Teaching.
Teaching has been a common endeavor along my path, and my passions for education and engagement have always driven me professionally. Starting as a chemistry tutor and an undergraduate ecology and evolution teaching assistant, I grew into an educator at Spark-Y as a Sustainability Educator. I went on to work as a graduate teaching assistant for an undergraduate course in Land, Food, and Community. I am now a co-instructor, teaching assistant, and visiting lecturer for upper level food systems and sustainability courses at the University of Helsinki.
Guest Lecturer
Environment + Society Food Systems Module – Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University
Environment + Society Food Systems Module – Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University
- Topic: A Taste of Sustainable Food Systems: Past, Present, and Future Challenges and Actions
- Topic: Kiss the Ground: A critical Review of the Film
- Topic: Food Security, Food Sovereignty, and Indigenous Foodways
- Topic: Understanding Local Food Systems
- Topic: Food Literacy and Food Sovereignty
- Topic: Pathways to Resilience in Future Sustainable Food Systems
- Topic: Climate Change and Food Security in Future Sustainable Food Systems
- Topic: Postcolonial Theory in Food Systems
Workshop Facilitator
Multi-, Inter-, and Trans-disciplinary Skill Development Workshop – Doctoral Programme in Interdisciplinary Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki
Multi-, Inter-, and Trans-disciplinary Skill Development Workshop – Doctoral Programme in Interdisciplinary Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki
- Co-facilitated a three-day workshop which introduced participants to the basics of developing professional skills for collaborative work in sustainable futures, particularly as academics and researchers. The main aim of the workshop was to give doctoral students an opportunity to develop interdisciplinary collaboration skills through hands-on, problem-based learning.
Co-instructor
Philosophy and Methodology of Sustainable Food Production Systems – Master’s Programmes in Agricultural Sciences and in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability, University of Helsinki
Philosophy and Methodology of Sustainable Food Production Systems – Master’s Programmes in Agricultural Sciences and in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability, University of Helsinki
- Co-teach course content on various philosophical and methodological aspects of sustainable food systems (SFS), including currently implemented agricultural models, discussion of divergent trends – notably sustainable intensification and agroecology, relevance of food systems for United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals and relation with the planetary boundaries framework, history of agriculture and relation to sustainability, background economic dynamics, legal and ethical frameworks, rural and food sustainability, multidisciplinary issues in SFS research and methodological limitations for further integration.
- Keywords: Sustainable food systems, agricultural models, sustainability science, methodology, multi-, inter- and trans-disciplinarity, sustainable intensification, agroecology, philosophy of science, social sciences, ecological and environmental economics.
Doctoral Teaching Assistant
Sustainable Food Systems
Department of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
Sustainable Food Systems
Department of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
Module Development Lead
Sustainable Food Systems and Healthy Nutrition Module – Introduction to Sustainability MOOC, University of Helsinki
Sustainable Food Systems and Healthy Nutrition Module – Introduction to Sustainability MOOC, University of Helsinki
- Led a team of 30 researchers, instructors, and students through the development of a sub-section (module) of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) required for all bachelor’s students at the University of Helsinki. Topics range from sustainable production, consumption, and food cycles, to larger issues and critiques of sustainability in food systems and healthy nutrition.
Graduate Teaching Assistant – 2017-2019
Land, Food, and Community I
Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Land, Food, and Community I
Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant – 2015-2016
Principles of Ecology and Evolution, Principles of Plant and Animal Physiology
Biology Department, Hamline University
St. Paul, MN, USA
Principles of Ecology and Evolution, Principles of Plant and Animal Physiology
Biology Department, Hamline University
St. Paul, MN, USA