Dr. Turpie's teaching interests include graduate and undergraduate courses and seminars in the Earth and remote sensing sciences. He has also taught a general survey course in physical geography. At a more advance level, Dr. Turpie is interested in acquainting students with coastal and inland aquatic environments and their response to climate change and human influence; wetland field work design and data collection techniques for support of remote sensing; and remote sensing sensor calibration and validation for aquatic research; remote sensing theory, modeling, and quantitative geography. Dr. Turpie is also interested in developing and teaching coursework that conveys quantitative skills and reasoning, particularly for applications in the Earth sciences.