Writing

“Integration as Emergence: Teaching the Cognitive Toolkit for Interdisciplinarity”
In Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching: Practice and Pedagogies · Ethics Press, 2026

Incorporating Sustainability Across the Curriculum
Open educational resource, co-author · Pressbooks, 2025

“Interaction Design for Educational Technologies in Interdisciplinary Studies”
IC4E 2025, Tokyo · Best Paper (3rd of 423) and Best Presentation

“The Epistemology of Complexity and ‘Doing’ Interdisciplinarity”
Interface: An International Interdisciplinary Studies Journal · 2021

“Integrating User-Centred Design Approaches for a Course Design Framework for Interdisciplinary Studies Teaching and Learning”
Journal of Teaching and Learning · 2020

“How Interdisciplinarians Work”
Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education · 2019

Speaking

Outside the Upload: Embodied Learning and Authentic Assessment in Online Learning
Refereed paper · 52nd International Improving University Teaching Conference · University of Glasgow, Scotland · 2026

Knowing Differently: Complexity Theory as Epistemological Orientation
Invited international webinar · International Complexity Research Association for the Social Sciences · 2026

Interdisciplinarity Beyond Mixology: The Neglected Wisdom of Complexity and Connection
Invited lecture · Center for Humanities and Digital Research · 2026

Transferable Skills of Interdisciplinarity
Keynote · Alpha Iota Sigma Induction Ceremony · 2025

Fostering Interdisciplinary Learning Journeys
Keynote · Interdisciplinary/Independent Majors Programs Conference · 2025

Interaction Design for Educational Technologies in Interdisciplinary Studies
IC4E 2025, Tokyo, Japan · Best Presentation Award

Authentic Assessment and Higher-Order Thinking
Invited faculty seminar, co-facilitator · 2025

Integration as an Emergent Property of Complexity
Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Conference · University of Birmingham, UK · 2022

Versions of Utopia
Interdisciplinary Teaching in Arts and Humanities · Humboldt University, Berlin · 2014

Teaching

I teach interdisciplinary studies at the undergraduate and graduate levels, designing courses around authentic assessment, real-world application, and learning that happens in students’ own communities.

Capstone Experience
Senior project course for Interdisciplinary Studies

Environmental Stewardship: Earthkeepers
Interdisciplinary perspectives on the environment.

Cornerstone Experience
Foundational concept in Interdisciplinary Studies

Ways of Knowing
Graduate seminar on building knowledge across disciplines

World Comparative Studies
Comparative perspectives across cultures and systems

Perspectives on Death and Dying · Love · Women in the Christian Tradition
Earlier courses in philosophy and religious studies

Recognition

Best Paper (3rd of 423) and Best Presentation Award
IC4E International Conference, Tokyo · 2025

Founding Faculty Award
College of Undergraduate Studies 2025

Excellence in Research Award
College of Undergraduate Studies 2024

Research Incentive Award
University of Central Florida 2023

Governor General’s Academic Gold Medal (Government of Canada)
Mount Saint Vincent University · 2009

Senate Award of Distinction
Mount Saint Vincent University · 2009

Duffy Award for Interdisciplinarity Awarded twice
Dalhousie University · 2011 and 2013