TEACHING & SUPERVISION
I value working with students at all levels, from first year undergraduate classes through to PhD completion and postdoctoral research projects. My teaching practice is interdisciplinary, experiential, and solutions-oriented—and foregrounds equity, diversity, and inclusion.
UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING
GRADUATE TEACHING
Public Service 623
Government, Business, and Civil Society
A core course of the Master in Public Service program, taught to large classes of students from across the social sciences, sciences, and humanities.
Global Governance 628
Governing a World in Climate Crisis
For the PhD in Global Governance program at the Balsillie School of International Affairs.
Political Science 631
The State & Economic Life: Current Debates in Political Economy
Political Science 1000
Introduction to Politics and Government
Arts First 140
Solving the Climate Crisis
A small communications-intensive seminar for students from across the Faculty of Arts, part of the Arts First program.
Political Science 303
Political Economy of the Environment
Part of the Canadian Politics Specialization.
Political Science 334
Public Policy
Part of the Canadian Politics Specialization.
Political Science 391
Special Studies Course: Political Economy of Energy in Canada
A directed reading course.
Political Science 428
The State & Economic Life: Current Debates in Political Economy
Part of the Politics and Business Specialization.
Arts 490 Global Engagement Seminar
The Future of Nature
Co-taught with ecologist Dr. Brendon Larson and two fellows, photographer Edward Burtynsky and urban theorist Mike Davis, to fourth-year students from across all faculties in Winter 2020.
Arts 490 Global Engagement Seminar
Energy at a Crossroads: Society, Technology, Environment, Health
Co-taught with electrical engineer Dr. Magdy Salama and six practitioner fellows to fourth-year students from across all faculties in Winter 2023.
International Climate Connect Program
Served as Academic Lead for 4 PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows plus a multidisciplinary cohort of upper-year undergraduate students. Workshops focused on environmental, social, economic and governance issues pertaining to climate and sustainable development around the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). Launched in 2021-22 in partnership with 5 universities: Strathclyde University in Glasgow, Peking University in China, Stellenbosch University in South Africa, University of Malawi, and KTH Royal Technical Institute in Sweden.
GRADUATE SUPERVISION
University of Waterloo Accredited Doctoral Dissertation Supervisor (ADDS) status awarded in 2018.
PhD Supervision
2021-present
Sarah Norton
Global Governance Program, Balsillie School of International Affairs
2019-present
Choyon Saha
Global Governance Program, Balsillie School of International Affairs
"Assessing and amplifying the role of Least Developed Countries in confronting the climate crisis via winding down fossil fuel supply"
2017-2021
Justine Salam
Global Governance Program, Balsillie School of International Affairs
“Corporate influence on royalty rates in major oil producing subnational states: Analyzing Alberta’s oil sands royalty reviews”
MA Supervision
2020-present
Danielle LaBrash
MA Program, Department of Political Science
Thesis: “Changes to provincial environmental regulation during of the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic”
2020-2022
Emily Lorentz
MA Program, Department of Political Science
Major Research Paper (MRP): "Comparing the just transition movements of Newfoundland and Labrador and Poland"
2020-2022
Alanna Benson
MA Program, Department of Political Science
MRP: "Decarbonization and Decolonization: How Community-Led Clean Energy Projects in Canada Are Acts of Climate Justice and Self-Determination"
2021
Mharie Scott-Henderson
Master of Climate Change Program, Department of Geography & Environmental Management
MRP: “Achievement unlocked: How Denmark acquired cross-party support for the 2020 oil ban agreement”
2019-2020
Sukneet Kahlon
MA Program, Department of Political Science
MRP: “Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies in Canada: A policy roadmap”
2019-2020
Carly MacArthur
MA in Global Governance, Balsillie School of International Affairs
MRP: "An analysis of the human rights violations resulting from misconduct by Canadian extractive corporations operating abroad”
2019-2020
Shawna-Rae McLean
MA in Global Governance, Balsillie School of International Affairs
MRP: “Beyond time”
2017-2018
Bradley Noonan
MA in Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo
Thesis: “The Nordic approach: How Denmark, Finland, and Sweden are facilitating sustainable water development in developing African states”
PhD Committees
2021-present
Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier
Department of Sociology, Université de Québec à Montréal (supervised by Dr. Éric Pineault)
« Quelle transition énergétique ? Le régime énergétique du capitalisme et ses contraintes »
2021-present
Hafij Khan
School of Environment, Enterprise, and Development, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo (supervised by Dr. Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger)
“Legal, policy and institutional approaches to deal with loss and damage associated with climate change impacts in least developed countries”
2021-present
Natalya Siddhantakar
Sustainability Management Program, School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo (supervised by Dr. Vanessa Schweizer)
2017-present
Yonatan Strauch
School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo (co-supervised by Drs. Thomas Homer-Dixon and Stephen Quilley)
“From carbon lock-in to a lock-in of decarbonization: A theory of change”
2019-2022
Truzaar Dordi
School of Environment, Enterprise, and Development, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo (supervised by Dr. Olaf Weber)
“Financing a sustainable low-carbon transition: Systematic climate risk in asset pricing and portfolio allocation”
2017-2022
Alexander Suen
Global Governance Program, Balsillie School of International Affairs (supervised by Dr. Simon Dalby)
“Political culture: An unexplored factor in climate change diplomacy”
2019-2021
Roger Boyd
Global Governance Program, Balsillie School of International Affairs (supervised by Dr. Simon Dalby)
"Climate change: Societal resilience & transformation”
2018-2021
Janetta McKenzie
Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Faculty of Environment (supervised by Dr. Sarah Burch)
“Balancing interests in regulatory institutions: A comparison of the Northern Gateway and Keystone XL pipelines”
2012-2020
Leah Fusco
Department of Geography, University of Toronto (supervised by Dr. Scott Prudham)
“Crude regulation: Environmental assessments and the Newfoundland and Labrador offshore oil industry”