Courses and Administrative Work:

I'm teaching this term Urban Geography and a seminar or future teachers this fall. During spring term, I'm scheduled to teach two courses for our department - Geography of the US and Canada and Society, Culture, Place.  Throughout the academic year, I also serve as the Coordinator of the College of Arts and Sciences "Educational Careers Advising Team" (ECAT) and Chair of the UO Canadian Studies Consortium. 

Research:

As a Human Geographer interested in issues related to North American migration, cultural landscapes, and race, ethnicity, and place (especially urban places), I'm currently involved in a new project on the transnational identities, and migration and settlement experiences of U.S.-born immigrants in Canada. I  recently completed a longterm NSF and Canadian Embassy-funded project in collaboration with James Meacham, Director of the UO InfoGraphics Lab, on refugees from the former Soviet Union, Southeast Asia, and Africa who now live in the Pacific Northwest.  I also have the pleasure of working closely with an active group of promising graduate students who are engaged in their own research on immigration, urban geography, North American cultural and historic landscapes, and geographic education. 

I've also learned a lot from once again working with Prof. Marilyn Olson of the College of Education as the Co-PI for our four-year project funded by FIPSE (the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of post-Secondary Education) and the Oregon University System. Our "Quality Content Teaching" project provides curricular and personal support for Oregon teachers based on the Japanese-inspired "Lesson Study" approach.  Also on the education front, it's been exciting working with our department's innovative Summer Graduate Program for K-12 teachers each year. Our program is the only one in the country that provides an opportunity for teachers to complete their master's degree during 2-3 summers in residence here in Eugene and via online courses. For further information about this innovative, teacher-centered summer program, check out our EDGE web site and its links to the larger world of geographic education.

Finally, more than you ever wanted to know about my academic experiences, publications, and prior research and teaching efforts (!) are provided on my curriculum vita.

Please feel free to stop by my office if you'd like to discuss research or teaching ideas - or the possibility of becoming a professional geographer.

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