A Little About Me

I am passionate about God’s creation. I love exposing students to new places and outdoor spaces. The more we understand how God has designed the natural world the more we understand our role as stewards of this gift of creation.

I believe that the natural world is one of the places we can encounter God in a powerful way. I love creating educational experiences in which God can be revealed through his creation.

One of the courses I teach is called Our Changing Climate, a course that explores our impact on the climate cycles that have been developed by God to sustain life on the planet. This topic is one that I have explored through my dissertation research and continued research endeavors. I think it is one of the most important topics for our students to understand as they become active citizens in our world.

Due to its social justice impacts, I believe that Christians have a moral responsibility to act in opposition to the systems that are causing the climate to change. The poor and the vulnerable are already being and will continue to be impacted by the unpredictable climate with rising ocean levels, increased threat of intense storms, increase levels of disease and other health impacts, and more uncertainty of food supply. This has become the basic human rights crisis of our time.

My goal in this class and really in all of my classes is to help students understand the natural world both scientifically and biblically. I enjoy merging these two seemingly different subjects that in all reality are very much integrated.