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I began teaching in the Environmental Science department at CMU in Fall 2019. I taught full-time as an instructor for the 2019-2020 academic year, and continued to teach single courses online as an adjunct. I will be a full-time instructor once again for the upcoming 2021-2022 academic year. I have taught courses in-person, online and in-pandemic conditions (hopefully never again!). Course formats have included lectures and labs, both in the field and in-classroom.
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Below are a list of courses I have taught including the course descriptions from CMU's catalog.
Impact of resource use and pollution on the earth's environment and biota. Scientific approach to solving environmental problems and the impacts of values upon global environmental decisions examined. General environmental awareness and literacy emphasized. 3 credits.
ENVS101 Introduction to Environmental Science
ENVS104 Environmental Science: Global Sustainability
Examination of local to global environmental issues. Includes human population dynamics and impact of agriculture on the environment, ecosystem function, energy use and sustainable development, air, water and soil pollution, climate change and environmental policy. Critical evaluation of readings from historical and modern environmental topics supplement lectures. 3 credits.
Critical readings in environmental science.
ENVS105 Readings in Environmental Science
ENVS331L Water Quality Laboratory
Lab component for ENVS331. 1 credit.
Lecture course description: Physical, chemical, and biological properties of aquatic systems. Includes movement of water in the watershed, stream classification and stability, lake circulation, aquatic ecology, chemistry and biology of natural and polluted waters, water quality monitoring, regulation and protection of surface water, and watershed assessment and management. Lab focuses on practical skills and field measurements culminating in an assessment of a local watershed.
Examination of the structure and organization of macroinvertebrate assemblages in streams and rivers. Topics include sample collection, sample preservation, sample identification, and analysis using the State of Colorado multimetric index for assessing water quality. 2 credits.
ENVS337 Stream Biomonitoring
Examination of principles and techniques for restoration of community characteristics and ecosystem functions to disturbed lands. Lecture and lab emphasize practical application of ecological principles to restoration culminating in an independent project of designing a restoration project for a local area. Lecture = 3 credits, Lab = 1 credit.
ENVS455 Restoration Ecology and Lab
ENVS475 Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis in Environmental Science
Examination of principles and techniques for designing experiments and analyzing data in environmental sciences. Emphasis on practical application of analysis techniques using environmental data with computer applications. 3 credits.