Overview
I am a dedicated naturalist, ecologist, and environmental educator with a passion for writing. As a Senior Lecturer in the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, my courses emphasize natural history and environmental education & communication. I am also the Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Nicholas School of the Environment and the former Director of NSOE Undergraduate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (check out “How to Create a Culturally Inclusive Syllabus & Course“), Director of the Environmental Science Summer Program at Duke, and founding and former Director of the NSOE Communications Studio.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science and Policy
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2021 - Present
Environmental Sciences and Policy,
Nicholas School of the Environment
Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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2022 - Present
Nicholas School of the Environment
Recent Publications
Saving Snakes Snakes and the Evolution of a Field Naturalist
Book · 2022 "This book explores stories of snakes as animals to be both revered and reviled, weaving together histories and ecological research from around the globe. ... CiteIdentifying resilient restoration targets: Mapping and forecasting habitat suitability for Castanea dentata in Eastern USA under different climate-change scenarios
Journal Article Climate Change Ecology · December 1, 2021 Following the near-eradication of the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) over the last century by an invasive fungal pathogen, progress has been made in recent decades towards generating blight-resistant varieties for restoration in its former native ran ... Full text CiteCorrelates of bird collisions with buildings across three North American countries.
Journal Article Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · April 2021 Collisions with buildings cause up to 1 billion bird fatalities annually in the United States and Canada. However, efforts to reduce collisions would benefit from studies conducted at large spatial scales across multiple study sites with standardized metho ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Collaborative Research: Leveraging the AMOC arrays and models to understand heat and freshwater transports in the North Atlantic
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Georgia Institute of Technology · 2019 - 2022Girls on outdoor adventure for Leadership and Science
Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by VF Corporation · 2017 - 2018View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Duke University ·
2008
Ph.D.