Teaching Experience
Harvard University
20013 – present
Preceptor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Lecturer, Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Lecturer, HES Sustainability and Global Development Practice Graduate Programs
Responsibilities: design curriculum and program, create marketing materials, write field guides, advise students,
provide curricular support to tenured faculty, ongoing assessment of program effectiveness Courses: How to
Build a Habitable Planet, Energy: Problems, Perspectives, and Prospects, Natural
Disasters, Wetlands in a Global Environment, Sustainability of Natural Resource Materials, Capstone
Awards: Certificate of Distinction in Teaching; four-time recipient of Dean’s Commendation for
Extraordinary Teaching; ABL Connect Teaching Innovator Prize
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Associate Professor, Math & Science Program 2016– 2022
Courses: Climate Change Science, Energy in the 21st Century, Environmental Science, Wetlands Science and Policy, Eating and the Environment, Biological Form and Function, Natural Disasters in a Global Environment, Natural Resource Materials of Art, Directed Study
Committees/Service: Curriculum Committee, Head of Liberal Arts Liaison Initiative, Colleges of the Fenway
Sustainability Committee, Colleges of the Fenway Earth Day Planning Committee, MassArt Sustainability
Incubator, Muddy River Research Symposium Judge
Johns Hopkins University
Course Designer, Capstone Supervisor, Adjunct Professor – present
School of Advanced International Studies, Masters in Sustainable Energy. Courses: Systems Analysis for Sustainable Energy, Capstone Advisor
Norwich University
Adjunct Professor 2020 – present
Master of Arts Strategic Studies, Bachelor of Science Strategic Studies and Defense Analysis, Bachelor of Science National Security Studies, College of Graduate and Continuing Studies Courses: Environmental Science, Sustainability Science
American University of Afghanistan
Associate Professor, STEM 2023 - present
Course: Everyday Science Seminar
American Public University System/American Military University
Adjunct Professor 2020 – present
Master of Science Environmental Policy Management, BS Environmental Science Courses: Environmental Science; Environmental Ethics Committees: Academic Quality Committee (elected member); STEM Committee
Boston College
Lecturer, Dept. Earth and Environmental Science
Lecturer, Woods College of Advancing 2014 – 2020
Visiting Research Scientist, Weston Observatory
Courses: Alternative Energy: Why Aren’t We There Yet?, Energy in the 21 st Century, Climate Change
Solutions, Environmental Geoscience I, Environmental Geoscience II, Sustainability Science, Natural
Disasters and Catastrophes, Eating and the Environment, Natural Resource Materials, Mobile Earth Awards:
Certificate of Excellence in Online Education; Phi Beta Kappa Faculty Teaching Award
Northeastern University
Adjunct Professor 2000 – 2013
Associate Academic Specialist, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Adjunct Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Co-creator and Director, Energy Systems Minor, Dept. Civil Envi Engineering Adjunct Professor, Honors Program
Courses: Environmental Science, Sustainable Development, Wetlands (with lab), Introduction to College, Environment at Northeastern, Marine Resources, Biological Oceanography, Environmental Geology, Natural Disasters and Catastrophes, Methods of Inquiry: Wetlands Science and Policy, Eating and the
Environment, Environmental Pollution, Senior Thesis, The Edible Environment, Physical Oceanography, Directed Study, Dynamic Earth (with lab), Hydrogeology (with lab), Groundwater
Geochemistry (with lab), Hydrology, Water Resources, Groundwater Modeling, Alternative Energy: Why Aren’t We There Yet?, Engineering Geology, Energy and the Environment Award:
Excellence in Teaching (5-time nominee, 1-time winner)
Tufts University
Lecturer, Medford, Massachusetts 2001 – present (nonconsecutive)
Course: Hydrogeology with laboratory; Community and Population Ecology
Syracuse University
1995 - 1999
Lecturer, Teaching Assistant, Basketball Program Tutor, Football Program Tutor and Mentor
Courses: Environmental Geology, Physical Geology, Historical Geology, Calculus, Biology
