My teaching philosophy is rooted in my deep belief in the power of narratives to shape cultures, geographies, and ways of being. As a descendant of pastoral camel herders who were criminalized by the colonial state for refusing to settle as peasant-farmers and relinquish their pasturelands, I have long been fascinated by the politics and poetics of place, people, and their relations. This personal history informs my enduring interest in how narratives of modern progress have justified control over nature and native communities, producing geographies of uneven development. In both my teaching and research on political ecology and environmental studies, I critique these hegemonic narratives by foregrounding questions of environmental justice, equity, and subaltern histories. I make these concerns central to my pedagogy through a twofold strategy of cultivating critique and creativity among my students. Through critique, I train students to question dominant stories of the world; through creativity, I encourage them to imagine alternative, inclusive, and equitable ones.
Courses Taught
Spring 2025
Fall 2024
Spring 2024
Fall 2023
Fall 2022
Spring 2022
Fall 2021
Spring 2020
Government College University, Lahore (2007-2014)
Government Degree College, Bhai Pheru
(2005-2007)
INTL-I202: Global Health and Environment
INTL-I420/I503: Environmental Crisis and Uneven Development
INTL-I202: Global Health and Environment
INTL-I302: Global Water Crisis
ENS: 603: Communicating Environmental Knowledge
ENS 601: Environment and Sustainability: Issues and Ideas
ENS 602: Environment and Sustainability: Governance and Policy
GEO 718: Narratives, Worlds, Geographies
ENS 601: Environment and Sustainability: Issues and Ideas
ENS 602: Environment and Sustainability: Governance and Policy
GEO 135: Global Climate Change
GEOG: 120 Regions of the World
GEOG:453/553 Water and Society
INTL- I202: Global Health and Environment
DLA 1203: Introduction to Anthropology
PS 1201: Study of Politics
PS 2101: Comparative Governments
PS 2202: Ideology of Pakistan
PS 3201: Western Political Thought I
PS 3208: Contemporary Political Theories
PS 4102: Western Political Thought II
PS 4214: Water Politics in Pakistan
PS 7216: Contemporary Pol. Thought
PS 8203: International Terrorism
2005-2007 English Basics (Intermediate)
Intro to English Literature (BA)
Abdul Aijaz 