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Jacqueline Maximillian

  • Associate Professor of Practice, Environmental Science
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
  • (520) 621-9308
  • Saguaro Hall, Rm. 309
  • Tucson, AZ 85721
  • maximillianj@arizona.edu
  • Bio
  • Interests
  • Courses
  • Scholarly Contributions

Degrees

  • Ph.D. Natural Resources
    • University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States
    • Sustainability and Profitability of Internationally Traded Medicinal Plants.
  • M.S. Forestry
    • Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Morogoro, Tanzania, United Republic of
    • Valuation of Non-timber Forest Products.
  • B.S. Forestry
    • Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Morogoro, Tanzania, United Republic of
    • Economic Analysis of Agroforestry Systems.

Work Experience

  • University of Arizona, Arizona (2016 - Ongoing)
  • University of Idaho (2012 - 2016)
  • University of Idaho (2010 - 2012)

Awards

  • Cardon Academy of Teaching Excellence
    • UA CALES, Spring 2024
  • Provost Award for Innovations in Teaching
    • University of Arizona, Spring 2021 (Award Finalist)
  • Provost Teaching Innovation Award
    • University of Arizona, Spring 2021

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Interests

Research

I am interested in uncovering: 1) How to teach students to become lifelong learners; 2)Effective ways to increase underrepresented populations in natural sciences; 3)Effective ways to increase the participation of pollution affected communities in environmental clean-up; 4) How to increase undergraduate participation in problem-solving, decision making, and scientific discussions; and, 5) How to teach science in simple and culturally relatable manner.

Teaching

My teaching interests center on providing students with practical, real-life problem-solving, and relatable learning experiences in learning the earth’s natural systems and the science behind contemporary environmental problems and solutions. I demonstrate the interconnectedness of ecological, social, and economic dimensions of human actions and the importance integrating them into decision-making processes. In teaching general education courses, I advance students’ skills and abilities to integrate environmental science and in their own field of studies, that allows them to envision their role in tackling complex and persistent environmental issues regardless of their majors. The integration allows students to view the scientific method and evidence-based research as relevant and an integral part of the college and daily life rather than a complicated subject of study. I currently teach, ENVS 170A Introduction to Environmental Science (both in class and online), ENVS 195A Careers in Environmental Science, ENVS 210 Fundamentals of Environmental Science and SustainabilityENVS 480/580 Environmental Assessment, and ENVS 498 Undergraduate Research.

Courses

2025-26 Courses

  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 480 (Fall 2025)
  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 580 (Fall 2025)
  • Environmental Essentials
    ENVS 210 (Fall 2025)
  • Sr Cap: Intro to Research I
    ENVS 498A (Fall 2025)
  • Sr Cap: Intro to Research II
    ENVS 498B (Fall 2025)

2024-25 Courses

  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 480 (Summer I 2025)
  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 580 (Summer I 2025)
  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 480 (Spring 2025)
  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 580 (Spring 2025)
  • Environmental Essentials
    ENVS 210 (Spring 2025)
  • Graduate Workshop
    ENVS 697 (Spring 2025)
  • Sr Cap: Intro to Research I
    ENVS 498A (Spring 2025)
  • Sr Cap: Intro to Research II
    ENVS 498B (Spring 2025)
  • Teaching Workshop
    ENVS 397A (Spring 2025)
  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 480 (Fall 2024)
  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 580 (Fall 2024)
  • Environmental Essentials
    ENVS 210 (Fall 2024)
  • Sr Cap: Intro to Research I
    ENVS 498A (Fall 2024)
  • Sr Cap: Intro to Research II
    ENVS 498B (Fall 2024)
  • Teaching Workshop
    ENVS 397A (Fall 2024)

2023-24 Courses

  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 480 (Summer I 2024)
  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 580 (Summer I 2024)
  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 480 (Spring 2024)
  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 580 (Spring 2024)
  • Graduate Workshop
    ENVS 697 (Spring 2024)
  • Independent Study
    ENVS 599 (Spring 2024)
  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 480 (Fall 2023)
  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 580 (Fall 2023)
  • Independent Study
    ENVS 599 (Fall 2023)
  • Sr Cap: Intro to Research I
    ENVS 498A (Fall 2023)
  • Sr Cap: Intro to Research II
    ENVS 498B (Fall 2023)

2022-23 Courses

  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Summer I 2023)
  • Independent Study
    ENVS 599 (Spring 2023)
  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Spring 2023)
  • Sr Cap: Intro to Research I
    ENVS 498A (Spring 2023)
  • Sr Cap: Intro to Research II
    ENVS 498B (Spring 2023)
  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 480 (Fall 2022)
  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 580 (Fall 2022)
  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Fall 2022)

2021-22 Courses

  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Summer I 2022)
  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Spring 2022)
  • Sr Cap: Intro to Research I
    ENVS 498A (Spring 2022)
  • Sr Cap: Intro to Research II
    ENVS 498B (Spring 2022)
  • Teaching Workshop
    ENVS 397A (Spring 2022)
  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 480 (Fall 2021)
  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 580 (Fall 2021)
  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Fall 2021)
  • Teaching Workshop
    ENVS 397A (Fall 2021)

2020-21 Courses

  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 480 (Summer I 2021)
  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Summer I 2021)
  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Spring 2021)
  • SWES Sophomore Preceptorship
    ENVS 291 (Spring 2021)
  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 480 (Fall 2020)
  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 580 (Fall 2020)
  • Independent Study
    ENVS 399 (Fall 2020)
  • Internship
    ENVS 393 (Fall 2020)
  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Fall 2020)

2019-20 Courses

  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Summer I 2020)
  • Independent Study
    ENVS 299 (Spring 2020)
  • Independent Study
    ENVS 399 (Spring 2020)
  • Independent Study
    ENVS 499 (Spring 2020)
  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Spring 2020)
  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 480 (Fall 2019)
  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 580 (Fall 2019)
  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Fall 2019)

2018-19 Courses

  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Spring 2019)
  • SWES Sophomore Preceptorship
    ENVS 291 (Spring 2019)
  • Teaching Workshop
    ENVS 397A (Spring 2019)
  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 480 (Fall 2018)
  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 580 (Fall 2018)
  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Fall 2018)

2017-18 Courses

  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Summer I 2018)
  • Careers in Environ Sci
    ENVS 195A (Spring 2018)
  • Fund Env Sci+Sustain
    ENVS 210 (Spring 2018)
  • Honors Thesis
    ENVS 498H (Spring 2018)
  • Independent Study
    ENVS 299 (Spring 2018)
  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Spring 2018)
  • Sr Cap: Intro to Research II
    ENVS 498B (Spring 2018)
  • Careers in Environ Sci
    ENVS 195A (Fall 2017)
  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 480 (Fall 2017)
  • Environmental Assessment
    ENVS 580 (Fall 2017)
  • Fund Env Sci+Sustain
    ENVS 210 (Fall 2017)
  • Honors Thesis
    ENVS 498H (Fall 2017)
  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Fall 2017)
  • Sr Cap: Intro to Research I
    ENVS 498A (Fall 2017)

2016-17 Courses

  • Careers in Environ Sci
    ENVS 195A (Spring 2017)
  • Fund Env Sci+Sustain
    ENVS 210 (Spring 2017)
  • Intro Environmental Sci
    ENVS 170A1 (Spring 2017)
  • Sustainability Workshop I
    ENVS 397S (Spring 2017)

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Scholarly Contributions

Chapters

  • Maximillian, J., Matthias, A., Glenn, E., & Brusseau, M. L. (2019). Pollution and Environmental Perturbations in the Global System. In Environmental and Pollution Science 3rd Edition. Elsevier.
  • Ramirez, M., Brusseau, M. L., Pepper, I. L., & Maximillian, J. (2019). Chapter 26 Environmental Human Health. In Environmental and Pollution Science 3rd Edition. Elsevier.
  • Brusseau, M. L., Ramirez, M. D., & Maximillian, J. (2019). Chapter 26 Environmental Impacts on Human Health and Well-Being.. In Environmental and Pollution Science. Elsevier.
  • Maximillian, J., Brusseau, M. L., Glenn, E. P., & Matthias, A. D. (2019). Pollution and Environmental Perturbations in the Global System. In Environmental and Pollution Science, 3rd Edition(pp 457 - 476). United States of America: Academic Press. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/C2017-0-00480-9
    More info
    Environmental and Pollution Science, Third Edition, continues its tradition on providing readers with the scientific basis to understand, manage, mitigate, and prevent pollution across the environment, be it air, land, or water. Pollution originates from a wide variety of sources, both natural and man-made, and occurs in a wide variety of forms including, biological, chemical, particulate or even energy, making a multivariate approach to assessment and mitigation essential for success. This third edition has been updated and revised to include topics that are critical to addressing pollution issues, from human-health impacts to environmental justice to developing sustainable solutions. Environmental and Pollution Science, Third Edition is designed to give readers the tools to be able to understand and implement multi-disciplinary approaches to help solve current and future environmental pollution problems.
  • Maximillian, J., Pepper, I. L., Brusseau, M. L., & Ramirez, M. (2019). Chapter 26 Environmental Human Health. In Environmental and Pollution Science 3rd Edition. Elsevier.

Journals/Publications

  • Blowers, P., Elfring, L. K., Talanquer, V. A., Rezende, L. F., Eadie, E. C., Maximillian, J., Kim, Y. A., & Southard, K. M. (2021). Responsive Teaching in Online Learning Environments: Using an Instructional Team to Promote Formative Assessment and Sense of Community. Journal of College Science Teaching, 50(4).

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