Faculty Directory
- Pronouns she, her, her, hers, herself
- Title
- Lecturer
- Division Social Sciences Division
- Department
- Environmental Studies Department
- Phone 000-000-0000
- Website
- Office Location
- Nat Sci 2 Main Building, 459
- Office Hours Not teaching fall 2023
- Mail Stop Environmental Studies
- Mailing Address
- 1156 High St
- Santa Cruz CA 95064
- Courses ENVS 100/L - Ecology and Society; ENVS 159 - Environmental Justice Literature; ENVS 173 - Global Environmental History; College Nine College 1/1A - Global and International Affairs; Writing 1 & 2 - Rhetoric and Inquiry; Stevenson, Porter & Kresge 26 - Navigating the Research University
Summary of Expertise
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Environmentalism and Higher Education
Critical Approaches to Environmentalism (Decolonial, Feminist, Critical Race, Environmental Justice, Political Ecological, Science and Technology Studies Environmentalisms)
Writing Across the Curriculum/Writing in the Disciplines (WAC/WID)
First-Year Writing (FYW) and First-Year Student/Academic Success
Innovative, Student-Centered, Culturally Relevent Pedagogies
Writing Enriched Curriculum (WEC)
Curriculum Design, Management and Assessment
Undergraduate students co-advised:
Serena Campbell (SOCY/CRES '23), Building Belonging project, “Identifying Critical Environmental Work and Needs on Campus” and senior thesis, “’The University Needs to Listen’: Moving from mainstream to critical environmentalism at UCSC” -- Recipient of the Sociology of Race, Class and Gender Senior Thesis Award, Rachel Carson College’s Paul Niebanck Founder’s Prize and Social Science Dean’s Undergraduate Award
Kimberly Dare (ENVS '21), Building Belonging project, “Building Environmental Belonging: Racial Diversity and Inclusion among Undergraduates at UCSC” and senior thesis, “Propelling UCSC Undergraduates of Color in Environmental Studies through Mentorship” -- Winner of the 2022 AAG Gail Hobbes Undergraduate Student Paper Competition, recipient of Social Science Dean’s and Chancellor’s Undergraduate Award and funds from the College Nine Student Funds
Service:
Diversity Chair, Environmental Rhetoric and Advocacy Special Interest Group, CCCC, Fall 2022-present
College Nine Core Course Coordinator, 2021-22
Diversity Committee, Environmental Studies, 2021-22
Grievance Steward, UC-AFT, 2020-22
College Nine/Ten Writing Program Liaison, 2018-19
Chair's Leadership Committee, Writing Program, 2018-19
Personnel Committee, Writing Program, 2017-2018
Biography, Education and Training
Academic appointments:
Lecturer, Environmental Studies, UCSC, 2016-present
Lecturer, College Nine, UCSC, 2009-2023
Continuing Lecturer, Writing Program, UCSC, 2015-2019
Lecturer, Writing Program, UCSC, 2011-2015
Education:
Ph.D, Geography, University of Minnesota
M.A., Cultural Sociology, New School for Social Research
B.A., Psychology and American Studies, University of California Santa Cruz
Selected Publications
Lu, Flora and Emily Murai (Eds). (2023). Critical Campus Sustainabilities: Bridging Social Justice and the Environment in Higher Education. Springer Nature.