Kelly Luis

Kelly Luis

Kanaka maoli remote sensing scientist

Teaching and Service

Learning the sweep from Uncle Snake Ah Hee and Catherine Fuller

Teaching

  1. The Urban Ocean : In the Spring of 2019, I developed and taught a transdisciplinary, place-based seminar focused on immersing students in the history, culture, and science of Boston Harbor and its Islands. The course underwent review by the Seminar Assessment Committee, School for the Environment Senate,and Faculty Council and the final proposal can be found here. The most recent syllabus of the course can be found here syllabus

  2. Girls Who Code Club - Grove Hall Branch of the Boston Public Library : Starting in the Spring of 2017, I volunteered to become a coding instructor because I wouldn’t be a programmer without informal mentoring by women. Teaching resources from my classes can be found here.

Service

  1. School for the Environment - Graduate Anti-Racism Task Force (SEGART): In the wake of George Floyd’s murder and subsequent protests, SEGART was assembled to reduce racial prejudice and harm in the School for the Environment. I served as the convener of this taskforce and the principal investigator of the Online Conversations for Equity, Action, and Networking (OCEAN) grant, a Woods Hole Sea Grant funded pilot project aimed at increasing the visibility and representation of Black, Indigneous, and People of Color working in marine environments