I was visiting instructor at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point Department of Geography and Geology from 2009-2014. I developed and redeveloped five courses in GIS fundamentals and advanced topics.  In addition I was awarded a WIST Scholar for my research in and analysis of campus sustainable commute practices. 

​GIS for Environmental Modeling (Geog472)  Geog 472/672 is for students who wish to enhance their GIS problem-solving skills with challenges and analytic approaches commonly used in ecology, hydrology and atmospheric dispersion models. Analytical techniques and concepts introduced include spatial autocorrelation, point density/clustering, landscape change, local spatial statistics, geostatistics, runoff/erosion and air/water chemical dispersion. Of particular importance is the relationship between environmental model output and decision support for resource management. Lectures and reading assignments introduce the course concepts supported by practical experience in a series of lab exercises. Software featured in the course lectures and lab assignments include ArcMap 10x, PCRaster, R and NOAA GNOME.

GIS Applications in Sustainability (GEOG471/671) explores the ways GIScience concepts and analysis methods can support sustainability planning and implementation. A brief history and development of the sustainability movement establishes context, motivation and priorities of initiatives and connects with modes of GIS services that support community awareness and action. Characteristics of public participation GIS (PPGIS) frame the situatedness of GIS engaged for community empowerment. Discovery of sustainability issues, spatial data and analyses follows a conceptual and geographical trend from local to global scales. These include population density, land cover change, urban growth/sprawl, transportation, walkable neighborhoods, water resources, green infrastructure, landscape prioritization, footprint analysis, and climate change. Approaches with GIS include measurement of indicators/change, resource optimization, resource siting, least cost and proximity. Spatial data surveyed through the course comprise US decennial census, road networks, land use, parcels, NSIDC Arctic ice atlas, STRM, and utilities. Experience with these methods and data resources takes place in eight laboratory exercises presented regularly through the semester. The situatedness of sustainability initiatives, GIS implementation, and the GIS consultant's responsibilities are revisited repeatedly to better appreciate the dynamism of technological support for socially based quality of life decision-making

Geographic Information Systems I (Geog476)   Geography 476/676 is an investigation and exploration of the theory and application of GIS, how to do GIS work. It presents an overview of general principles paired with practical experience in the analytical use of spatial information grounded by critical thinking skills. This course is designed for the student who wants to master and apply spatial analysis theory and technique to inform a chosen social or environmental discipline. Geography is a social science and Geog 476 embraces the social and technical contingencies that frame and give meaning to GIS design, implementation and application.