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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

Currently taught at Memorial University:

Political Science 6220

Governing a World in Climate Crisis

Political Science 6635

Equitable Energy Transitions

 

Previously taught at the University of Waterloo:

 

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
 

Currently taught at Memorial University:

 

Political Science 1000

Introduction to Politics and Government

Political Science 2800

Introduction to Canadian Politics and Government

Political Science & Law and Public Policy 4220

Governing a World in Climate Crisis

Political Science & Law and Public Policy 4635

Equitable Energy Transitions

Previously taught at the University of Waterloo:

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

PhD Supervision

2021-present

Sarah Greene

Global Governance Program, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo

"Disruptive Climate Policy from Wells to Wheels: Global Governance Insights from National First Movers"

2019-2024

Choyon Saha

Global Governance Program, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo

"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, University of Waterloo

“Corporate influence on royalty rates in major oil producing subnational states: Analyzing Alberta’s oil sands royalty reviews”

MA Supervision

2024-present   

Emmanuel Dompreh

MA Program, Department of Political Science, Memorial University

Thesis:"Developing Just Transition Frameworks for Oil-Dependent Communities: Lessons from the Western Region of Ghana and the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador"

 

2024-present

Heather Asare-Awuku (co-supervison with Dr. Paul Foley)

Master of Arts in Environmental Policy, Environmental Policy Institute, Memorial University, Grenfell Campus

Thesis: TBD

2020-2023

Danielle LaBrash (initial supervision, then transferred to Dr. Jennifer Clapp when I transitioned to Memorial)

MA Program, Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo

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, University of Waterloo

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, University of Waterloo

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, University of Waterloo

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, University of Waterloo

MRP: “Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies in Canada: A policy roadmap”

2019-2020

Carly MacArthur

MA in Global Governance, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo

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, University of Waterloo

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

2023-present       

Jessica Rutherford

School of Science, University of Waikato (supervised by Dr. Joanne Ellis)

“A Confluence of Parallel Pressures: Investigating Offshore Exploration Bidding Processes and Marine Conservation Overlap: Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia Comparison”

 

2023-present

Anna Kessler

Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, University of Alberta (supervised by Dr. Debra Davidson)

“Institutional Ethnography of the Gender Based Analysis Plus Work of the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada”

 

2023-present

Angela Antle

Interdisciplinary PhD Program, Memorial University (co-supervised by Dr. Jan Buley and Dr. Lisa Moore)

“Harnessing Podcasting’s Intimacy to Contest Newfoundland and Labrador’s Petroculture and Emerge Imaginaries of a Post-Oil Future”

 

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, University of Waterloo (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, University of Waterloo (supervised by Dr. Simon Dalby)

"Climate change: Societal resilience & transformation”

 

2018-2021

Janetta McKenzie

Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo (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”

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