Graduate School
Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment, May 2012
Durham, North Carolina
Degree: Masters of Environmental Management
Concentration: Coastal Environmental Management
Certificate: Certificate of Geospatial Analysis
Master’s project: Preparing for Climate Change in North Carolina: Assessing Coastal Habitat for Natural Shoreline Stabilization
Campus Activities: DukeFish, Coastal Society, Nicholas School Blogging
Relevant Coursework: GIS, Marine Policy/Ocean Law, Fisheries Policy, Program Management, Resource Economics, Professional Writing, Ocean Analysis, Fisheries Ecology, Invertebrate Zoology, Coastal Watershed Science and Policy
College
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, May 2008
St. Mary’s City, Maryland
Degree: Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude
Majors: Biology, English
Senior project: Creative writing and creative non-fiction short story collection on science and technology
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa; Beta Beta Beta; Sigma Tau Delta; Junior and Senior St. Mary’s Scholar; Annual Scholarship Award, 2005 Calculus Award, and 2010 Alumni Scholarship Award
Campus Activities: Theater Study Tour to London; Tropical Biology Study Tour to Belize; President, Vice President and Treasurer of Jane Austen Society; Neurobiology Teaching Assistant; Fencing Club
Relevant Coursework: Ecology of Coastal Systems, Tropical Biology, Animal Behavior, Organic Chemistry, Physics, Calculus, and Economics
High School
Notre Dame Preparatory, May 2004
Towson, Maryland