Courses Taught as Independent Instructor
Contemporary Cultural Geography (cross listed as Topics of Urban Society & Culture)
Independent Inquiry, Cultural Diversity, & Writing Emphasis Flags
Recent theoretical developments in cultural geography, with a focus on landscapes and the everyday practices that imbue them with meaning; the ways those meanings are contested and are the foci of struggle; and how the relationship between culture and space plays a central role in the social construction of identity.
Also see examples student projects from this class here.
Animal Geographies: The Where in Human-Animal Relations, Spring 2017
Designed as part of a new interdisciplinary minor - Human-Animal Relationships
Geography, Texas Christian University
This course introduces students to the rapidly evolving sub-discipline of Animal Geography within the wider body of research on human-animal relations through focused readings, in class discussions and writing. The course explores diverse and complex roles that humans and animals have in each other’s individual daily geographies and lifespans across a variety of places. Course topics are related to the growing concerns and debates such as global biodiversity loss and environmental degradation, growing human-wildlife conflict in urban and developing countries, and the role of human management in species and individual animal management (urban, domestic spaces, protected areas, and other relevant spaces). Human and animal lives have always been entwined, yet the efforts and failures to coexist are intensified by global environmental and social changes. This course explores how both people and animals are active participants in creating human, animal, and human-animal places, boundaries, and a co-created world.
World Regional Geography, Fall 2011 & Spring 2012 (two sections per semester)
Geography, Texas Christian University
Geography 100, World Regional Geography, introduces students to the diversity of the world through the idea (and issues) of global regions. This is accomplished by identifying the physical geographic processes and the human adaptations to those processes, as well as the political, economic, social, and physical conditions of the lives of people in that region. Students will begin to understand relationships between the social and spatial organization of society, and how the social world is organized in and through particular places, such as cities, nations, virtual communities, nation states, ethnic islands, etc. Students will familiarize themselves with the global landscape, politically, physically, and culturally. Maps will be a crucial tool in this goal. As students begin to understand the spatial distribution of various geographic phenomena (population, diseases, cities, etc.), you will also begin to understand the complex place-based geographies and landscapes that constitute various world regions.
Directed Studies: Topical Studies in Geography, Spring 2012
Geography, Texas Christian University
Advised an independent study for an undergraduate to conducted research who gained internal funding to present his results at the Annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers in New York in 2012. His poster was titled: ‘Fort Worth's Sundance Square: Simulacrum of Hell's Half Acre.’
Teaching Evaluations
Preliminary written feedback for Fall 2018: Contemporary Cultural Geography (upper level; flags: writing emphasis, independent inquiry, and cultural diversity.
Teaching Evaluations Fall 2011-Spring 2012
75% strongly agreed: conducted the class in which it helped me learn
80% strongly agreed: well prepared for each class
79% strongly agreed: provided an intellectually stimulating learning environment
79% strongly agreed: encouraged active student participation
Student Evaluation Form Quotes & Email Communication*
"I really enjoyed both the content and structure of this class. I have become more interested and invested in the topic of graffiti and 'urban semiotics' (if that is a field that's been defined in the academic world yet!)" Fall 2018*
"I didn't get the chance to tell you, but I loved this class! It was really nice to look into the more cultural issues surrounding geography as I am usually studying the Earth sciences side of geography. It opened my eyes to what I can do within geography and I'm now thinking about pursuing conservation of some kind. Thanks for such a great class." Fall 2018*
“When I wasn't working to my best of my ability, she pulled me aside and called me out. That was exactly what I needed.” Spring 2012
“There was one point when I received a poor score on an article response. The feedback I got was incredibly helpful. I was able to write my other ones much more accurately and received a much higher score” Spring 2012
“Amazing teacher. I learned a great amount about the culture of the world which is greatly affected by geography.” Spring 2012
“Great professor! She is so knowledgeable and enthusiastic about her teaching!” Spring 2012
“Professor Fullerton is an incredible teacher with so much energy that the course is enjoyable to take.” Spring 2012
“Professor Fullerton was very prepared for class and was very interested in what she was teaching. This made it nice to go to class and encouraged students to be interested in the world around them.” Spring 2011
“She’s an amazing teacher and you can see every day that she really loves what shes doing! Tries very hard.” Spring 2011
“The videos are really helpful and interesting. They make me really want to know more” Spring 2011
“The teacher is very talented and I see great things for her in the future as a professor. I love how upbeat and fun she is. It is clear that she is very knowledgeable about the subject and wants students to do well. I loved going to this class. It's a lot of info and hard to absorb it all, but she's done a good job condensing it, making it manageable. Exams are straight forward and not tricky. I loved having so much opportunity for extra credit! I would definitely recommend Prof Fullerton to students who plan to take this class!” Spring 2011
Comments from Advisers and Colleagues
"Kalli has exceeded our lofty expectations. She is a naturally-born teacher who loves her material. Students have raved about her." Colleague, TCU
“Kalli is a dynamic and enthusiastic geographer who excells in whatever endeavor she undertakes.” Colleague, TCU
“As an SI leader, Kalli helped students in high risk courses succeed by facilitating discussions and providing strategies to help them better grasp the challenging material. She is energentic, extremely personable, and shows a deep devotion to her students' success.” Adviser, CSULB
“Lecturing is obviously a very comfortable mode of teaching.
After all, monologue is much less risky than dialogue” -Chet Meyers
75% strongly agreed: conducted the class in which it helped me learn
80% strongly agreed: well prepared for each class
79% strongly agreed: provided an intellectually stimulating learning environment
79% strongly agreed: encouraged active student participation
Student Evaluation Form Quotes & Email Communication*
"I really enjoyed both the content and structure of this class. I have become more interested and invested in the topic of graffiti and 'urban semiotics' (if that is a field that's been defined in the academic world yet!)" Fall 2018*
"I didn't get the chance to tell you, but I loved this class! It was really nice to look into the more cultural issues surrounding geography as I am usually studying the Earth sciences side of geography. It opened my eyes to what I can do within geography and I'm now thinking about pursuing conservation of some kind. Thanks for such a great class." Fall 2018*
“When I wasn't working to my best of my ability, she pulled me aside and called me out. That was exactly what I needed.” Spring 2012
“There was one point when I received a poor score on an article response. The feedback I got was incredibly helpful. I was able to write my other ones much more accurately and received a much higher score” Spring 2012
“Amazing teacher. I learned a great amount about the culture of the world which is greatly affected by geography.” Spring 2012
“Great professor! She is so knowledgeable and enthusiastic about her teaching!” Spring 2012
“Professor Fullerton is an incredible teacher with so much energy that the course is enjoyable to take.” Spring 2012
“Professor Fullerton was very prepared for class and was very interested in what she was teaching. This made it nice to go to class and encouraged students to be interested in the world around them.” Spring 2011
“She’s an amazing teacher and you can see every day that she really loves what shes doing! Tries very hard.” Spring 2011
“The videos are really helpful and interesting. They make me really want to know more” Spring 2011
“The teacher is very talented and I see great things for her in the future as a professor. I love how upbeat and fun she is. It is clear that she is very knowledgeable about the subject and wants students to do well. I loved going to this class. It's a lot of info and hard to absorb it all, but she's done a good job condensing it, making it manageable. Exams are straight forward and not tricky. I loved having so much opportunity for extra credit! I would definitely recommend Prof Fullerton to students who plan to take this class!” Spring 2011
Comments from Advisers and Colleagues
"Kalli has exceeded our lofty expectations. She is a naturally-born teacher who loves her material. Students have raved about her." Colleague, TCU
“Kalli is a dynamic and enthusiastic geographer who excells in whatever endeavor she undertakes.” Colleague, TCU
“As an SI leader, Kalli helped students in high risk courses succeed by facilitating discussions and providing strategies to help them better grasp the challenging material. She is energentic, extremely personable, and shows a deep devotion to her students' success.” Adviser, CSULB
“Lecturing is obviously a very comfortable mode of teaching.
After all, monologue is much less risky than dialogue” -Chet Meyers