Associate State Specialist and Professor
Nature Based Economic Development
Environmental policy educator and professional specializing in aspects of social-ecological systems including stakeholder involvement in environmental governance, decision making, perceptions and values of ecosystem services and quality of life indicators
ABOUT ME
I've been fortunate to have the opportunity to work across many sectors of the
environmental field, including consulting, non-profit, government and academia.
With an emphasis on environmental policy and decision-making,
I seek to integrate my research and teaching in a manner that is community based and participatory.
I received my doctorate degree from the University of New Hampshire in Natural Resources & Environmental Studies and a minor in College Teaching. During my graduate program, I was selected as a U.S. EPA Science to Achieve Results Fellow and conducted engaged scholarship on measuring sustainability. After graduating, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher supported by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Institute for Water Resources and continue to engage with this agency on sustainability related issues.
Prior to my graduate degree, I worked for Industrial Economics, Inc. in Cambridge, MA where I assisted with the project management of EPA’s Performance Track, a voluntary program that helped businesses assess and report on their environmental outcomes. I also conducted ability to pay analyses for Superfund violators. I graduated cum luade with honors in Environmental Studies from Dartmouth College and am involved with community sustainability issues in New Hampshire as a member of the Dover Energy Advisory Committee and Sustainable Portsmouth. In 2012 I become a Senior Fellow in the Environmental Leadership Program.
I currently have a joint appointment as Assistant Professor of Environmental Science & Policy and Ecological Economist in the Center of the Environment at Plymouth State University.
EDUCATION
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Integrating stakeholder and local ecological knowledge into environmental decision making
2011
University of New Hampshire
Ph.D. Natural Resources & Environmental Studies
Minor in College Teaching
EPA STAR Fellow
Sustainable communities and understanding aspects of quality of life, especially social capital
Public and stakeholder perceptions and values of ecosystem services-check out our new interactive data set for NH
Water resources management, planning, and adaptation
2007
University of New Hampshire
M.S. Resource Administration & Management
New Hampshire Water Resources Research Center Fellow
2004
Dartmouth College
AB Environmental Studies, cum laude with honors, Presidential Scholar
I am able to work with great students on research that is place-based, stakeholder engaged, and broadly transferrable. US EPA, US Army Corps of Engineers, and the National Science Foundation are major supporters of our work. I've listed ongoing research interests below and always enjoy discussing ways to use social science to better understand environmental systems
