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Division Humanities Division
Undergraduate Education

Department/College/Unit Writing Program
Rachel Carson College

Title UC-AFT Continuing Faculty
Writing Program Faculty

Affiliation Faculty

Other UCSC Campus Affiliation Environmental Studies Department

Faculty Type Lecturer

Primary Office Location Rachel Carson College Academic Building
333

Office Hours for Students/ Office Hours Winter 2026: Thursdays 12-1 (in person and Zoom) and by appointment as requested

Mail Stop Rachel Carson College Faculty Services

Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D., Environmental Studies, UCSC

Summary of Expertise

Ecology; agroecology and food systems; plant-insect interactions; entomology; plant population biology; matrix population models; political economy; writing in the physical and biological sciences; STEM diversity and representation; American Indian intellectual history and environmental activism; writing and learning

Research Interests

Ecological risks of genetically engineered organisms; population dynamics; agroecology and food systems; science and uncertainty

Teaching Interests

Science writing; writing instruction for students of physical and biological sciences; environmental science; entomology; plant population biology; service learning and activism.

Awards, Honors and Grants

Selected Exhibitions

Selected Performances

Selected Presentations

Selected Publications

Selected Recordings

Courses WRIT 2: Breaking Science (Rhetoric & Inquiry)
WRIT 1: Introduction to Composition
Rachel Carson College 1, Academic Literacy and Ethos: The Environment and Us (previously, CRSN 80A/C/D)
BME 185: Technical Writing for Biomolecular Engineers
Phys 182: Scientific Communication for Physicists (Win 2020)
Writing Assistant mentoring/supervising
Core Course Instructional Assistant mentoring