Before joining the HWS faculty, she worked as a municipal and water rights attorney in Garfield County, Colorado and spent a year in China researching the development of water rights law there. Professor Kinne teaches classes in environmental law, natural resource law, global water issues and business law. She also teaches the senior capstone course for environmental studies majors and this year the course focused on understanding and communicating the complex issues surrounding the development of the Marcellus Shale in NY State. Professor Kinne holds an MSc in environmental studies and resource management from the University of British Columbia, and a J.D. and LL.M. from the University of Washington.