I always felt like I was watching a performance in your class, you have such a skill for teaching. You inspired us in one moment, made us laugh the next, and finished off by wrenching our hearts and thus inspiring us more....Your insight is useful, your perspective brings a smile to my face, and your compassion gives me hope.

Brent was humble, respectful, courteous, kind, and expressive of his gratitude for my help.  He explained how my case analyses connected to the broader landscape of regulatory work and offered expansive perspectives on my casework that I found enjoyable to work through with him. He made suggestions to improve my work and the program at large and stuck by those suggestions when he believed that not taking them may have affected the Enforcement program’s efficacy/defensibility. He is a really good example for an early-career person like me to learn from, and I’ve gained a lot from working alongside him; not just in getting better at my job, but also in lessons on advocating for and articulating myself in a professional environment.

I wanted to convey how nice it has been working with you and how impressed I was with your ability and willingness to jump into the deep end right away and provide super helpful guidance and perspective on some tricky issues right out of the gate.

You really pushed your students to not only learn material, but completely grasp it. The passion and intensity with which you delivered lectures, focusing in on every little aspect of the content being taught, continues to be inspiring today.

I very much remember your class for the wonderful philosophical questions you raised, which not only got me to think a lot back then but they keep accompanying me through my personal developments. The way you connected environmental studies to ethical and existential concerns determined the topic choice for my undergraduate thesis (about the ecological state) and now my master course, namely environmental policy and economics.   I could not think of anybody else who so closely shares with me my approach to environmental issues, with so much personal engagement and rational determination.  I regret that you are not teaching anymore, the environmental studies course will hardly be as inspiring as you made it.

By far, the most passionate professor on any subject I have had at SF State. He is more than just an instructor, he is a teacher in every sense of the word.  Brent has a charisma that lights up the room and engages everyone in class.  He is extremely smart and finds creative ways to explain difficult concepts. This guy is awesome.

Thinking about all that you've done, and continue to do, at such a young age still amazes me.  Everytime I think about your contributions to the environmental movement, I feel inspired.  Thank you for being such a positive impact on me as a young environmentalist.

I just wanted to say how much I appreciated your energy, expertise, humor, and community-spirit at this morning's Snowy Plover shindig! When a person gives the way that you do I feel compelled to say THANK YOU!

I have followed you and your work closely for a number of years. There are very few people who I deeply admire and you are one of them. I have been struck by the very clear ethical bedrock of the equity movement, which is the philosophical foundation of my own thinking. But honestly, you have done it so much better and with such eloquence.