geography Department, University of Cambridge | Fall 2020, Fall 2021
Graduate Seminar Leading
- “Oceanic Anthropocenes,” for M.Phil. in Anthropocene Studies | Geography Department, University of Cambridge | Winter 2022
Mentoring
Undergraduate Mentoring/Advising
I have mentored undergraduate capstones, independent projects, honors theses, and dissertations across a wide range of environment-society topics. For undergraduate students at Oregon State, I recommend checking out the Undergraduate Research website, and please contact me via email to discuss any specific/formal mentorship opportunities.
Graduate Mentoring/Advising
I am Graduate Faculty in Applied Anthropology at Oregon State University. Please contact me to discuss graduate-level mentorship opportunities.
