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Thank you for visiting my personal website! I am currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at St Mary's College of Maryland. I am focused on teaching interdisciplinary courses centered on water and society with a particular interest in urban and environmental justice concerns.
Research and Career Focus
I am a highly interdisciplinary scholar conducting research investigating water-society relationships and urban environmental justice. I seek to harness transdisciplinary frameworks and methodologies to conduct problem-based research towards solving issues arising within human-water and urban systems. Broadly, our HydroCommunity Lab aims to conduct community-based, applied research that helps to address water and environmental justice concerns within our region towards improving public and environmental health for local and regional communities. In particular, this research seeks to understand the political and power dynamics involved within urban development and water governance and management. My teaching aligns with this research portfolio by focusing on interdisciplinary coursework centered on bridging the natural and social sciences and coupled human-natural systems. In addition, I am particularly interested in incorporating undergraduates into this research through both in-class projects and summer/capstone research programs.
About Me
I was born and raised in north central Maryland and have spent the majority of my life living throughout the state. I did my undergraduate at Washington College, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, studying chemistry and environmental studies and playing varsity soccer. I did my Master's degree at Towson University in the environmental sciences program and researching the effectiveness of bioretention for improving water quality of runoff. I completed my Ph.D at the University of Maryland, College Park in the Environmental Science and Technology program researching the ecological, social, and political aspects of stormwater management in the Mid-Atlantic region. I was recently a postdoctoral research scholar in the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University. In my free time, I enjoy fly fishing, trail running, backpacking, and camping. I have an Australian Shepherd named Puck who is my adventure partner and companion through it all. Feel free to contact me anytime regarding research, fly fishing, or backpacking.
