Teaching Practice

Teaching Experience

I have been the instructor of record or a teaching assistant for the following courses in the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona.

GEOG 150C Environment and Society (Teaching Assistant): an introductory course into human dimensions of environmental issues

GEOG 220 Our Diverse Biosphere (Teaching Assistant): an introductory biogeography course

GEOG 230 Our Changing Climate (Teaching Assistant): an introductory interdisciplinary course on both human and physical aspects of climate change

GEOG 240 Our Dynamic Landscape (Instructor): an introductory interdisciplinary course that includes geomorphology, biogeography, disturbance, and human-environment landscapes

GEOG 302 Introduction to Sustainable Development (Instructor): an upper-level course on urban sustainable development

GEOG 303 Field Study in Environmental Geography (Teaching Assistant and Instructor): an upper-level course on field skills and research approaches in environmental geography

GEOG 350 Economic Geography (Teaching Assistant): an upper-level course on economic geography

Teaching Materials

Below are materials that I have used in my courses as an instructor or developed for the teaching practicum in my Certificate in College Teaching program.

Example syllabi:

GEOG 240 Our Dynamic Landscape

GEOG 362 Environment and Development

Example lesson plans:

GEOG 303 Field Study in Environmental Geography

Utilizing maps in research

Making a scientific poster presentation

GEOG 362 Environment and Development

Payments for ecosystem services and carbon markets

Example summative assessments:

GEOG 240 Our Dynamic Landscape

Term paper on a chosen disturbance