Teaching and Mentoring
I have developed strong teaching and mentoring credentials throughout my academic career, grounded in a long-standing commitment to education as a pillar of social justice.
Prior to earning my PhD, I obtained a Master’s degree in secondary and higher education. I also hold the agrégation in Geography with a minor in History, a highly competitive French national teaching qualification.
Teaching Experience
In Spring 2025, as a postdoctoral researcher supported in part by the Center for Heat Resilient Communities, I collaborated with Dr. Ladd Keith (UArizona) and Dr. Sara Meerow (Arizona State University) and assisted them in supervising student projects focused on plan quality evaluation.
In Fall 2024, I contributed to the E -learning course "Rivers and Cities" by the ENS de Lyon. I teach Week 5, Lesson 3: Adapting Cities to Climate Change – The Role of Rivers.
I served as a lecturer at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon from 2017 to 2020. There, I taught courses in Environmental Geography and led seminars in Political Ecology. These courses invited students to critically examine how humans use, value, perceive, manage, and transform the environment, with particular attention to the cultural, economic, political, and social dimensions shaping these relationships. There, I was also involved in the “College Preparatory Class”, a program designed to promote equal opportunities for students from disadvantaged backgrounds as they apply for college. This experience further strengthened my commitment to inclusive and equitable teaching practices.
List of courses taught:
Introduction to Environmental Geography [undergraduate level]
Regional Geography: North America [undergraduate level]
Environment, Changes, Power : A Political Ecology Seminar [graduate level]
Global Environmental Changes [graduate level]
In addition to classroom teaching, I contribute to pedagogical resources and curriculum development. I authored a chapter in a higher education textbook, served as an expert reviewer for French high school geography textbooks, and regularly write for Géoconfluences, a major online resource for geography teachers in France.
Alongside my academic teaching, I also teach French as a form of community engagement at the Alliance Française of Greater Phoenix.
Mentoring Experience
Mentorship is central to my academic practice. I have mentored numerous undergraduate and graduate students throughout my PhD and two postdoctoral appointments.
Our current team at the Heat Resilience Initiative includes three graduate research assistants from the School of Landscape Architecture and Planning, and each year we also host and train Mo’Scholar students from the Udall Center of Public Policy. I am accustomed to working closely with students and truly enjoy being part of their academic journey, guiding and supporting them as they develop their skills and knowledge.
For instance, several students I initially mentored in France later joined me as research assistants or exchange students at the University of Arizona. My first postdoctoral institution, IRL Iglobes (CNRS–University of Arizona), functions as a hub for academic exchange between France and the United States. Within this context, I actively supported student mobility and cultivated their interest in international research experiences. I also served on the Master’s thesis committee for four students in the Master’s program in Water Management and Local Development at the University of Paris Nanterre; all graduated with honors (cum laude). Two of these students have since gone on to fully funded PhD programs - one at Université Grenoble Alpes and the other at Collège de France - with extended fieldwork conducted at the University of Arizona.
Co-teaching a seminar with Dr. Minwoo Ahn at the UA College of Public Health (Feb. 2026)
Screenshot from the E-learning course “Rivers and Cities”, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Geopolitics of the Americas, from the Nouveaux Continents series, fully aligns with the second-year curriculum for ECG preparatory classes in France (“Économique et Commerciale” a track in the French system for business and economics studies)
Field trip with students to the Agua Nueva Wastewater Treatment Plant, Pima County (March 2023).
Fieldtrip with students organized by Dr. Larry Fisher (UA School of Natural Resources and the Environment) and I in the Santa Rita Moutains (March 2022).