Case’s Teaching & Advising Endeavors...
“The only original things we ever do are mistakes”
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When it comes to education, I believe students represent the most important component and work to offer them the best product possible, helping them become keen Speculators, Observers, Describers, and Analyzers of the world (see my SODA model) by thinking critically and Googling competently. I chose Academia as a career because I want to help students succeed, and my experience and expertise revolve around that. So, my work diligently promotes active student engagement, such as field-based research, supervising student-led/driven studies, experiential education, and co-authoring peer-reviewed publications.
Teaching
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Current courses include Landform Dynamics, Earth-Life Cycles, Urban Geomorphology, Natural Hazards, and field-based Landscapes & Landforms of the Lesser Antilles
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Discover my Geography by Rail® Program via one student’s iBook (England & Scotland), or another’s blog (Morocco)
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Several years ago, I won the National Council for Geographic Education's Higher Education Distinguished Teaching award!
Advising & Mentoring
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Supervising student-led/driven projects on a variety of landscape change topics: paleoenvironments, sea level rise, relict landscapes, geomorphic hazards, rock art, remote sensing, rock deterioration, and more
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Getting students involved in the academic advising process (an invited article for NACADA )
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On Choosing an Academic Advisor (if you have a choice)
Ultimately, I remain content that (when) my students (decide to work hard!) produce utterly fantastic results. Like my incredible PhD advisor, I have been privileged to work with some outstanding minds. Whether they successfully garner funding for a research project, publish in a peer-reviewed journal, gain admittance to a competitive graduate program, discover the joy of fieldwork, effectively complete independent research projects, or obtain a solid internship and/or after-graduation employment, I just want them to succeed and enjoy what they do. So I stand ready to help in any way possible.