Associate Professor
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies | California State University, Northridge
I use a learning-centered approach and best practices from the Quality Learning and Teaching Framework. My tools range from low-tech (chalkboard) to high-tech (remote sensing, ArcGIS Online). My courses include lecture, seminar, lab, and field studies.
Geography 300. This is research design for geographers. How to plan a science-based research project. Physical/Natural science and Social science approaches. Selecting Quantitative and Qualitative methods appropriate for extensive and intensive research designs.
Geography 334. An expansive and in-depth look at development and change in Oceania by integrating weather/climate, biogeography, gender, colonialism, and western/indigenous economies.
Geography 404. Fieldwork-based learning, focused on mobile geospatial equipment and the intersection of people and the environment. Local field trips to National Park Service sites, L.A. County Arboretum, Port of L.A.
International field trip to Vanuatu is offerd during Spring Break for qualified students.
Geography 490. Together in class, seniors work on independent thesis projects. Culminating experience where undergraduates demonstrate skills as professional researchers.
Geography 375. This course integrates the economic geography approach of diverse economies with the environmental geography approach of political ecology to investigate questions such as "why do we feel faced with a choice between the economy and the environment? And what have communities around the world been doing to support both environmental and human well-being?"
Geography 449. This course provides training in a selection of qualitative and quantitative methods.This is useful for research into human dimensions of space, place, and landscape; the human-environment interface; and socio-ecological processes.
Introduction to Geographic Information Science (Geography 206)
Urban Geography (Geography 351)
Critical GIS (Geography 497)
Political Ecology (Geography 660)
Department of Social Inquiry, Latrobe University (Australia).
Assessing Justice and Articulating Diverse Pathways to Climate Change Adaptation: The Case of Iloilo, Philippines
School of Earth and Environment, University of Canterbury (New Zealand).
Hybrid collectives for effective spatial data infrastructure development in the Global South: Developing a Zambian prototype
California State University, Northridge
The Historical Geographies of Lost Worlds: Paleontological Knowledge and the Production of PaleospaceCalifornia State University, Northridge
Community Science and Dam Removal Monitoring in Ventura County, California
California State University, Northridge
A Uniquely Southern California Experience: Understanding how Individuals Experience Outdoor Spaces Through Sense of Place and Nature Connection
California State University, Northridge
The South Central Farm: A study of the transformation from urban farm into a community food economyThe Effects of Ethnic Placemaking on Life-Long residents Sense of Place in the Western San Gabriel Valley
Aerial Vehicle Pre-Flight Planning on Mars: A GIS Based Combined Viewshed Analysis Method For Planetary Remote Sensing
Internationalization of the NBA: Connections Between Players and Organization
Air Pollution: Spatial Patterns, Personal Monitoring Devices, and City Monitoring Forecasting Reports
Processes creating barriers and gateways to the urban Latino experience of nature-based national parks
Is it urban, suburban, or rural? Implications of urbanization on residents' sense of place in Ventura County, California
The Socio-Spatial Experience of Farmers’ Markets in Los Angeles
The Production of Space at Tasty Tuesdays Food Truck Event: A Case Study of Social Space for Teenagers in Sylmar, California