Karen Bailey, PhDDr. Karen Bailey is an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is a systems researcher interested in understanding how human-environment interactions impact human health and well-being and natural resources. She completed her PhD in 2018 in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Florida (McCleery Lab) and a postdoctoral appointment at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Environmental Studies Program (Hartter Lab) in 2020. She is interested in sustainable livelihoods, wildlife conservation, global change, and coupled human natural systems. She also has a strong commitment to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) in environmental work and STEM more broadly.
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Marlee Akerson |
Marlee graduated from Colorado College in 2019 with a degree in Environmental Policy and Global Health. Her studies at CC culminated into a senior capstone project looking into the climate vulnerabilities of Colorado Springs. She researched and wrote on how warming temperatures due to climate change will impact Colorado Springs, specifically marginalized and underrepresented groups. Since graduation, she has been working at a public health research firm out of Washington D.C. conducting data and statistical analysis on different public health issues. Outside of work, she is an avid Ultimate Frisbee player, rock climber, biker, and runner.
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Emma Garcia Cardwell
Emma (she/her/ella) is a PhD student in the Environmental Studies Program at CU Boulder studying human-environment interactions at the intersection of environmental conservation and social justice, with a focus on applying a restorative justice approach to community-based conservation. In addition to her Bachelor's in Wildlife Ecology and Master's in Public Policy, Emma has over 10 years of experience in the conservation realm, including working on projects domestically and internationally with an array of species, habitats, and various human communities. Emma's interests include wildlife and habitat conservation, indigenous studies, policy, ecology, and social justice. Emma is also committed to justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI) both within and outside of her focus areas, including in the conservation and academic communities. Outside of her studies, Emma enjoys reconnecting to the land, whether it's through gardening, biking, hiking, climbing, birding, walking her dog, or simply sitting under (or hugging) a tree.
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Jordan Lee |
Jordan Lee is a second-year student in the Linguistics and Geography programs at the University of Colorado Boulder. In addition to diversity and inclusion in the green sciences, she is passionate about language's role in identity construction and how we can better communicate about science at all scales. In her free time, you can find her trying a new recipe, listening to the latest Broadway musical, or making a linocut print. Learn more about Jordan's work by checking out Unmask the Racism a social media campaign that is working to raise awareness about anti-Asian American racism during COVID-19, and how Asian-owned businesses and restaurants are being impacted. Jordan is also a campaigns coordinator for GlobeMed at CU Boulder, which works to forward global public health equity through education and collective action.
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Tyler Nuckols
Tyler (they/them) is a PhD student at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Environmental Studies Department. They received a BS in Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences from Texas A&M and an MS in Environmental Leadership from Colorado State University (Salerno Lab). Outside of academia, Tyler has nearly a decade of experience as a practitioner, communicator, and community organizer in the environmental space here in the US and abroad. They found their passion for conservation after spending two years working as a manager for The Elephant Vally Project, a captive and wild elephant protection organization in Cambodia. At CU, Tyler is researching social-ecological approaches to mitigate negative human-elephant interactions that simultaneously improve local community livelihoods and achieve Asian elephant conservation aims. When not thinking about elephants, Tyler can be found doting over their many houseplants, playing with their dog Elie, or hiking/cycling.
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Nicole Schroeter |
Nicole Schroeter is a junior at the University of Colorado Boulder studying Ecology and Anthropology with a minor in Leadership Studies through the Presidents Leadership Class and a certificate in Animals & Society. She also serves as the vice-president and co-founder of the CU Wildlife Club, as well as being an avid climber, hiker, mountain biker, dancer, and artist. Her academic interests include wildlife conservation, Indigenous cultural preservation, and poverty-alleviation strategies for environmental action.
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Research Group Alumni
Jensen Miller
Jensen Miller graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 2021 with two degrees in Ecology and Sociology. Their honors thesis investigated Indigenous perceptions of the natural world, (and how these relationships are affected by context), and their academic interests at CU centered on how environmental change affects marginalized groups and cultural constructions of nature. Outside of academia they have worked with various grassroots environmental groups to fight for clean air and water in Colorado, and would like to work in conservation on an international scale.