Interests
- environmental governance
Education
BS, Biology - Northwestern University
Evanston, IL,
MS, Biology - University of Vermont
Burlington VT,
PhD, Biology - University of Missouri-St. Louis
St. Louis, MO,
Awards, Honors, Grants
- 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-Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education (YEAH) RCN-UBE, 2020
- NSF-GEO-GOLD Workshop2 . Field Experiences for students in ecology--survey of ecological faculty, 2019
- NSF-International environmental negotiations Workshop, 2019
- NSF International travel grant for student participation in negotiations., 2019
- Human Diversity Award-Ecological Society of America , 2017
- 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
- Fulbright Scholar La Molina University, 2017
- Joint Faculty, Department of Ethnic Studies, Colorado State University, 2013
- Margaret Hazaleus Award for increasing research and scholarship on women and girls, 2013
- NSF- 3dWomen women in sustainability, 2012
- NSF- Fostering Learning Alliances in Sustainability in Higher education (FLASH), 2012
- USAID-African Dryland Center, 2011
- NSF - Global Women Research Scholars Network, 2011
- AAAS Fellowship in Science and Diplomacy, 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