Affiliated Faculty

- Title
- Academic Literacy Curriculum Liaison
- Writing Program Faculty
- UC-AFT Continuing Faculty
- Division Humanities Division, Undergraduate Education
- Department
- Writing Program
- Rachel Carson College
- Affiliations Environmental Studies Department
- Phone 831-459-3644
- Office Location
- Rachel Carson College Academic Building, 333
- Office Hours Fall 2022: Mondays and Wednesdays 2:30-3:30. Custom times as requested.
- Mail Stop Rachel Carson College Faculty Services
- Mailing Address
- Rachel Carson Fac Serv, 1156 High Street
- Santa Cruz CA 95064
- Courses WRIT 2: Breaking Science (Rhetoric & Inquiry); WRIT 1: Introduction to Composition; Rachel Carson College 1, Academic Literacy and Ethos: The Environment and Us (previously, CRSN 80A/C/D); BME 185: Technical Writing for Biomolecular Engineers; Phys 182: Scientific Communication for Physicists (Win 2020); Writing Assistant mentoring/supervising; Core Course Instructional Assistant mentoring
Summary of Expertise
Ecology; agroecology and food systems; plant-insect interactions; entomology; plant population biology; matrix population models; political economy; writing in the physical and biological sciences; STEM diversity and representation; American Indian intellectual history and environmental activism; writing and learning
Research Interests
Ecological risks of genetically engineered organisms; population dynamics; agroecology and food systems; science and uncertainty
Biography, Education and Training
Ph.D., Environmental Studies, UCSC
Honors, Awards and Grants
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Teaching Interests
Science writing; writing instruction for students of physical and biological sciences; environmental science; entomology; plant population biology; service learning and activism.