List of publications, presentations and workshops

Peer-REviewed Publications

  • "Experiential Climate Change Education: Challenges of Conducting Mixed-Methods, Interdisciplinary Research in Oakland, CA and San Juan Islands, WA.” July 2018- Energy Research and Social Science. PDF.

  • "Does Urban Agriculture Improve Food Security? Examining the Nexus of Food Access and Distribution of Urban Produced Foods in the United States: A Systematic Review." Sustainability August 2018. Web link.

  • “Climate Change Education in the Humanities Classroom: A case study of the Lowell School curriculum pilot.” May 2019- Environmental Education Research. Web link.

  • “Producing Agroecology in the East Bay: From Soil Health to Community Empowerment.” Under review- Journal of Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

  • “Water and Energy System Design vs. Performance in an Off-Grid Tiny House.” In preparation- Journal of Green Building

Presentations

  • Climate Generation Summer Institute for Climate Education @ Lowell School, summer 2019- Co-presented climate change education opportunities for the humanities classroom

  • Shelburne Farms Climate Resiliency Fellowship, summer 2019- Presented workshop for K-12 teachers on integrating food systems and climate change education

  • American Association of Geographers (AAG) 2019- Agroecology Now! Transitions-Transformations for a More Just and Resilient Food System, paper session presenter

  • National Association of Environmental Education (NAAEE) 2018 Conference- Roundtable discussion on "Experiential Climate Change Education: How and Why."

  • California Science Teacher’s Association 2017 Conference- Led workshop on School Gardens, NGSS, and Climate Change Education

  • American Association of Geographers (AAG) 2017- Political Education for Food Systems Transformation, paper session presenter

  • 8th National Farm to Cafeteria Conference 2016- poster presentation of Master’s project- "Evaluating Farm to School Programs in the San Juan Islands"

  • IARU Global University Climate Forum (hosted by Sorbonne University during COP21, December 2016)- Presentation on Net-zero Energy, Off-grid Tiny Houses.

  • AASHE 2015 Conference- “Zero Net Energy Tiny Houses: A Campus Housing Sustainability Solution”- Case Study presentation.

Workshops Completed 

  • ABC's of Farm-Based Education- Shelburne Farms, October 2018

  • MESA's Climate Resilience Course for Farmers- June/July 2018 (online)

Popular Articles and blogs

  • Referenced in Grist article “How one schools is getting kids fired up about climate solutions”

  • “The Lopez ‘Land Ethic’: What it’s like growing your own food” in Life@ERG blog

  • “From THIMBY 1 to THIMBY 2: Tiny Houses in East Bay, California” in Life@ERG