Research with students and young professionals 

Examples of mentoring experience

• Assist in mentoring undergraduate researchers through the Oregon State University URSA Engage program

• Supervise undergraduate student employees and volunteers

• Hire, train, and supervise field crews in the Forest Animal Ecology lab

Course design and instruction

Course description:

The goal of this course was to familiarize students with ways to combine the problem-solving approaches of different fields of science to address complex environmental problems.

course learning outcomes:

• Describe the difference between disciplinary and interdisciplinary research approaches, and understand the pros and cons of these approaches for studying social and ecological problems

• Create a conceptual model of an interdisciplinary problem

• Develop an interdisciplinary problem statement from a case study

• Identify interdisciplinary challenges that arise from differences in different fields of science (such as different scales of analysis and different use of vocabulary)

• Use social network analysis to link social and ecological data sets

• Use spatially-explicit methods to link social and ecological data sets

• Write an interdisciplinary research proposal that applies the skills and tools learned throughout the course

Assisted with course instruction for California State University Channel Islands, Great Basin Institute, and Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica field course in Las Baulas National Park

Responsibilities:

• Instructing students with background information on conservation in Costa Rica

• Designing feasible methods for student monitoring of the beach vegetation curtain

• Training students in forestry techniques for monitoring mangrove forests

• Maintaining a safe working environment

• Assisting with course organization

• Organizing an invited speaker presentation