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Michigan Biodiversity: As an intern and technician, I worked on the NSF-funded multi-city camera trap study Mesoniche, which broadly sought to understand the relations of mammals across Michigan. Work included remote fieldwork in the Upper Peninsula to urban fieldwork in Detroit, often navigating new communities, deep snow, and precarious driving situations to place camera traps along an urban-rural gradient. Other fieldwork this time also included small mammal trapping. Lab work included stable isotopes to understand diet partitioning, social media curation, and public outreach events. While I had entered into research, I wanted to explore how humans entered the story, too.
Detroit Energy Efficient Housing: My master's degree concentrating in environmental justice was the pivot I needed. While I still volunteered for wildlife fieldwork, my primary tasks were funded by the Harvard Public Health JPB Fellowship under the guidance of Dr. Tony Reames. As a graduate assistant, I led data collection on indoor/outdoor air quality, temperatures, and informal interviews on the coping mechanisms of residents. This work, connected with my previous wildlife work, led me to my PhD.
Black Perceptions of Indoor Plants: While working as a graduate student assistant, I researched independently for my master's. My thesis focused on the perceptions of indoor plants' thermal qualities and health benefits between generations of black residents.
Wadden Sea Stakeholder Engagement and Biodiversity: Between my master's and PhD, I had the opportunity to work internationally in Germany, understanding stakeholder engagement in the Wadden Sea to protect biodiversity.
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