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Boulder, Colorado

Tributaries Consulting provides communication and outreach through research, writing, education, and public outreach for the Western water community and other industries. As founder and principal, I manage multiple projects for a diverse roster of clients. Throughout the process, I communicate with clients to define project scope and execute project in.

Moab, Utah

Outward Bound's mission is "to change lives through challenge and discovery," and as a course director and instructor I work with an instructional team of four to seven staff to deliver an impactful, outdoor experience to my students in accordance with Outward Bound Core Values and educational goals. I teach wilderness skills to students, including.

As an instructor at multiple universities, I developed and implemented 16-week U.S. and Western water history courses for 15 to 45 students. Throughout the semesters, I facilitated large- and small-group discussions, set and maintained expectations and provided performance evaluations of students. Through teaching and mentoring, I built rapport with.

Boulder, Colorado

As an academic research, I designed and managed a multi-year project on the Colorado River’s international influence with a focus on global conservation efforts. Through the process, I identified grant opportunities and secured funding for research, domestic and international travel, and data analysis and writing. I also developed and implemented a.

Boulder, Colorado

Erstwhile is a collaborative space in which American intellectual, cultural, labor, Native American, and environmental historians share ideas that I co-founded in 2014 with five graduate student colleagues. Erstwhile seeks to bring the past into conversation with the present in order to promote thoughtful conversation about the past, the present, and the.

Durango, Colorado

As the inaugural recipient of the Center of Southwest Studies' Doctoral Fellow position, I worked in three sectors at Fort Lewis College: research, archives, and the classroom. Producing original research for my own dissertation was a central component of the position, as was teaching the US History survey course from 1877 to the present day. I also worked.

At The Wilderness Society, I engaged the public through online newsletters, blog posts, and conservation news pieces on the national level and for the North Cascades Initiative website about current conservation issues in the Pacific Northwest. I worked with the communications team to deliver effective and timely news and information about The Wilderness.

At Night & Day Studios, I researched and wrote background content for interactive museum exhibits in a small, start-up company. I collaborated with developers of educational multimedia to determine exhibit content and appeal to a diverse audience. I also designed panel placement and layout and wrote panel content throughout Tucson, Arizona’s 17-acre.

Phd, History

Ba, History

Activities and Societies: College OutdoorsHonors Thesis, "Mount Rainier National Park: An Illustration of the 19th Century American.