Professional Profile

I am a Rural Sociologist by training, and as a Senior Lecturer my priority is my students. I regularly teach CLD 102: Dynamics of Rural Social Life, CLD 380: Globalization, SAG310: Cultural Perspectives on Sustainability, and CLD 305: Research Methods in CLD. I have also taught courses on food systems and the global implications of eating, refugees & immigration, public protests from 1999 to the Arab Spring, and more.

The common theme across all my classes is an emphasis on addressing the social problems students care most about. I enjoy the experience of building a true classroom community. 

More broadly, I have worked on various methods of integrating social, economic, and environmental sustainability into pedagogy at UK.

Areas of Interest: 

• International Development & Globalization
• Political Ecology
• Protest and Resistance
• Qualitative Research Methods
• Sociology of Food Systems
• Agriculture, and Environment

Service: 

Chair, Program Committee for Community & Leadership Development. 

Faculty Mentor for Lends A Hand student organization for volunteer work and the UK Futsal Club. 

Member, Teaching Innovation Institute 2023-24 Cohort, Faculty Sustainability Council, Environmental Humanities Initiative 

Office hours: by appointment