Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2025-2026

Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology

Research Summary: Human-wildlife conflict occurs when wildlife threaten people’s safety or livelihood, or when people retaliate by culling. Retaliation is one of the main conservation threats to carnivores worldwide, and the communities most vulnerable to conflict are often low-income communities. This makes coexistence a priority for both conservation and social justice. I am passionate about bringing ecology and social science together, and working with communities to find feasible and sustainable solutions that promote coexistence. I collaborate with multiple communities across Colorado that experience conflict with black bears to identify, implement and evaluate tools that reduce the risk of human-bear conflict.