Professor Todd has been awarded the PEN/Jerard Award and the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award. Her articles and essays have appeared in Orion, Sierra Magazine, California Wild and Grist, among other places. She has taught environmental and nature writing at the University of Montana, the University of California at Santa Cruz extension, and the Environmental Writers Institute. She has an M.F.A. in creative nonfiction and an M.S. in environmental studies, both from the University of Montana, and a B.A. in English from Yale.