Designing Environmental
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This 4-unit course is designed for E-IPER PhD students who are in the beginning stage of their doctoral research. It builds on foundations in research philosophy from ENVRES 310 and explores the relationship between research philosophy and research design strategies. The majority of the course content covers principles and practice of research designs that are commonly employed by scholars in environmentally related fields. The course is heavily discussion based, requiring the active participation of students to realize its learning objectives.
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The Social Ocean
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The Social Ocean is an interdisciplinary graduate-level course examining human dimensions of current ocean issues through a series of readings, discussions, and guest-lecturer presentations. Through the lenses offered by multiple disciplines and fields, including environmental justice, governance theory, social science, and ocean ecology, I lead the class through an examination and reinterpretation of the challenges of ocean access, environmental justice in the oceans, conservation and restoration, and human rights. Personal feedback for my course included:
“I learned a lot more than I was expecting about ocean justice. I really think this course has made me a more knowledgeable, respectful, and enthusiastic marine scientist.”
“In a busy schedule, I looked forward to the hours spent in Y2E2 each week knowing I would be surrounded by brilliant, compassionate individuals wrestling with all the same problems. Your choice in speakers, careful thought to the syllabus, and invitations to bring the outside in and the inside out yielded learnings that will last a long time!”
“I learned a ton about environmental justice as it relates to the oceans and I learned about the design and monitoring of marine protected areas. Human-ocean interactions are so vital to consider when thinking about conservation and sustainability and this course emphasized to me how important it is to be engaged with local communities when conducting research.”
“I love this course!! It covers a wide array of topics that are each so important for scientists, activists, and ocean lovers to consider. The teaching team is awesome and the guest lecturers were all so passionate and interesting.”
“I learned a lot more than I was expecting about ocean justice. I really think this course has made me a more knowledgeable, respectful, and enthusiastic marine scientist.”
“In a busy schedule, I looked forward to the hours spent in Y2E2 each week knowing I would be surrounded by brilliant, compassionate individuals wrestling with all the same problems. Your choice in speakers, careful thought to the syllabus, and invitations to bring the outside in and the inside out yielded learnings that will last a long time!”
“I learned a ton about environmental justice as it relates to the oceans and I learned about the design and monitoring of marine protected areas. Human-ocean interactions are so vital to consider when thinking about conservation and sustainability and this course emphasized to me how important it is to be engaged with local communities when conducting research.”
“I love this course!! It covers a wide array of topics that are each so important for scientists, activists, and ocean lovers to consider. The teaching team is awesome and the guest lecturers were all so passionate and interesting.”
Oceans and the Global Imaginary
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Oceans and the Global Imaginary is a new graduate-level class in the Stanford Global Studies department, taught for the first time in the Winter of 2023. I co-taught this class with Professor Krish Seetah. Taking a genuinely global viewpoint, this course explored the dynamic nature of peoples' interactions with their maritime landscape and seascape. We drew on a wide range of social science and natural science data and approaches to assess how we have historically traversed and explored the seas; how the seas have been an enduring source of nutrition; and how they have come to garner immense social and cultural significance to peoples around the world. The course looks at the unique features of the Indian, Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern Oceans, using case studies from each, while drawing lines that connect these vast oceanic basins. Ultimately, the course emphasizes the challenges facing our oceans as humanity's impact reaches unprecedented levels and considers how people and oceans in partnership might help mitigate the damage climate change has wrought on our planet. Personal feedback for our course included:
“Throughout this quarter I have walked out of our one-hour class week each week shocked at how much I’ve learned in such a short amount of time…. This course has to be one of the best classes that I have stumbled upon during my time at Stanford.”
“This class was amazing in showing how many different initiatives and pathways there are for ocean conservation and action.”
“Throughout this quarter I have walked out of our one-hour class week each week shocked at how much I’ve learned in such a short amount of time…. This course has to be one of the best classes that I have stumbled upon during my time at Stanford.”
“This class was amazing in showing how many different initiatives and pathways there are for ocean conservation and action.”
Pursuing Sustainability
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Designed as a showcase for the transdisciplinary approach of the new Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, this short, intensive summer course focused on the many ways we can solve sustainability-related problems, and the many opportunities that exist for collaboration across disciplines. Throughout the course we incorporated design-thinking workshops, guest lectures about various sustainability-related topics, and interactive activities to explore and increase students' connection to nature.
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Planet Ocean
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I was the graduate instructor for a new course, Planet Ocean, taught for the first time at Stanford in the Winter of 2022 and co-taught by Professors Fio Micheli, Rb Dunbar, and Steve Palumbi. The course covered a new habitat or topic each week across three sessions, respectively introducing scientific concepts, policy implications, and technological innovations related to the week’s theme. The class included 24 undergraduate students, 3 postdoctoral scholars, and 4 fellows of Stanford’s Distinguished Careers Institute. Personal feedback for my instruction included:
“Helped me develop a deeper understanding of the course content. Very good at moderating section discussions.” “Helpful with general course content, very responsive, gave expansive info on topics I was interested in.” “Very approachable, easy to talk to, not intimidating. Propelled discussion well and linked students points together.” “Helpful, Knowledgeable about the content and beyond very kind, easy to talk to.” “Positivity, Openness, Organization” |
