The Ground…
Writer, interdisciplinary scientist, map-maker, editor, outdoor educator, philosopher, yogini, and activist — my multi-faceted identity provides endless entry points for experiencing and engaging with the world. Issues related to climate change, animal rights, and the preservation of wild places animate my varied work as I seek to connect and inspire socioecological transformation.
…The Path
“Remember: you are not who you think you are. You are what you do. Be the kindness of soft rain. Be the beauty of light behind a tall fir. Be gratitude.”
— KATHLEEN DEAN MOORE
Professional Experience
WRITER: I explore socioenvironmental themes through nonfiction and fiction writing on a freelance basis. My work has appeared in Orion, Waxwing, Broad Street, Terrain.org, The Kenyon Review, and Ploughshares, among other places.
evolv Magazine: Regular contributor to evolv, a magazine for consciousness and culture
Terrain.org: audio editor and curator of the podcast Soundscapes
RESEARCHER: Selected projects have included spatial analysis-based storytelling around national monuments in the American West, exploration of diversity within Intermountain West environmental NGOs (in collaborating with ICC), exploration of the development of circular economies between the EU & China, resilience analysis in the face of shifting fire regimes in the Sonoran Desert, and mapping of protected biotopes in Southwestern Germany. Past and present partners include:
The Grand Canyon Trust
The Wilderness Society
Greater Yellowstone Coalition
Inclusive Community Consulting
The Nature Conservancy
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Forest Research Institute Baden-Württemberg
EDITOR: Editor of varied texts, creative and academic. Freelance and in cooperation with Scribendi and evolve magazine.
EDUCATOR: I teach one-week to month-long hiking and canyoneering wilderness courses for the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) with a curriculum focused on Environmental Ethics, Science, and Leadership. I have also taught undergraduate Environmental Science & Policy courses at Northern Arizona University.
ACTIVIST: Any behavior that manifests the world we’d like to see is activism. Alongside hourly efforts to follow this compass, I engage regularly in systemic activism with groups such as Anonymous for the Voiceless and Extinction Rebellion.
Education
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY :
Environmental Science & Policy MS, 2018
GIS Certificate, 2018
Writing Certificate, 2018
WYSS SCHOLAR : 2016-2018
UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG : Environmental Science, 2015
YOGA TEACHER TRAINING : 2013
NOLS INSTRUCTOR COURSE : 2011
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON :
Philosophy BA, 2011
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN : 2010
Additional Skills
Story maps, cartography, and spatial analysis procedures in ArcGIS and QGIS including the analysis of qualitative interview data as well as uniting ecological and social data
Microsoft Office, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Aperture
Experience coding in R, SQL, LaTex and Python
Photography and audio editing
Editing of technical, scientific, and creative writing
Bilingual in German and English, conversational French and Spanish
Practical and effective leadership skills developed working as the lead instructor on countless high stakes, remote backcountry courses (e.g. in collaboration with NOLS)
& The Fruition.
I know that finding the right collaborators is a painstaking yet essential process. That’s why I offer free consultations to discuss your ideas, the scope of your needs, and what I can offer you.
