Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2012-2013 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Sociology Research Summary: The impacts from disasters are increasing and these impacts are spread unevenly throughout our society. I study both individual and community responses to disaster. I work to understand the 

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2012-2013 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Political Science Research Summary: Theresa joined the National Drought Mitigation Center in 2015 as an Environmental Policy Specialist looking at the linkage between physical and socio-economic indicators of current and future drought

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2012-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Forest & Rangeland Stewardship Research Summary: Khishigbayar Jamiyansharav was a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Forest & Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University. She grew up in Ulaanbaatar- Mongolia, where she received her undergraduate

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2012-2013 Ph.D. Student, Department of Anthropology Research Summary: The Pacific Islands have been predicted to be the most effected by climate change scenarios. The effects of climate change cannot be fully prevented (severe weather events, drought, warmer

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2012-2013 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biology Research Summary: Translocations are an important tool used to augment declining populations, yet the consequences are often unknown ahead of time. Gene flow may break down local adaptation, resulting in population

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2012-2013 Ph.D. Student, Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability Research Summary: Permafrost (or permanently frozen) soils contain vast stores of carbon that may be released to the atmosphere by microbial decomposition if permafrost thaws. Degradation of permafrost

Sustainability Research Fellowship Cohort: 2012-2013 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability Research Summary: The landscape of North America was historically dominated by large, intact forest. Despite diminishing in size over the last century, these valuable ecosystems continue to provide

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2012-2013 Ph.D. Candidate, Depart of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Research Summary: Human-wildlife interactions and conflicts continue to rise as people build their homes in previously natural areas. Such conflicts can negatively impact both people and wildlife;

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2012-2013 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Atmospheric Science Research Summary: My research matters because Atlantic hurricanes are destructive forces that are not well-predicted. I tackle this issue by improving our understanding of pre-hurricane weather systems over Africa.