Teaching Statement

Positions

2013 – present | Associate Professor Akita International University; Faculty of International Liberal Arts/Geography; Undergraduate course syllabi:

• Urban Geography: Shadow Cities
• Urban Geography: Public Space & Public Health
• Urban Geography: Housing & Home
• Urban Geography: Race & Real Estate
• Urban Geography: Land Use in Global Perspective
• Urban Morphology: Geographies of Idealism
• Geographies of Anarchism
• Diversity Matters

• Rural Geography: Land, Labor & Culture
• Rural Geography: Land Use in Global Perspective

• Introduction to Human Geography
• World Regional Geography
• Geography of East Asia
• Geography of North America

• Human Environment Interaction

2012 – 2013 | Instructor International College Beijing; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Department of Geography; Undergraduate course syllabi:

• Introduction to Urban Studies
• Introduction to Human Geography
• Urban Geography
• Geographies of Tourism
• Contemporary Environmental Issues

2010 | Co-Instructor University of Colorado Denver; College of Architecture and Planning; Graduate course syllabi:

• Neighborhood Planning
• Social Planning

2009 – 2010 | Teaching Assistant University of Colorado Denver; College of Architecture and Planning:

• Planning Methods I (graduate)

2009 | Studio Associate University of Colorado Denver; College of Architecture and Planning:

• Urban Infrastructure Studio (graduate)

2009 | Teaching Assistant University of Colorado Boulder; College of Environmental Design:

• Architectural Theory (undergraduate)