Teaching
My teaching is built around hands-on learning for real-world problems. I want students to gain practical field, lab, and geospatial skills that they can take into whatever they do next, whether that is graduate study, cultural resource management, environmental work, public service, GIS, conservation, or community-based heritage projects.
Teaching Philosophy
I emphasize clear expectations, scaffolded technical skills, applied assignments, and opportunities to work with authentic spatial, environmental, and archaeological data. I especially value helping students who may not initially see themselves as field scientists, GIS users, or researchers build confidence through guided practice.
Field-Based Student Training
One future goal is to develop a formal Belize field-school experience connecting archaeology, geography, environmental science, drone mapping, agricultural landscapes, and cultural immersion. I have discussed the potential for future student field training with the Maya Mountain Research Farm.
Courses Taught or Assisted
- The Natural Environment
- Digital Earth
- Sustainable Development
- The Healthy, Livable City
- Lidar Analysis
- The Past in Pop Culture
- Introduction to Physical Geography Laboratory
Courses Prepared to Teach
- Introduction to GIS
- Remote Sensing
- Drone Mapping and Lidar
- Digital Archaeology
- Geoarchaeology
- Human–Environment Interaction
- Environmental Geography
- Archaeological Field Methods
- Ancient Maya Landscapes
- Digital Heritage and 3D Visualization