Thomas Moorman Email & Phone Number

Silver Spring, MD, US

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

• NASEM GRP Science Policy Fellow working with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Gulf of Mexico Region.
• Assisting with comment analysis and document editing for oil/gas and wind energy environmental assessment documents.
• Assisting in development of environmental justice regional approach documents and protocols.

Auburn, Alabama, United States

• Research Assistant and Lab Co-editor for the Conservation Governance Lab.
• Two years of research on public policy and stakeholder perceptions surrounding red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico and conservation governance in the African Kingdom of Eswatini.
• Peer reviewed and edited scientific manuscripts, performed independent and collaborative research, collected data, and published.
• Supervised undergraduate researchers for the Conservation Governance Lab.
• Performed extensive social and political science research; coded over 2,000 stakeholder artifacts.

Chadiza, Eastern, Zambia

• Agroforestry Trainings
• Led trainings for local farmers covering tree nursery creation, tree nursery care and maintenance, natural pest remedies using locally available inputs, budding and grafting of nursery trees, and outplanting of nursery.
• Facilitated monthly Community Based Reforestation Initiative (a USAID funded initiative, piloted by Peace Corps Zambia in Eastern Province, in tandem with the Zambia Department of Forestry) programs, goals, and tree.
• Worked with rural farmers, communities, and a local clinic to create tree nurseries to assist in nutrition, integrated soil management, and income generation.Individual Farmer Consultations
• Consulted and worked with individual farmers to plan fish ponds, combat soil erosion, and plan tree nurseries.Malaria Prevention
• Taught about malaria to target demographics, including participating in a Chadiza Malaria Bike Tour of 200+ km that visited 5 different communities and taught Grass Roots Soccer Skillz at schools and malaria health.

Edgemont, South Dakota, United States

Worked and lived full time on Sunrise Ranch through a World Wide Organization of Organic Farms arrangement. General activities included feeding cattle, horses, goats, and sheep; maintaining farm equipment and vehicles; assisting with ranch and guesthouse projects; caring for and monitoring newborn livestock; and assisting in English-Spanish translation as.

Bolton, MS

Helped with fall harvest of vegetable shares, assisted with farm upkeep, planted a heap of garlic, and learned about farm design, permaculture, and small business operations

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Worked for Patterson Park Audubon Center as an Environmental Educator through the Chesapeake Conservation Corps. Taught outdoor and indoor lessons to Pre-K through 5th graders, prepped and created lesson plans, and managed registration and communications for PPAC's varied programs.

Orange Beach, AL

Served cocktails and food, managed money, worked towards customer satisfaction, ensured the bars were fully stocked and that all ran smoothly.

Gandoca-Manzanillo; Montezuma

Helped locals and park rangers achieve leatherback sea turtle conservation goals in Gandoca-Manzanillo. Worked closely with volunteers and the community to build a hatchery, clean the beach and park, and achieve olive ridley sea turtle goals in Montezuma.

Ms Natural Resource Management, Natural Resources And Conservation

Activities and Societies: MANNRS, Auburn Campus Kitchen, Chamber ChoirMS Thesis on the policy and politics of red snapper management.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), International Business/Trade/Commerce

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Honor's Scholar of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, Croft.

Enthnographic Field School

Took an intensive ethnographic and political science research methods course which focused on field work and how sociocultural realities.

Cultural Anthropology

Course work: Social Reality of Peru, Amazonian Ethnography, Urban Anthropology, and State and Politics in Latin America.