I am the Principal Investigator (PI) on our National Science Foundation ITEST project.

I am a Professor in the College of Education at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. in the Teaching, Learning, and Technology program. My research interests include: the design of Web-based inquiry learning environments; learning with spatial thinking tools including GIS, Google Earth, and remotely sensed images; design and implementation of inquiry-based environmental science curricula; visual instructional technologies; motivation and learning; and the use of instructional technologies to promote learning. I am also a core faculty member of Lehigh’s Environmental Initiative.

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I currently teach science and am a two-year implementation vet to our ITEST project at Building 21 Allentown. I earned my BA in Life Science at Pennsylvania State University. Shortly after, I attempted to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail from GA to ME but cut it short in PA due to illness. In 2015 I completed a teaching residency at Roxborough High School in Philadelphia. I then taught biology and forensics at New Foundations Charter School, and recently landed north in Allentown School District as the Integrated Science teacher.

One of my passions is walking. Not necessarily for the sake of going somewhere specific, but for the practice of being present. As a novice, mindfulness plays a critical role for me personally and professionally. I cannot see myself in a different role today.  Working with students presents the unpredictable and promotes a growth mindset. As a science teacher, my practice encourages students to own the content and master the skills, so they can apply the evidence from scientific investigations to approach to their everyday lives.



 

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Environmental Initiative. My primary research is in the areas of environmental policy and political theory and focuses on issues of valuation, justification, and participation in contemporary approaches to policy analysis and administrative rulemaking.

Currently, I'm involved in the South Side Initiative with two projects related to environmental justice in the South Bethlehem community. First, as the director of the Community Gardens Working Group, which manages and runs projects involving the six community gardens on Bethlehem's south side. Second, leading the Asthma and Air Pollution Mapping Project, which carries out collaborative air monitoring research in order to identify and promote the use of pedestrian routes through the city of Bethlehem that minimize exposure to traffic-related air pollution.

I earned my doctorate and master's degree in Political Science at the University of Chicago. My bachelor's degrees are from the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management and the Department of Jurisprudence and Social Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. I have written a book, "Allocating the Earth: A Distributional Approach to Protecting Capabilities in Environmental Law and Policy" (Oxford University Press, 2014), which draws on “capabilities theory” to address substantive and procedural dimensions of environmental injustice.

I am a Sr. Geospatial Specialist in the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning. I received my Masters of Environmental Science from the University of Charleston, SC in 2001. I have maintained a GIS Professional (GISP) certification from the GIS Certification Institute since 2004. With more than 18 years of experience designing and implementing GIS solutions, I joined Lehigh University in 2011, and have been expanding the use of GIS across campus as well as supporting student and faculty research.

I also provide consultation and training in spatial analysis and database management and GIS application development to faculty, students, and staff. My expertise facilitates the advancement and adoption of innovative geospatial tools and techniques and helps the integration of such tools with other web tools and frameworks. 

 

I am a Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences at Lehigh University. I received my B.S. in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, M.S. in Geosciences from Rutgers University, and Ph.D in Geophysics from the University of Chicago.

My research focuses on paleoclimatology, volcanology, stratigraphy, geodynamics and tectonics, global hydrology, sea level, the environmental impacts of human activities, and science education. Toward the goal of understanding of Earth’s processes and environment, I continue to work toward the integration of disparate disciplines in geology, environmental science, technology, policy, and the myriad interactions between people and the world in which we live.




 

I am the lead coordinator of the ITEST project at Building 21 Allentown, the test site during development of this project. I am the founding Humanities instructor at Building 21, with certifications in both Secondary Social Studies and English/Language Arts. The focus of my instructional design is facilitating mastery of the skills that support empowered citizenship. I have taught American law and government at both the high school and undergraduate level, and currently teach World History with a focus on the modern, non-Western world.

I received my B.A. in Political Science from SUNY Stony Brook in 2001, and my M.Ed. from St. Joseph’s University (Philadelphia) in 2012.

I am a current Ph.D. student in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department at Lehigh University. My current research is focused on using GIS and field based metrics to test drivers of uplift in active mountainous regions. I am broadly interested in how the Earth’s surface can record large scale tectonic processes.

Prior to my Ph.D. research I earned my B.S. degree in Geology from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and my M.S. in Structural Geology at Lehigh University.