Teaching

I have been teaching in departments of Geography, Urban Studies and Planning, and Political Science  since 2009, in New York City, Portland, OR, and Toronto.


Department of Political Science, University of Toronto Mississauga


POL 116: Politics and Social Justice

POL 346Y: Urban Politics


2020 – 21, Fall 2021, 2023-4, Fall 2024


Undergraduate



65 students



POL 402: Public Space



Fall 2020, 21



Undergraduate



20 students



POL 403: Seminar in Urban Politics



Spring 2021



Undergraduate



20 students



POL 405: Internship



Fall 2021



Undergraduate



10 students



Faculty of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto Saint George



GGR 389: Public Space and Planning



Winter 2019, 20



Undergraduate



200 students



GGR 271: Social Research methods



Winter 2019, 20



Undergraduate



80 students



JGH 346: Urban Planning Processes



Fall 2018,19



Undergraduate



70 students



PLA 1102: Planning Decision Methods



Fall 2018, 19



Graduate



35 students



Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University


USP 410/510: Public Spac

e

Fall 17

Under/graduate


12 students



UNST 108: Portland! Freshman Inquiry


 


2015 –16


2016 –  17


Undergraduate



35 students



USP 301: Intro to Community Development



Winter 18, Fall 17, Spring 16, Spring 15


 



Undergraduate



50 students



UNST 220: Understanding Communities



Winter 18, Winter 15, Fall 14



Undergraduate



35 students



Master’s Program in Sustainable Interior Environments,


Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY



Environment Behavior Research: Research Methods– Segment I



Fall 13



Graduate



7 students


Environment Behavior Research: Research Methods– Segment II


Spring 14, Spring 13



Graduate



7 students



Urban Studies and Geography, Hunter College and Queens College, CUNY



Urban Wealth and Poverty



Soring 14, Fall 13



Undergraduate



40 Students



Geographies of Public Space



Spring 12



Undergraduate



30 students



Urban Life



Spring 11, Fall 10, Spring 10, Fall 09



Undergraduate



40 Students



Community Arts and Community Development



Spring 11, Spring 10



Undergraduate



12 students



Exploring Public Space



Fall 10



Undergraduate



15 students


Scholarly presentations on Pedagogy

Panelist, “Preparing Students for Careers: Bridging Classroom to Experiential Learning,” Prairie Political Science Association, Banff, AB, Canada, September 20 – 22, 2024.

Presenter, “Ethics in public space research and pedagogy,” and session organizer “Critical Research Pedagogies,” American Association of Geographers, Denver, CO, March 23 – 27, 2023.

“The 5 C’s: Mobilizing Principles of Youth Development to Support Learning in the Undergraduate Classroom,” Arts and Science Teaching and Learning Community of Practice, University of Toronto, April 9, 2020.

“Practitioners guests in the CD classroom: orienting speakers to pedagogical goals in the classroom,” Community Development Education Symposium, Detroit, MI, May 16 – 18, 2019.

“Scaffolded writing in Qualitative Research Methods,” faculty representative for Arts and Sciences, Writing Instruction for TAs Annual Showcase, University of Toronto, April 12, 2019.

Panelist, “Innovations in teaching qualitative methods in geography,” American Association of Geographers, Washington DC, April 3 – 7, 2019.

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