I teach the suite of the Human Dimensions courses in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences at Oregon State University. I primarily teach these courses online to support students who are pursuing degrees in Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences through the University’s award-winning Ecampus program, but also occasionally teach in-person on OSU’s Corvallis campus.

Communication Skills
for Fisheries & Wildlife Professionals

Communication is a critical skill for fisheries and wildlife professionals—so much so that our department requires students complete this course to earn their diploma. This course introduces students to the theoretical and practical dimensions of interpersonal and public communication with emphasis on personal and cultural factors that influence effective communication.

Multicultural Perspectives
in Natural Resource Management

Natural resource management variably impacts different cultures. These impacts can both be caused by and contribute to difference, power, and oppression. This course improves students’ understanding of why multicultural social values should be considered in natural resource management and how they can be integrated using various tools from social science.

Human Dimensions
of Fisheries & Wildlife Management

Fisheries and wildlife management is both decided by and impacts humans. The Human Dimensions draws on disciplines from the humanities and social sciences to identify, describe, and explain these decisions and impacts. This upper division course teaches students to examine human dimensions with a focus on various social science theories and methods. Additionally, this Writing Intensive Course teaches students how to using writing as a tool to learn while also learning how to improve their writing.