Conducted research in Professor Patrick Belmont’s Fine Sediment Hydrology Lab at USU for my MS thesis. Advised by Dr. Patrick Belmont and Dr. Brendan Murphy. Research aims to improve predictive modeling of post-fire debris flow grain size distributions and volumes to better inform how post-fire erosion impacts downstream water resources. Research included field data collection, spatial data extraction and analysis, statistical modeling, and scientific writing.

Student Conservation Association Intern with U.S. Forest Service in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA. Work includes maintaining backcountry facilities such as trails and campgrounds, assisting visitors and providing educational information about leave no trace principles, and monitoring wilderness conditions and collecting information for wilderness managers.

Worked in the outreach division for the campus sustainability office. Responsibilities included drafting media materials to promote a variety of sustainability initiatives, providing education on sustainability, composing weekly sustainability newsletters for the campus community, serving as a liaison to other campus organizations and offices, and planning events for the campus and surrounding community. Organized community Repair Fair, which consisted of recruiting 50 fixers to volunteer to repair items, coordinating over 50 day-of volunteers, and publicizing the event for students and the broader community.

Worked in Dr. Josh Roering’s Earth Surface Processes Lab at UO. Conducted fieldwork on a post-fire debris flow in the western Cascades. The data I collected in the field has gone toward my senior thesis at Carleton College. The research aimed to characterize this particular post-fire debris flow that was initiated by excess overland flow. • Led mapping efforts of entire debris flow, which included walking the entire periphery of flow, recording GPS points, measurements of erosional features and qualitative observations. Used GIS to make maps from the collected GPS data and to conduct spatial analyses.• Collected soil infiltration rate data using a minidisk infiltrometer. Over 30 data points collected.• Conducted sediment budget of the deposition, by measuring depths of deposit across the depositional area.• Constructed 3-dimensional models of hillslopes and surface roughness using structure for motion software Agisoft Photoscan. • This research resulted in a publication in the journal Landslides

Provided guide services for Seattle City Light’s Skagit Tours and staffed the Skagit Information Center in Newhalem, WA in the North Cascades National Park. Worked in partnership with National Park Service Rangers and Naturalists at the North Cascades Institute. • Prepared and presented interpretive information to 45 tour participants on boat tours on Diablo Lake. Topics included the Skagit Hydroelectric Project operations and history and the natural and cultural history of the North Cascades. • Led tours of the Gorge Powerhouse in Newhalem, Washington. Presented material to 20 tour participants about hydroelectric power, its history and the history of Seattle City Light. • Staffed the Skagit Information Center, serving as a frontline contact with visitors. Oriented guests to the North Cascades National Park Complex and provided information on the park and on the hydroelectric project. Sold merchandise, restocked supplies, and assisted with tour registration. • Coordinated and collaborated with tour guides from the North Cascades Institute and National Park Service on tour content and scheduling for tours.

Worked as an Apprentice Crew Leader on 5-week High School Trail Crew for the Student Conservation Association in North Cascades National Park. Work included instructing high school students on variety of frontcountry and backcountry projects and outdoor camping skills. Projects included: brushing trail corridor, tread and drainage work, trail reroutes, rock work, and timber work.