Teaching

I teach courses in Physical Geography, Weather and Climate, Human-Environment Interactions, and GIS. Beyond these subjects, my interests extend to developing community-engaged learning initiatives aimed at improving enrollment, retention, and graduation rates for historically underserved STEM students.

GEOG 1600 Nature and Society: Physical Geography

This course explores Earth's physical environments through an earth systems perspective, focusing on the natural processes and interactions that shape them. Emphasis is placed on processes, relationships and explanations, rather than descriptions of natural phenomena. Along with core concepts in physical geography, students also engage with current issues such as resource conflicts, environmental changes, and sustainability challenges.

GEOG 1700 Weather and Climate

This course is crafted to provide students with a strong foundational understanding of the principles of weather and climate and the mechanisms driving weather phenomena and climate patterns. This includes topics like the structure and composition of the atmosphere, the mechanisms underlying atmospheric circulation, cloud formation, precipitation, and extreme weather events.

GEOG 4100 Applied Climatology

This course introduces students to climatic and environmental data and analytical tools and techniques that are used for examining climate-related challenges that affect individuals and communities in California directly, including a) sea level rise b) drought and water resource stress, c) extreme temperatures and heat waves in urban environments, and d) air pollution and community health.

GEOG 4150 Perspectives on Environment

This course explores important societal topics, like the linkages between social and economic factors and issues of environmental degradation and public health within communities. Students receive practical experience utilizing widely-adopted analytical tools and publicly available datasets to address important environmental issues facing Los Angeles communities. The goal is to improve student awareness of local environmental issues, while promoting a sense of empowerment and engagement through the development of evidence-based, problem-solving skills that can help transform these communities into healthier spaces.

GEOG 4620 GIS Applications for Environmental Studies

This course is designed to introduce students to GIS applications through a series of case studies (labs) with an emphasis placed on spatial analysis and modeling and on displaying results using different map products. Students will be trained in the geospatial modeling and analysis tools and techniques that are commonly utilized in the study of environmental phenomena and processes through real-world GIS applications. Topics may include conservation needs using remote sensing, digital image processing, data structures, database design, spatial data analysis, landscape ecology and metrics, suitability modelling, terrain and watershed analysis and coastal vulnerability analysis.

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