James A. Lutz, Teaching in a pandemic, USU Campus, October 2020 James A. Lutz, Teaching in Yosemite Valley, June 2013
10/2020  6/2013 

Teaching

WILD 6730 - Forest Community Ecology. Taught autumn semester in alternate, odd years (i.e., 2021, 2023 ).

WILD 3820 - Forest Plants: Identification, Biology, and Function. Taught every autumn semester.

WILD 4570 - Forest Ecology of the Sierra Nevada and White Mountains. Taught every summer in the first summer term.

WILD 6570 - Forest Ecology of the Sierra Nevada and White Mountains (Graduate Section). Taught every summer in the first summer term.

CAS 6888 - Leadership and Followership in Interdisciplinary Science. Taught for five weeks in autumn semester (2017 - 2021)

Teaching at University of Washington
2009 - 2013. Lecturer, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. Forest Ecology of the Sierra Nevada and White Mountains. This intensive field class introduced students to most forest ecosystem types in the Sierra Nevada as well as research techniques in the Yosemite Forest Dynamics Plot. Many students used this class as a basis for their senior projects and capstones.

2006, 2007. Pre-Doctoral Instructor, College of Forest Resources. Forest Community Ecology (graduate course). Faculty Teaching Award (2007).

2006, 2007. Teaching Assistant, College of Forest Resources. Ecosystem Management in the Sierra Nevada (Jerry Franklin), Wildland Recreation and Amenity Management (Gordon Bradley), Society and Sustainable Environments (Gordon Bradley).

2007. Curriculum development. Assisted with development of course content for paired undergraduate core courses in ecological and social aspects of forestry.