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"All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts.... That man is, in fact, only a member of a biotic team is shown by an ecological interpretation of history. Many historical events, hitherto explained solely in terms of human enterprise, were actually biotic interactions between people and land.... Is history taught in this spirit? It will be, once the concept of land as a community really penetrates our intellectual life."
-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac (1949) |
I have spent eight years designing and teaching college courses on all levels, from introductory survey courses to capstone seminars. Find out more about the courses I have designed and taught below.
PAST COURSES
American Civilization to 1877
This course places the development of the United States in a global context, and has students consider how people, ideas, and events outside the nation's borders shaped American history through Reconstruction.
American Civilization since 1877
This course provides a broad overview of the rapidly changing political, social, economic, demographic, cultural, and environmental landscapes of the United States since 1877.
Survey of United States History
This course provides an introduction to the important themes of American history by using changing ideas about American regions and regional identities as a window into the important racial, cultural, political, social, economic and environmental issues that have shaped the nation's past.
Survey of United States History (summer session)
American Environmental History
This course explores the environmental history of the United States from the early settlement of North America to the present. In order to trace how American ideas about nature have changed over time, we range from the whaling grounds of the North Atlantic to the lawns of suburban homes throughout the United States, and beyond.
American Environmental History (summer session)
The Emergence of Modern America
This course explores the emergence of the modern United States between 1877 and 1919 by focusing on the role that regional identity played during this era. Although American regions were starkly different, this was an era in which regional lines were being eroded. This courses explores the tension between nationalizing influences and persisting regional identity in order to trace the emergence of the modern United States.
Rebuilding a "Ruined Nation": The American South After the Civil War
This undergraduate research seminar introduces students to the craft of research while exploring many different social, political, economic, and environmental visions for the future of the American South in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Tourism and Nature: From the "Sublime" to Shamu
This undergraduate seminar explores how the tourist industry has shaped perceptions and uses of nature in the United States, ranging from the nineteenth-century enthusiasm for "sublime" landscapes to recent enthusiasm for the "theme park nature" of Sea World.
TEACHING ASSISTANT:
History of Pennsylvania
American Civilization since 1877
American Civilization to 1877
American Civilization to 1877
This course places the development of the United States in a global context, and has students consider how people, ideas, and events outside the nation's borders shaped American history through Reconstruction.
American Civilization since 1877
This course provides a broad overview of the rapidly changing political, social, economic, demographic, cultural, and environmental landscapes of the United States since 1877.
Survey of United States History
This course provides an introduction to the important themes of American history by using changing ideas about American regions and regional identities as a window into the important racial, cultural, political, social, economic and environmental issues that have shaped the nation's past.
Survey of United States History (summer session)
American Environmental History
This course explores the environmental history of the United States from the early settlement of North America to the present. In order to trace how American ideas about nature have changed over time, we range from the whaling grounds of the North Atlantic to the lawns of suburban homes throughout the United States, and beyond.
American Environmental History (summer session)
The Emergence of Modern America
This course explores the emergence of the modern United States between 1877 and 1919 by focusing on the role that regional identity played during this era. Although American regions were starkly different, this was an era in which regional lines were being eroded. This courses explores the tension between nationalizing influences and persisting regional identity in order to trace the emergence of the modern United States.
Rebuilding a "Ruined Nation": The American South After the Civil War
This undergraduate research seminar introduces students to the craft of research while exploring many different social, political, economic, and environmental visions for the future of the American South in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Tourism and Nature: From the "Sublime" to Shamu
This undergraduate seminar explores how the tourist industry has shaped perceptions and uses of nature in the United States, ranging from the nineteenth-century enthusiasm for "sublime" landscapes to recent enthusiasm for the "theme park nature" of Sea World.
TEACHING ASSISTANT:
History of Pennsylvania
American Civilization since 1877
American Civilization to 1877
American Civilization to 1877