About Us
Our research team is made up of graduate and undergraduate
researchers from the
University of Vermont, all under the guidance of Dr. Cecilia Danks.
While the scope of our collective research projects is
diverse,
our goal of fostering a better understanding of the
relationship between climate change, forests, and communities maintains
a sense
of cohesiveness in the group. Each member of the group has
contributed to one or more projects represented on this website.
The team meets weekly to share current information and resources, and
to talk about the issues surrounding our
research.
Cecilia
Danks, Ph. D
Assistant Professor
Principal Investigator and Program Supervisor
The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
cdanks@uvm.edu
Cecilia received her Ph. D. from the University of California at
Berkeley and her work and interests lie in community forestry,
community-based resource management, and sustainability in
forest carbon markets. To visit her faculty webpage, please
click here.
Rachael
Beddoe
Graduate Student
The University of Vermont
The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
rbeddoe@uvm.edu
Rachael is interested in
alternative means of finance to promote quality of life as well as
sustainability. She is currently studying carbon markets for
small-scale and community forestry.
Ken
Brown
Graduate Student
The University of Vermont
The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
krbrown@uvm.edu
Ken grew up in Vermont and
recieved a BA in geosciences and environmental studies from Williams
College. Before coming to UVM he worked with state parks and youth
conservation corps in MA, NH, AZ, and VT. He is interested in the
management of publicly used forest land, and is studying the role
of conservation easements in the participation of small landowners in
carbon offset markets. He enjoyed
growing tomatilloes for salsa in a Burlington community garden plot
this
summer.
Sarah Crow
sarahmariecrow@gmail.com
Originally from Minnesota, Sarah earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Forestry
at the University of Montana and a Master’s Degree in Natural Resources
at the University of Vermont. Sarah’s interests focus on the
intersection of rural livelihoods and conservation policy. She served
as a Fulbright Research Fellow to Ukraine and her work has taken her
from the high deserts of New Mexico to the marbled halls of Capitol
Hill. She has a passion for all things culinary including gastronomic
histories, cooking, gardening, food preservation and, of course,
eating.
Amanda
Egan
Graduate Student
The University of Vermont
The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
Amanda.Egan@uvm.edu
Amanda's research focuses on forest-based carbon offset
projects in the Carpathian Mountains. She received her
undergraduate degree in International Relations and Russian Studies
from Colgate University.
Previously, she worked for a foreign policy think tank in Washington,
DC and for an
international non-profit in Denver, Colorado.
Elise
Schadler
Graduate Student
Project Coordinator, Urban and Community Forestry
The University of Vermont
The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
Elise.Schadler@uvm.edu
Elise grew up in Ohio and received her undergraduate degree in
anthropology from the
University of Indiana. From there, she spent a year as an
Americorps National Civilian Community Corps Member followed by three
years as the director of an urban community-based tree planting
program in Camden, NJ. She loves
trees, urban & social ecology, running, swimming, dancing,
gardening,
traveling, reading, and her phenomenal dog Luna.
Meghan
Thompson
Undergraduate Student
The University of Vermont
mthomps4@uvm.edu
Meghan studies civil engineering with a focus on
environmental studies. She also loves to read, hike, and
bake.
Jennifer Wright
Graduate Student
The University of Vermont
The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
jwright9@uvm.edu
Jennifer graduated from Laval University, Quebec City, in forest
management. She began her professional career working as a forester for
a small private
consulting firm outside Montreal, Quebec. In 2001, she
decided to take advantage of
her dual U.S.-Canadian citizenship and relocate to Oregon as a state
forestry employee. She
has always enjoyed working with non-industrial forest landowners and
she hopes to
contribute to the development of new tools and/or improve policies to
assist landowners
in maintaining their forest, a healthy and productive one.
