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
- NSF-Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education (YEAH) RCN-UBE, 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
- Fulbright Scholar La Molina University, 2017
- Human Diversity Award-Ecological Society of America , 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- Fostering Learning Alliances in Sustainability in Higher education (FLASH), 2012
- NSF- 3dWomen women in sustainability, 2012
- NSF - Global Women Research Scholars Network, 2011
- AAAS Fellowship in Science and Diplomacy, 2011
- USAID-African Dryland Center, 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
Social networks and science
University of Wollongong, Australia, 2011
Sustainable Fisheries
Pacific Economic Consulate, New Caledonia, 2011
Certifications
- AAAS Fellow in Science and Diplomacy by AAAS, 2011
Memberships
- Ecological Society of America
- American Association for the Advancement of Science