AWRI Responsibilities:

• Leads AWRI’s environmental education and outreach programs
• Oversees education and outreach programs onboard AWRI’s vessels, the W. G. Jackson and the D. J. Angus
• Coordinates and teaches K-12 classroom education programs
• Designs, organizes, and delivers teacher professional development workshops
• Collaborates with AWRI scientists on multidisciplinary projects and integrates educational expertise with the broader impacts of their research
• Maintains the AWRI presence in the network of professional business and educational organizations regarding environmental issues, including collaboration and cooperation with these contacts

Expertise:

• Place-based environmental education
• Interdisciplinary & experiential learning
• Integrating the arts into environmental education
• Science communication

General Information:

• Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
• M.S. in Applied Geosciences (Hydrogeology), University of Pennsylvania
• B.A. in Environmental Studies and Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
• Member: Michigan Alliance for Environmental and Outdoor Education (​MAEOE), Groundswell, National Dance Education Organization, Michigan Dance Council
• Michigan Master Naturalist (2020)
• Trained in Project WET & Aquatic WILD