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Interests

  • environmental governance

Education

PhD, Biology - University of Missouri-St. Louis
St. Louis, MO,

BS, Biology - Northwestern University
Evanston, IL,

MS, Biology - University of Vermont
Burlington VT,

Awards, Honors, Grants

  • NSF-Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education (YEAH) RCN-UBE, 2020
  • NSF INCLUDES planning grant: Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) in the environmental sciences, 2020
  • Marie Curie Horizon 202 RISE (Research Innovation Staff Exchange) grant from European Union, 2020
  • NSF International travel grant for student participation in negotiations., 2019
  • NSF-GEO-GOLD Workshop2 . Field Experiences for students in ecology--survey of ecological faculty, 2019
  • NSF-International environmental negotiations Workshop, 2019
  • NSF-Coupled Natural-Human systems grant: Andes, Bofedales and Cattle. Glacier retreat and livelihood in the high Andes of Peru, 2017
  • NSF-GEO-GOLD FIELD project, 2017
  • Human Diversity Award-Ecological Society of America , 2017
  • Fulbright Scholar La Molina University, 2017
  • Margaret Hazaleus Award for increasing research and scholarship on women and girls, 2013
  • Joint Faculty, Department of Ethnic Studies, Colorado State University, 2013
  • NSF- 3dWomen women in sustainability, 2012
  • NSF- Fostering Learning Alliances in Sustainability in Higher education (FLASH), 2012
  • AAAS Fellowship in Science and Diplomacy, 2011
  • USAID-African Dryland Center, 2011
  • NSF - Global Women Research Scholars Network, 2011
  • NSF-Rocky Mountain Sustainability and Science Network, 2010
  • NSF Voices of Culture in Earth Sciences (VOICES) NSF-EAGER,

Presentations

Students doing Goal oriented science for the SDGs

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Madrid, Spain, 2019

Science and Communication

UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio de Janeiro, 2012

Science and Diplomacy

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Seattle, 2020

Science and Diplomacy

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Seattle, Washington, 2020

Engaging Diversity students in field experiences in ecology

Ecological Society of America, Louisville, Kentucky, 2019

Global Women Scholars

Gordon Research Conference, New Hampshire, 2012

Sustainable Fisheries

Pacific Economic Consulate, New Caledonia, 2011

Social networks and science

University of Wollongong, Australia, 2011

Certifications

  • AAAS Fellow in Science and Diplomacy by AAAS, 2011

Memberships

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Ecological Society of America