Academic Experience

Goldman School of Public Policy, UCB (2002)

• Faculty, University of California Public Policy and International Affairs Summer Institute

The University of California, San Diego

• The Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UCSD (1996 - 2003)
  • Faculty, summer seminar program (1999 - 2002)
  • Assisted in organizing a binational briefing on environmental issues for the Fox administration (October 2000)
  • Research Fellow, "Economic Integration and the Environment: Promoting Sustainable Development along the U.S.-Mexican Border" (1998 - 1999)
  • Guest Scholar, Environmental Policy and Law Research, Seminar Lecture on "Mexican Environmental Policy Related to Management of Protected Areas" (1996 - 1997)
  • Lectures on:
    • Status of Environmental Policy at the Border (2000)
    • US-Mexican Relations on Environmental Issues (1999)
    • Environmental Policy Formation In Mexico: Lessons And Prospects (1999)
    • Border Region Adjacent Protected Natural Areas Cooperation (1999)
    • The New NAFTA Environmental Institutions and U.S.-Mexico Border Sustainable Development (1998, 1999)
    • Laguna San Ignacio (1998)
    • Sustainable Development (1997, 1998)
  • Assisted in preparation of conferences on US-Mexico border environmental issues
• The Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, UCSD   (1996 - 2003)
  • Director, Environmental Law and Civil Society Program
  • Lecturer and Independent Study Advisor on international environmental policy, trade and environment policy, Conflict Resolution of Environmental Issues, Environmental Issues in Baja California, and international law
  • Designed international environmental policy curriculum
  • Editor (Acting) and Editorial Advisory Board Member for the Journal of Environment and Development
  • International Advisory Board Member (1994 - 1996)
  • Community Advisory Board Member for Strategic Community Consulting (a student-run public sector consulting group)
  • Dean's Search Committee Member (1995 - 1996)
  • Current Student Career Advisor's Panel Member
• John Muir College, UCSD
  • Lecturer on ocean policy and law, environmental law and environmental campaign strategy design (2000 - 2003)
  • Environmental Studies Program Steering Committee member (1999 - 2004)
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
  • Lecturer for Marine Science, Law and Policy seminar (2002)
  • Guest Lecture, ENGOs and Science: Consilience and Dissonance for Scripps Institution of Oceanography (2000)
• Urban Studies and Planning Program, UCSD (1995 - 2003)
  • Guest Lecturer, "The Role of NGOs in International Environmental Policy-Making" for a class on Sustainable Development
  • Guest Lecturer, "NAFTA and its Supplemental Agreements on the Environment" for a class on the U.S.-Mexican Border
  • Faculty Advisor for Senior Honors Theses program

University of San Diego

School of Law, San Diego, California

• Adjunct Professor, Trade and Environment Policy and Law (1997 - 1998)
• Guest Lecturer, International Environmental Law (2000 - 2003)

San Diego State University

Institute for International Security and Conflict Resolution, San Diego, California   (1997 - 1999)

• Independent Study Advisor
• Continuing education lecturer on "population and the environment"
• Continuing education lecturer on "the influence of religion on international environmental policy"

United States International University

Environmental Studies Program, San Diego, California (1997 - 2002)

• Adjunct Professor, Culture and the Environment
• Advisory Board Member