My teaching activities span a broad range of topics.  Currently, I am focusing on the teaching of architecture history, climate change, and organization management. These are the three topics that align with my research efforts at the current time and the topics that I am passionate about transferring to today's students.

 

Course Introductions

Photo of class in Mary Rippon theater in the snow while discussing changing climate impacts

Climate Change Impact Introduction

Climate Change
Climate Change: Influences on Infrastructure Development
This course is a new course that has been developed out of the decade-long research I have conducted on the impact of climate change on infrastructure.  Students learn the basics of climate science and how to analyze the effects of climate change projections on individual assets, towns, and countries.  Students focus on analyzing an individual area and determine the potential effects on that area from changing climate factors.

Photo of class at Old Main at CU which is a primary focus of the Buildings Talk course

Architectural History

Architecture History
Buildings Talk: An Introduction to the CU campus through its buildings and stories
This class is a First-Year Seminar that introduces students to the histopry of CU, Boulder, and Colorado through the development of the CU campus.  We study the buildings, people, politics, and social issues that made the campus what it is today.  The class focuses on using the buildings to tell the stories of the environment in which we learn and work.

Architecture History: A World History
This class is a core class for ENVD students that focuses on the historic development of architecture.  From early cultures through modern cities, this class races the evolution of styles, influences, and the events that shaped the development of structures across millenia.  The course demonstrates that architecture is a mirror on society and that our buildings reflect the important concerns of each society and time.

Line chart showing that staying on the ENR Top 500 gets more volatile over time even though the trend of overall percentage staying continues to increase

Organization Management

Organization Management
Business Planning for Design Organizations
Design organizations are unique entities that have very specific concerns when it comes to running an organization.  Market analysis, client management, marketing, and project management have unique perspectives in these organizations.  These organizations also historically underperform other inductries. This class allows students to create their own organization and develop a business plan for a new entity.