Education Arizona State University (Current Student) Ph.D. in Environmental Social Science Current GPA-3.89 Penn State Harrisburg M.A. in Community Psychology and Social Change- December, 2012 GPA-3.9 Washington Jefferson College, & Washington, PA B.A. in Psychology, May 2004 - Minor in Environmental Studies Dean’s List May 2002 - Nominated to Phi Sigma Tau September 2003 GPA-3.1 Research Master’s Thesis: The Gap between Environmental Concern and Environmental Action: A Comparison of Environmental Activists and the General Public Pennsylvania State University, Middletown, PA Researcher/Writer: November 2008 - December 2011 Survey study comparing self-identified environmental concern and environmental behaviors between the general public and members of environmental groups/employees of an environmental agency or company. The study will also seek to identify motivational factors to environmental action or inaction and determine if individual locus of control is internal or external as it pertains to environmental issues Ecosystems and the Economy: Learning from the Mistakes made in the Recent Economic Recession to Prevent Environmental Destruction-Independent Pennsylvania State University, Middletown, PA Researcher/Writer: December 2010 Independent study examined aspects of the economic and financial systems that led to the financial crisis and how the destructive practices that led to the crisis are similar to and a root cause of continued environmental degradation with possible paralleled implications for the future Related Work Experience, Presentations, Papers The Sustainability Consortium AZ Graduate Research Assistant: December 2012 - Current I am currently working as a GRA for the sustainability consortium through the Global Institute of
Education Arizona State University (Current Student) Ph.D. in Environmental Social Science Current GPA-3.89 Penn State Harrisburg M.A. in Community Psychology and Social Change- December, 2012 GPA-3.9 Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA B.A. in Psychology, May 2004 - Minor in Environmental Studies Dean’s List May 2002 - Nominated to Phi Sigma Tau September 2003 GPA-3.1 Research Master’s Thesis: The Gap between Environmental Concern and Environmental Action: A Comparison of Environmental Activists and the General Public Pennsylvania State University, Middletown, PA Researcher/Writer: November 2008 - December 2011 Survey study comparing self-identified environmental concern and environmental behaviors between the general public and members of environmental groups/employees of an environmental agency or company. The study will also seek to identify motivational factors to environmental action or inaction and determine if individual locus of control is internal or external as it pertains to environmental issues Ecosystems and the Economy: Learning from the Mistakes made in the Recent Economic Recession to Prevent Environmental Destruction-Independent Pennsylvania State University, Middletown, PA Researcher/Writer: December 2010 Independent study examined aspects of the economic and financial systems that led to the financial crisis and how the destructive practices that led to the crisis are similar to and a root cause of continued environmental degradation with possible paralleled implications for the future Related Work Experience, Presentations, Papers The Sustainability Consortium AZ Graduate Research Assistant: December 2012 - Current I am currently working as a GRA for the sustainability consortium through the Global Institute of