Current Projects
Evaluating the Role of Community Engaged
Research at the Tar Creek Superfund Site
How transformative would it be if scientific questions were grounded in community knowledge? This dissertation examines the intersections of the U.S. Environmental Justice Movement and Community Engaged Research practices by using a collaborative research framework, partnered with Local Environmental Action Demanded.
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Through this collaboration, I lead interactive workshops on how to develop science communication skills to audiences of undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty across UMN, and to organizations across the Twin Cities area. This work builds a cohort of BIPOC science communication facilitators in order to increase representation in STEMM.
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Affiliations
American Geophysical Union Thriving Earth Exchange
Center for Changing Landscapes
Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program Alumni Network
Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program at Northern Arizona University
Society for Women in Marine Science
University of Minnesota Twin Cities - College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resources Sciences
Previous Projects
Kawe Gidaa-naanaagadawendaamin Manoomin
First we must consider Manoomin / Psiη (wild rice)
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Manoomin (Ojibwe) or Psiŋ (Dakota) (wild rice, Zizania palustris), is an ecologically, culturally, and economically important grain of the Great Lakes Region. This work explores how harvesting practices of Manoomin support inter-cultural and inter-species awareness, respect, and responsibility, and how learning centered on Manoomin has a positive effect on climate resilience.
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Mapping the Extent of the Tar Creek
Superfund Site and Other Potential Risks
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With the American Geophysical Union's Thriving Earth Exchange and Local Environmental Action Demanded, this project illustrates the extent of the Tar Creek Superfund Site in Ottawa County, Oklahoma. The map is currently being used to demonstrate the urgent need for safer regulations and further remediation. The map is publicly accessible and can be found here.
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