Teaching & Mentoring
Teaching anthropology through theory, experience, and contemporary problems.
My teaching emphasizes critical engagement with anthropological theories, fosters experiential learning, incorporates interdisciplinary perspectives, and highlights the relevance of anthropological scholarship to current environmental and social challenges.
Academic positions
Lecturer, Sociocultural Anthropology & Scholar, Center for the EnvironmentWashington University in St. Louis · 2024–2026
Instructor, Sociocultural AnthropologyUniversity of Arizona · 2018–2021
Graduate Teaching Associate/AssistantUniversity of Arizona · 2016–2019
Courses taught
Anthropology and DevelopmentCulture and EnvironmentEcological AnthropologySustainability in Extractive CommunitiesApplied AnthropologyPolitical EcologyGlobal Corporation and Local SustainabilityMany Ways of Being HumanApplying Anthropology in a Global Context
Student mentoring & research supervision
Mentoring in anthropology, environmental studies, and interdisciplinary research.
2026–Present · University of Iceland
Elín Valsdóttir
Ph.D. dissertation committee member: “Green Promises and Local Realities: Community Resistance to Coda Terminal in Iceland.”
2026 · Washington University
Julia Prata
Senior honors thesis: “Beneath the Reservoir: A Case for a Hydro-social-Morphological Framework in Lake Mead.”
2025 · Washington University
Alex Herzig
Senior honors thesis: “Decolonizing the Mind – An Indigenous Approach to Mental Healthcare.”
2024 · Washington University
Alden Standley
Senior thesis reader: “Climate Change Perspectives in South Africa.”