Teaching

Dr. Jinnah teaches courses on global climate change and international environmental politics. Most of my courses are cross-listed between the Departments of Environmental Studies and Politics at UC Santa Cruz. I previously taught within the Global Environmental Politics Program at American University's School of International Service. I was the 2014 recipient of the American University School of International Service William Cromwell Award for Outstanding Teaching, and was also appointed to the core faculty of American University's campus-wide honors program, where I co-taught interdisciplinary courses on environmental topics.

I will be teaching new courses in the 2019-2020 academic year as I transition over to the Environmental Studied department. In the fall 2019 I will be co-teaching, with Professor Michael Loik, an interdisciplinary course on "Climate Change Science and Policy" (NEVS 80C). I will update the info below for that class soon. 

I am interested in inquiries from prospective PhD students, especially from those interested in working on climate change politics and governance issues surrounding emerging technologies, including but not limited to climate engineering technologies. Please email me directly if you are interested in applying to work with me at UCSC. ​

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COURSES

Politics 270: Agency Beyond the State: Looking through the Lens of Global Environmental Politics

This graduate seminar explores an emergent theme in global governance that asks if, how, and under what conditions, agency is diffusing away from the state. We will examine roles played by non-state actors such as NGOs/civil society, corporations, and transnational actors, such as international bureaucracies. We will build our theoretical foundation by exploring principle-agent models, and debates surrounding the diffusion of power and agency away from the state in international affairs. We will then delve into both foundational and recent texts in the Global Environmental Governance (GEG) literature, to examine: which actors influence international environmental affairs, how and under what conditions those actors shape outcomes, and what non-state actor participation means more broadly for legitimacy and effectiveness of global environmental governance.
Next offerred: TBD

ENVS 144/Politics 179: Global Climate Change Politics

This upper division course explores the political debates surrounding global climate change in the context of the  United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This course will explore some of the tough questions that governments are currently debating on the global stage, including: should developing countries be required to reduce their GHG emissions; if so, what mechanisms are available for doing so, who should pay for it, and should all developing countries be treated equally; and if not, what are the alternative problem solving tools and what would those entail from the developed world? 
Next offerred: TBC likely Fall 2020

ENVS 152/ Politics 170: Global Environmental Politics

This course is an introduction to international environmental politics from the
perspective of: (1) the causes of global environmental problems; (2) the institutional frameworks available to solve them, and (3) how people fit into this picture as winners, losers, and participants (or not) in shaping our responses to global environmental change.
Next offerred: Winter 2020
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ENVS 153 Politics 162: Globalization and the Environment

This course will explore the relationship between international trade and environmental protection. Centrally, we will consider the question of whether trade liberalization and environment protection are antithetical or conducive?  We will use the theoretical literature on regime overlap to help us better consider this question. Regime overlap occurs when two or more international institutions attempt to govern a single policy space (e.g. the environment). Using regime overlap as a conceptual tool to examine this issue allows us to unpack the nuance of our core question by asking not just if these areas are compatible, but allows us to consider the conditions under which they might be so. 
Next offerred: Spring 2020