Courses that I teach can be found in the curriculum for the Department of Geography, Department of Geosciences, the Environmental Studies Program, and the Sustainable Management Degree.  See below for more information about my classes and which ones will be taught in the Spring 2012 semester.

Course Web Pages

• GEOG 100 Physical Geography and Environment  Spring 2012

• GEOG 324 Landforms and Environmental Processes

• GEOG 326 Biogeography  Spring 2012 

• GEOG 380 Conservation 

• GEOG 382 Soils Ecosystems and Resources

• GEOG 384 Landscape Ecology 

• GEOG 396/596 Field Methods 

• GEOG 490 Dendrochronology

• GEOG 495 Senior Seminar  Spring 2012 

• ENVS 490 Biological Invasions

• ENVS 499/494 Independent Study / Internship in Applied Environmental Geography

• SMGT 325 Natural Resource Management Spring 2012  Intro clip

I conduct research in a variety of plant communities including ponderosa pine and old-growth mixed-conifer forests in North Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, grasslands in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, riparian corridors in central Arizona and Wisconsin, and the oak savanna, maple-beech forests, and ephemeral ponds in Wisconsin.

• Wisconsin Ephemeral Ponds Project
• Southern Maple Beech Forest: Canopy and Understory Diversity
• Southern Maple Beech Forest: Biological Invasion of Alliaria petiolata
• Oak Savanna Fire History, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
• Oak Savanna Restoration, Bong State Recreation Area, Wisconsin
• Exotic Invasion in Grasslands, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
• Mixed Conifer Fire, North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
• Research with Students
  • AAG Meetings
  • National Conference for Undergraduate Research
  • International Association of Landscape Ecology

• Earth Day 2010
• Ranger Fest
• Geography Bowl
• Geography Student Club Fun
• Women in Science

My Life Away from Work