Hello and Welcome!

I’m an Environmental Geologist and Public Health Engineer and have recently joined the Corning School of Ocean Studies here at Maine Maritime Academy. I teach:

• OS204 – Physical Geology
• OS211 – Geological Oceanography
• OS212 – Chemical Oceanography
• CH220 – Ocean Studies Chemistry II
• OC101 – Introduction to Ocean Science

My teaching interests also include:

• Contaminant reaction and transport kinetics
• Assessment of chemical bioavailability
• Environmental aquatic chemistry
• Power and inequity in society
• Spatialization of disparity
• Saltmarsh dynamics
• Geomorphology

My scholarship interests include:

• ABET framework expansion and social and environmental justice in STEM
• Iterative success criteria and long-term environmental monitoring
• Contaminated sediment site characterization and remediation
• Global chlor-alkali distribution and industrial history
• International research collaborations

New Courses (NC) and Course Modules (CM) I’m currently developing:

• Coastal Urban Environments and Climate Change (NC)
• Introduction to Ecological Engineering (NC)
• Power, Equity and Society (NC)
• Field Methods in Salt Marsh Assessment (CM)
• Social Vulnerability Mapping (CM)

My CV is here. Other things I show up for are boats, bikes, bees, books, baking, camping, community gardens, hiking, writing, rivers, social change and social practice art.