I center an environmental justice perspective in every class-- this means placing questions of social justice and the uneven distribution of environmental benefits and burdens at the heart of teaching environmental studies and literature. In my own research, I find that these questions need to be understood historically and discursively, and it is my goal as an environmental justice educator to help my students learn the skills and perspectives necessary to unpack the complex historical, ecological, and social forces that create and maintain environmental inequalities. This means I equip students with the core skills of the humanities— close reading, argumentative and ethical reasoning through communication, and creative exploration of factual and counterfactual scenarios.
Courses I teach: ENVR 320: "Environmental Justice," ENVR 205: "Art, Nature, Culture," ENVR 305 "War and Environmental Conflict," ENVR 305: "Imagining Environmental Futures," ENVR 460/495 "Exploring DelMarVa, a Water's-eye View," ENVR 300 "Research and Methods of Analysis" I also have participated in the following team-taught interdisciplinary studies courses: IDIS 280: "Democracy Across the Disciplines," IDIS 280: "Responding to Climate Change," IDIS 280: "Immigration, Migration, and Displacement" IDIS 280: “Confronting Inequality—Achieving Sustainability”
