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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2019 - current

Assistant Professor

School of the Earth, Ocean, & Environment

Department of Geography

University of South Carolina

Affiliated Investigator, Georgia Coastal Ecosystems NSF Long-Term Ecological Research Program

2016 - 2019 Postdoctoral Fellow, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, University of Maryland College Park

EDUCATION

PhD Integrative Conservation & Geography (w/ GIScience Certificate), University of Georgia, 2016

MS Ecology, University of Georgia, 2009

BS Marine Sciences, Ecology, & Biology (w/ Anthropology Minor), University of Georgia, 2003

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Political Ecology; Hazards Geography; Environmental Justice; Sea-Level Rise; Climate Change Adaptation; Coasts; Conservation; US Southeast