Collaboration

At the University of California, San Diego

I am a new faculty member and excited to build an intellectual community in Southern California, especially through UCSD’s Institute for Practical Ethics.

At Virginia Tech

In my previous academic position, I was an affiliate faculty member with The Global Change Center, the Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought, and The Politics, Philosophy, and Economics Program. I also co-founded a Restoration Ecology Working Group with Leighton Reid, where I still have an active project that aims to help restoration ecologists select research projects that align with the values and priorities of local communities.

International community science

I am Associate Director for Community Science at the Galápagos Alliance. We began working in the Galápagos with a long-term community science project that equips local high school students from the island of San Cristóbal to conduct behavioral research on the endangered Galápagos Sea Lion. The success of that project has led to more community-based participatory research initiatives, including projects that focus on resiliency to climate change, safe drinking water, and monitoring marine health. You can find a full description of the Galápagos Alliance’s work here.