Teaching
In everything I teach, my goals are to (1) excite students about
the prospect of continuous learning and the process of figuring
things out for themselves, (2) focus explicitly on
professional skills, including collaboration, communication,
critical thinking, and organization, and (3) place students in the
types of situations they will encounter after graduation by using
engaged, project-based approaches to teaching.
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Research
I focus on the
conservation of open spaces in suburbanizing regions, particularly
as habitat for native plants and animals. My research efforts
have three major thrusts: (1) improve the breadth and quality of
ecologically-based information available to land use planners;
(2) develop approaches to incorporating scientific findings about
conservation into local planning activities by engaging with
community partners; and (3) support the active engagement
of students with community partners to address local
conservation challenges.
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