Courses

I graduated with a Bachelors of Science from the University of Maryland, College Park. My concentration was global environmental change, which includes climate and land-use change.

I also took a number of graduate courses from North Carolina State University's Geographic Information Systems and Technology program.

GPA: 3.27

  • Introduction to Natural Resource Policy

    Development of natural resource policy and analysis of the evolution of public intervention in the use of natural resources. Examination of present policies and of conflicts between private individuals, public interest groups, and government agencies.


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  • World Hunger, Population, and Food Supplies

    An introduction to the problem of world hunger and possible solutions to it. World demand, supply, and distribution of food. Alternatives for leveling off world food demand, increasing the supply of food, and improving its distribution. Environmental limitations to increasing world food production.


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  • Remote Sensing

    Principles of remote sensing in relation to photographic, thermal infrared and radar imaging. Methods of obtaining quantitative information from remotely-sensed images. Interpretation of remotely-sensed images emphasizing the study of spatial and environmental relationships.


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  • Introduction to Computer Programming in GIS

    Learn programming techniques necessary to automate geospatial analysis.


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  • Land Use, Climate Change and Sustainability

    The issues of climate change and land use change as two interlinked global and regional environmental issues and their implications for society and resource use are explored.


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  • Climatology

    Quantitative investigations into the Earth's radiation balance, water cycle, and the interrelationship of climate and vegetation. Methodologies in climate research. Case studies related to global climatic change.


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  • Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis

    Analytical uses of geographic information systems; data models for building geographic data bases; types of geographic data and spatial problems; practical experience using advanced software for thematic domains such as terrain analysis, land suitability modeling, demographic analysis, and transportation studies.


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  • Beekeeping

    A study of the life history, behavior and seasonal activities of the honeybee, its place in pollination of flowers with emphasis on plants of economic importance and bee lore in literature. Course not acceptable toward major requirements in the College of Chemistry and Life Sciences.


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  • Advanced Programming Techniques for GIS

    Programming techniques for modern GIS.


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  • Physical Education Activities: Intermediate Golf


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  • Calculus II

    The second semester of an introduction to calculus for students in the biological, social and management sciences, and architecture. Applications of calculus to these disciplines form an important part of the course. Concrete calculations are emphasized and provide an opportunity to practice algebraic skills introduced in earlier courses.


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  • Geographic Information Systems

    Characteristics and organization of geographic data; creation and use of digital geospatial databases; metadata; spatial data models for thematic mapping and map analysis; use of geographic information system in society, government, and business. Practical training with use of advanced software and geographic databases.


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  • Topics in Professional Writing: Writing about the Environment

    This course applies the principles of technical writing to a range of scenarios and issues particular to the intersection of scientific knowledge and environmental policy. Students practice writing to public audiences as well as decision-makers.


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  • Fundamentals to Soil Science

    Study and management of soils as natural bodies, media for plant growth, and ecosystem components. Morphology, composition, formation, and conservation of soils. Chemical, biological, and physical properties are discussed in relation to the production of plants, the functioning of hydrologic and nutrient cycles, the protection of environmental quality, and engineering uses of soils.


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  • Introduction to Biogeography

    The principles of biogeography, including the patterns, processes and distributions of living organisms from local to global scales, aspects of ecophysiology, population and community ecology and evolutionary biology. Spatial processes in the biosphere will be covered.


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  • Computer Cartography

    Advanced skills of computer mapping using more sophisticated software packages. Map projection evaluation and selection, coordinate system conversion, techniques of quantitative thematic mapping, map design and generalization, hypermedia and animated cartopgraphy. Emphasis on designing and making cartographically sound sophisticated thematic maps.


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  • Fundamentals of Physics

    A course in general physics treating the fields of mechanics, heat, sound, electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics.


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  • General Chemistry I Laboratory

    Introduction to the quanitification of chemical substances, including the concept of the mole and chemical stoichiometry. Additional work involves the synthesis of ionic substances and their qualitative characterization.


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  • Organic Chemistry I

    The chemistry of carbon: aliphatic compounds, aromatic compounds, stereochemistry, arenes, halides, alcohols, esters and spectroscopy.


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  • Organic Chemistry I Laboratory

    Provides experience in developing some basic laboratory techniques, recrystallizaton, distillation, extraction, chromatography.


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  • Capstone in Environmental Science and Policy

    Integration of physical, biological, and social sciences with applications to environmental science and policy. Problem-solving and multi-disciplinary case study evaluations pertinent to contemporary and future issues related to the environment.


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  • Restoration Ecology

    Discussion of the phiolosophies, principles, and practices of ecosystem restoration. Presentation of restoration case histories include wetlands, lakes, streams, coastal systems, mined lands, and new ecosystems.


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  • Introduction to Human Dimensions of Global Change

    Introduction to global-scale interrelationship between human beings and the environment. The development of global issues including but not limited to the environment, food, energy, technology, population, and policy.


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  • Biogeography

    Current Biogeographical topics of global significance, including a consideration of measurement techniques, and both descriptive and mechanistic modeling. Topics may include: scale in biogeography, climate and vegetation, global carbon cycle, biodiversity, interannual variability in the biosphere, land cover, global biospheric responses to climate change, NASA's Mission to Planet Earth and Earth Observation System.


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  • Introduction to Economics and the Environment

    Costs and social impacts of pollution and human crowding in the modern environment. The economic, legal and institutional causes of these problems. Public policy approaches to solutions and the costs and benefits of alternative solutions.


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  • Applied Contextual Leadership: Global Leadership

    The study of leadership as well as the application of leadership theories, concepts, and skills through course activities, internship experiences, and the development of a team project.


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  • Causes and Implications of Global Change

    Review of environmental science relating to weather and climate change, acid precipitation, ozone holes, global warming, and impacts on biology, agriculture, and human behavior. Study of the natural, long- term variability of the global environment, and what influence mankind may have in perturbing it from its natural evolution. Concepts of how physical, biological, and human behavioral systems interact, and the repercussions which may follow human endeavors.


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  • Geography of Environmental Systems Laboratory

    Analysis of the components of the earth's energy balance using basic instrumentation; weather map interpretation; soil analysis; the application of map and air photo interpretation techniques to landform analysis.


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  • Physical Geology

    A general survey of the rocks and minerals composing the earth, its surface features and the agents that form them, and the dynamic forces of plate tectonics.


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  • Calculus I

    Basic ideas of differential and integral calculus, with emphasis on elementary techniques of differentiation and applications.


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  • Internship in Environmental Science and Policy

    Lab analysis, reasearch, and wildlife management with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.


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  • Introduction to Quantitative Methods for the Geographic Environmental Sciences

    Essentials in the quantitative analysis of spatial and other data, with a particular emphasis on statistics and programming. Topics include data display, data description and summary, statistical inference and significance tests, analysis of variance, correlation, regression, and some advanced concepts, such as matrix methods, principal component analysis, and spatial statistics.


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  • Introduction to Climatology

    The geographic aspects of climate with emphasis on energy-moisture budgets, steady-state and non steady-state climatology, and climatic variations at both macro-and micro-scales.


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  • Culture and Natural Resource Management

    Basic issues concerning the natural history of humans from the perspective of the geographer. Basic components of selected behavioral and natural systems, their evolution and adaptation, and survival strategies.


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  • Introduction to the Built Environment

    Introduction of conceptual, perceptual, behavioral, and technical aspects of the built environment, and methods of analysis, problem- solving, and implementation.


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  • General Chemistry for Engineers

    The nature and composition of matter, solutions, chemical reactions, equilibria, and electrochemistry, with applications to various fields of engineering.


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  • Introduction to Engineering Design

    Students work in teams to design and build a product using computer software for word-processing, spreadsheet, CAD, and communication skills.


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  • Introduction to Environmental Policy

    Emphasis on the process of formulating, implementing, and evaluating policy responses to environmental problems, with particular attention to policy controversies related to scientific uncertainty, risk assessment, the valuation of nature, and distributional equity.


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  • Principles of Evolutionary Biology

    Basic principles of biology with special emphasis on organismal, ecological and evolutionary biology.


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  • Applied Contextual Leadership: Global Leadership

    The study of leadership as well as the application of leadership theories, concepts, and skills through course activities, internship experiences, and the development of a team project.


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  • Introduction to Writing

    An introductory course in expository writing.


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  • Introduction to Environmental Science

    Emphasis on scientific ways of knowing; the systems, cycles, flows, and interfaces that characterize the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere; the analysis of human impacts on these systems; and the nature of scientific uncertainty and methods of quantifying environmental processes.


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  • Natural History of the Chesapeake Bay

    Consideration of the major groups of organisms associated with the Chesapeake Bay and current issues that determine humans' present and future uses for the Chesapeake and its biota.


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  • Introduction to Criminal Justice

    Introduction to the administration of criminal justice in a democratic society, with emphasis on the theoretical and historical development of law enforcement. The principles of organization and administration for law enforcement; functions and specific activities; planning and research; public relations; personnel and training; inspection and control; direction; policy formulation.


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  • Geography of Environmental Systems

    A systematic introduction to the processes and associated forms of the atmosphere and earth's surfaces emphasizing the interaction between climatology, hydrology and geomorphology.


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  • History of the United States Since 1865

    The United States from the end of the Civil War to the present. Economic, social, intellectual, and political developments. Rise of industry and emergence of the United States as a world power.


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  • Precalculus

    Elementary functions and graphs: polynomials, rational functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometric functions. Algebraic techniques preparatory for calculus.


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  • Introduction to Psychology

    A basic introductory course, intended to bring the student into contact with the major problems confronting psychology and the more important attempts at their solution.


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