Education

PhD, American University
MA, University of Denver
BA, Wesleyan University

Profile

Director and Clinical Associate Professor of the Master's in Development Practice. Also member of the Board of Directors of the Social Science Foundation. Consulting Associate Professor, School of Education and Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, 2006-2008. Executive Director and Senior Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Environment and Resources and Woods Institute for the Environment, 2001-2006, Stanford University. In addition to managing this new PhD program, designed and taught courses for Freshmen, upper-level undergraduates and PhD candidates. Served on the Faculty Boards for the Center on Ethics, the Center on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development, the Faculty Leadership Committee and as a resource faculty for the Center of African Studies, the Center for Latin American Studies, the Center for the Study of the American West, and the Earth Systems Program. Faculty leader for 8 Stanford Travel Study Tours in Central America and East Africa. Senior Consultant, Ivy Planning Group, 1999-2001. Assistant Professor, American University, 1989-2000. After teaching US Foreign Policy for three years, created the International Environment and Development Semester program which included three-week field Practicums to Kenya and Costa Rica. Received awards for outstanding program development and superior teaching. Delivered the Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1995 and was elected Faculty Chair in 1999. Consulted for the National Wildlife Federation, The Center for Global Change and the World Resources Institute.

Research and expertise

International environment and development policy, sustainable development, technology transfer, gender and development, environmental ethics, evaluation of foreign assistance.

Courses

INTS 4604: Food and Water Security
INTS 4609: Multilevel Data Analysis
INTS 4616: Ethics, Education and Change