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CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL STATEMENT

My research explores the environmental imaginaries and experiences of women in agriculture in South Carolina. I approach the subject through a political ecology lens, using in-depth interviews to understand how female farmers are shaping and are shaped by the food system in the American South. 

EDUCATION

University of Colorado - Denver | 4.0 GPA

MA Applied Geography and Geospatial Science

May 2022

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University of Colorado - Denver 

Graduate Certificate GIS

May 2022

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Appalachian State University 

BS Sustainable Development (Agroecology Concentration)

With Honors 

December 2017

SKILLS

  • ArcGIS Pro

  • ENVI Image Analysis Software

  • R Statistical Software

  • Public Speaking

  • Scientific and professional writing

  • Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis

COURSEWORK

GEOG 5060 - Remote Sensing I  

Learned the basics of remote sensing by being introduced to ENVI Image Analysis Software

 

GEOG 5085 - GIS Applications for the Urban Environment 

Used ArcGIS Pro to analyze data for the urban environment such as census data, parcels, tax data, and SSURGO data

 

GEOG 6750 - Research Design 

Learned the basics of research design and the epistemologies and ontologies that guide various designs

 

SOCY 5193 – Qualitative Data Analysis 

Developed skills related to a variety of qualitative data designs such as in-depth interviewing, content analysis, and ethnographic work

GEOG 4520 - Politics of Nature

Learned the foundations of political ecology with a focus on food scholarship 

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GEOG 5020 - Foundations Seminar

Acquired an understanding of the history geographic thought and its contemporary articulations

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GEOG 5050 - Cartography and Computer Mapping | In Progress 

Mastering the science of map-making by learning about design principles and map production

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GEOG 5081 - Applied Spatial Statistics | In Progress

Applying spatial analytical principles to GIS analysis

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RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Lead Teaching Assistant | University of Colorado Denver | Fall 2021 - Spring 2022​​

  • Organizes and helps facilitate new TA orientations

  • Assists other Teaching Assistants and lab instructors by offering advice and answering questions regarding job responsibilities

  • Leads monthly professional development meetings 

  • Fulfills various administrative responsibilities for the GES department 

 

Lab Instructor | University of Colorado - Denver | Fall 2020 - Spring 2021

  • Edits and grades writing assignments by offering in-depth feedback

  • Delivers and prepares lectures by researching topics, fact checking material, and creating slides

  • Facilitates laboratory activities for an environmental science course

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NOMINATIONS: 

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MA Cohort Representative, Graduate Student Executive Council | Fall 2020 - Spring 2022

Abstract Presenter, DOPE 2021 Conference | February 2021

Contributing Scholar, Environment and Society Research Collective 

 

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PUBLICATIONS

"Finding Peace in a Greenhouse." 2019. Ruminate Magazine 

"The Straining of North Carolina's Chattooga River and the Artform that Could Save It." 2021. 100 Days in Appalachia 

"Women's Work: South Carolina Farm Mothers." 2021. Forthcoming in Edge Effects

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