HIGHLIGHTS
I was selected to present the Joseph Priestley Award to Dr. Jane Lubchenco. The Priestley Award recognizes scientists using their work to contribute to the welfare of humanity. This was quite an honor as I was the first student ever selected for such an honor.
This video is the capstone video project from my Understanding the Human Place in Nature course. This video is my accumulation of research about the exclusion of Black people from nature and environmentalism.
My presentation of the Rose Walters Prize to Armond Cohen, the executive director of the Clean Air Task Force. This prize recognizes global environmental activism so I was chosen to present the award because of my dedication to environmental activism culturally, economically, and politically.
Relevant Coursework
The senior capstone course for environmental studies analyzed questions surrounding nature using the interdisciplinary environmental studies curriculum over the four years of the major. The capstone project was a video that reflected my answers to these questions.
Skills: Video editing, Writing a script, Text analysis
A seminar for seniors in the philosophy major on the moral and ethical topic of blame and how it relates to the criminal justice system in the United States. The final project was my thesis on the topic of Historical Injustices and Reparations.
Skills: Analyzing current events, Analyzing data, Arguing for solutions
Understanding the Human Place in Nature: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Environmental Studies Capstone
Blame
Philosophy Capstone
This science-based course focused on green infrastructure through a scientific lens, and the benefits it can provide for a sustainable future. This course mixed lab time and classroom time to fully engage with the subject matter.
Skills: Green Infrastructure project monitoring, Water testing, Writing project proposals
Green Infrastructure
Environmental Science
The Persistence of Racism
First-Year Seminar in Philosophy
Environmental and Social Justice
Environmental Studies
Environment and Society
Sociology
This course asked students to think critically about the origins of race, how they contributed to racism, and the systems in place which continue these societal issues.
Skills: Developing logical arguments, Historical analysis
An interdisciplinary study of the environment and how it interacts with social justice issues. A final (Un)Just Sustainabilities research project provided a deeper dive into societal issues and how they connect to the environment.
Skills: Research, Connecting societal issues, Project Presentations
A community engagement course exploring our society's issues with environmental justice and best practices to find solutions. Research in the class included conducting surveys at the Enola Food Banks and compiling the research to present to the board to assist with fundraising efforts.
Skills: Community research, Fundraising presentations, Civic engagement.
Baird Honors Colloquium
The Baird Sustainability Fellows program empowers students by building their skills as sustainability leaders and honors them for their achievements. Students accepted into the program participate in the Baird Honors Practicum, an interdisciplinary course in which high achieving students work with peers from diverse academic programs to advance skills as sustainability leaders, examine and evolve the values and beliefs that motivate their actions, and explore and prepare for opportunities after Dickinson.
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The approach to sustainability is broad, encompassing intersecting aspirations for equity, justice, economic opportunity and healthy and resilient environments in a context of global change and global interdependence. The leadership model emphasizes shared, participatory leadership. The goal is to support students in enhancing their knowledge, skills and civic dispositions for acting to create positive change in the world.
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The program is open to rising juniors and seniors from all fields of study. Past Baird Fellows have majored in anthropology, art, biology, chemistry, Earth sciences, economics, English, environmental studies, French, international studies, Italian, mathematics, physics, political science, psychology, sociology, Spanish, women, gender & sexuality studies and other fields.
Students who successfully complete the program earn recognition as Baird Sustainability Fellows, an honor that is noted on the Fellows’ academic transcripts and in the Commencement program. This college-wide honor and leadership program is named for Spencer Fullerton Baird, a prominent naturalist of the 19th century and Dickinson alumnus and professor.