Teaching

In 2004, I joined American University’s full-time faculty as Distinguished Film Producer in Residence at the School of Communication. There I founded and directed the Center for Environmental Filmmaking until my retirement in 2018. I love to teach and obtain enormous fulfillment from teaching. I received the 2014 University Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching.

At the request of AU’s Center for Teaching, Research, and Learning, I regularly gave workshops to other professors on how to teach so students are enthusiastic and engaged. And I write about teaching, tenure, and other pedagogical issues.

The main class I taught was COMM-524 Producing Environmental and Wildlife Films. I also managed and oversaw Classroom in the Wild, the Environmental and Wildlife Concentration in our MFA program, and all the programs at the Center for Environmental Filmmaking. In addition, I created and taught a new class called Design Your Life for Success.

Design Your Life For Success

In retirement I am still offering my “Design Your Life for Success” class on how to achieve success and fulfillment in life. Please contact me if you are interested in taking it.

MORE Programs

• Center for Environmental Filmmaking Scholars

• Center for Environmental Filmmaking Annual Reports

• Making a Difference: American University's Center for Enviornmental Filmmaking, PlanetForward at GW

• Environmental Wildlife Film concentration in the MFA

• Classroom in the Wild

• Student Films: Vimeo and YouTube

Scholarships & Competitions

• Senior Scholars at the Center

• Mavis and Sidney John Palmer Scholarship

• Center Challenge Prize: Overcoming Adversity

• Center Scholars

• Eco-Comedy Video Competition

On Teaching

• Inspire Enthusiasm and Motivation in the Classroom (handout)

• RateMyProfessors.com page

• It's Time to Rethink Tenure