Associate Director of Sustainable Tourism and Recreation Programs

• Aug 2023 - Present

Lecturer

• Sep 2022 - Aug 2023

I'm teaching classes for our Geography and Environmental Studies and Sustainability majors. You can find me teaching intro classes in environmental studies and earth history or untangling theories and methodologies in geography. I'm teaching classes for our Geography and Environmental Studies and Sustainability majors. You can find me teaching intro classes in environmental studies and earth history or untangling theories and methodologies in geography.

PhD

• Oct 2020 - Sep 2022

I work as part of a team of researchers developing the first concept inventory for assessing student understanding of interdisciplinary environmental concepts. We are using a mixed methods approach involving a content analysis of environmental course materials, semi-structured student interviews, concept inventory development and testing, and machine learning. Once developed and validated, this Next Generation Concept Inventory will provide a means to evaluate the efficacy of different teaching practices. Show less

PHD Candidate

• May 2015 - Oct 2020

I earned my PhD in Ecology and Environmental Sciences studying risk perceptions of climate change in coastal Maine communities. My dissertation involved interviewing tourism stakeholders, conducting pile sort activities with tourism stakeholders, surveying visitors, and facilitating community planning workshops. I have a mix of quantitative and qualitative research skills, including qualitative data analysis in NVivo 11 and survey analysis in SPSS 24.

MS Student

• May 2015 - May 2017

I completed my Masters thesis "Risk Perceptions of Climate Change Amongst Nature-Based Tourism Stakeholders in Western Maine" in the School of Forest Resources. I interviewed tourism stakeholders in Western Maine and analyzed the data for themes in NVivo 11.

Field Technician

• Mar 2014 - Oct 2014

- Assisted graduate student in setting out Blue Vane insect traps, sweep netting, and conducting insect hunts along transects - Prepared equipment daily, identified specimens using morphological key, learned to navigate with handheld Juno GPS - Assisted graduate student in setting out Blue Vane insect traps, sweep netting, and conducting insect hunts along transects - Prepared equipment daily, identified specimens using morphological key, learned to navigate with handheld Juno GPS

Field Technician

• Sep 2013 - Oct 2013

- Counted and collected snowshoe hare pellets in plots along transects at state managed forest stands - Navigated logging country with another technician to locate stands and entered data after sampling - Counted and collected snowshoe hare pellets in plots along transects at state managed forest stands - Navigated logging country with another technician to locate stands and entered data after sampling

Research Fellow

• Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

- Collected wild bee specimens by laying transects and pan traps in agro-ecosystems - Presented results to the public and the scientific community - Identified and curated over 3,000 bee specimens using a microscope and a dichotomous morphological key - Used statistical analysis to examine bee community patterns in relation to floral diversity in agro-ecosystems - Collected wild bee specimens by laying transects and pan traps in agro-ecosystems - Presented results to the public and the scientific community - Identified and curated over 3,000 bee specimens using a microscope and a dichotomous morphological key - Used statistical analysis to examine bee community patterns in relation to floral diversity in agro-ecosystems

Undergraduate Research Assistant

• May 2011 - Aug 2011

- Collected insect field samples and counts, data entry, and lab preparations for bioassays and field work - Assisted graduate student with social wasp project by supervising an intern and conducting individual field research - Collected insect field samples and counts, data entry, and lab preparations for bioassays and field work - Assisted graduate student with social wasp project by supervising an intern and conducting individual field research