Teaching
I teach across classrooms and communities in Pakistan, Italy, the United States, and China. Grounded in law and geography, my pedagogy is shaped by participatory research, open data, computational social science and a commitment to action-centered engagement.
University Teaching
- Instructor of Global Sustainability at West Virginia University
- Lead Workshops in Italy for professionals
- Courses spanning law, geography, and development studies
Community-Based Teaching
- Critical GIS course
- React–Python tools for civic accountability and public data
- QGIS training for activists and grassroots organizers in Pakistan
Open-Data
Gamification
Counter-Mapping
Storytelling
Community Workshop
Civic Monitoring
Courses & Teaching Areas
Visualizing Global China
Co-taught · NYU Shanghai (GCHN-SHU 133)
Spring 2026
32 students
Geovisualization to read China's global investments & the Belt and Road
Hands-on with the Mapping Global China database, ArcGIS & QGIS
Maps as arguments — critical cartography over GIS mechanics
Story maps, an evaluation framework, and an original analysis
Global Sustainability
West Virginia University, USA
2023 – 2025
125 students
Global sustainability through a world-regional lens
Environmental, economic, political & human geography
Social-media analysis, presentations & weekly discussions
Critical GIS
Pakistan · 6 partner NGOs
Field course
35 students
Open-source GIS with QGIS
Mapping, power, and colonialism
Participatory methods & fieldwork for spatial data
GIS analysis, open data & a QGIS fieldwork trip