Resume

• 2009

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Dissertation: “Territory and Labor within Payments for Ecosystem Services in Ecuador’s Andes.” \n \n•\tWrote successful grant proposals for project that resulted in recommendations for improvement in community-based conservation practices and evaluation\n•\tDeveloped and managed budgets and timelines \n•\tArranged fieldwork logistics in multiple locations within country of Ecuador\n• Forged and maintained long-term partnerships with NGOs and rural community agencies through 21 months of fieldwork over a period of 4 years\n•\tSelected

  trained and supervised field assistants \n• \tCompleted project reports and summaries for funding agencies including the National Science Foundation\n•\tPresented results at professional conferences\n

  Geography

  Applied Biodiversity Science Program; Peru Study Abroad: Applied Biodiversity Science Amazon Field School 2010

  Texas A&M University

  Professional Certification in Online Teaching

  Texas A&M University

• 2006

  MS

  Thesis: “Unbalanced Objectives: The Negotiation of Conservation and Development\nin Agrarian Reform Settlements in the South of Pará

  Brazil.”\n\n•\tWrote successful proposals to fund project examining deforestation mechanisms in the Amazon\n•\tDeveloped budgets and timelines for completing project\n• \tArranged international fieldwork logistics \n•\tCoordinated research work between government agencies

  NGOs

  and a rural community\n•\tPresented research results at professional conferences\n

  Geography

  Graduate specialization in Gender

  Justice and Environmental Change

  \n

  Michigan State University

• 2004

  Semester Exchange

  Panama: Tropical Ecology

  Marine Ecosystems

  and Biodiversity Conservation

• 2002

  Summer Abroad Program

  Brazil: Luso-Brazilian Language and Culture 2007

  Iowa State University

  BA

  Environmental Studies and Geography double major; Peace Studies minor

  Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society

  Guild of St. Ansgar

  Gamma Theta Upsilon Geography Honor Society; Math and Computer Science Club

  Gustavus Adolphus College

• GPS

  Natural Resource Management

  Field Work

  ArcGIS

  Science

  Higher Education

  Spatial Analysis

  Ecology

  GIS

  Research

  Grant Writing

  Environmental Policy

  Water Resources

  Geography

  Cartography

  Remote Sensing

  Social Sciences

  Environmental Awareness

  Biodiversity

  Data Collection

  Territory and authority of water fund payments for ecosystem services in Ecuador’s Andes

  Territory and authority of water fund payments for ecosystem services in Ecuador’s Andes

  The Embers of Radical Ecology and Revolutionary Ideology in Nicaragua’s Protests

  Unpacking ‘Success’: Applying Local Perceptions to Interpret Influences of Water Fund Payments for Ecosystem Services in the Ecuadorian Andes

  Audrey

  Joslin

  Texas A&M University

  The Great Basin Institute

  Yanapuma Foundation

  Landmark Community Bank

  Kansas State University

  Won competitive fellowship for dissertation writing and completion.

  Texas A&M University

  GIS Laboratory Instructor

  •\tInstructed the laboratory component of GIS courses.\n•\tPresented materials

  managed classroom

  and evaluated student performance.\n•\tCollaborated with instructors of other labs to ensure a standard of rigor and fairness.

  Texas A&M University

  Yanapuma Foundation

  Quito

  Ecuador

  •\tDesigned and implemented high-impact learning experience in Quito

  Ecuador for gap year \n students from numerous countries. \n•\tEducated students on the political

  economic and environmental aspects of conserving grasslands \n critical to regional hydrology.\n•\tDeveloped marketing materials to support the foundation and its partners.

  Conservation Scholar and Marketing Assistant

  •\tMonitored receipt of insurance certificates

  oversaw and distributed financial reports with participating banks

  and assisted lenders to clear loan exceptions. \n•\tBuilt credit files for new loans and assisted credit analyst in preparation of annual reviews. \n•\tPromoted after previous teller position providing customer service and accurate cash management.

  Landmark Community Bank

  The Great Basin Institute

  •\tCamped in wilderness conditions

  navigated with GPS and compass

  and operated 4WD vehicles. \n•\tDemonstrated ability to follow monitoring protocols thoroughly and precisely.\n•\tEarned threatened species certification to handle desert tortoises.

  Desert Tortoise Line Distance Sampling Technician

  Americorps

  Las Vegas

  Nevada Area

  Texas A&M University

  Applied Biodiversity Science Program Trainee

  Trained through the National Science Foundation IGERT program in Applied Biodiversity Science. The program aims to bridge ecology

  culture

  and governance in studies that contribute to applied conservation. Won a multi-year fellowship from the program to support doctoral studies.

  Texas A&M University

  Kansas State University

  Manhattan

  Kansas

  Assistant Professor

  Association of American Geographers

  Conference of Latin Americanist Geography

  POLLEN - Political Ecology Network

  Society for Conservation Biology

  Gamma Theta Upsilon

  Portuguese

  Spanish

  English

  Tinker Grant for Field Research in Latin America

  Michigan State University

  Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship in Portuguese

  Michigan State University

  Henry C. Cowles Award for Excellence in Publication

  Recognition for co-authored paper in Oikos by C. Wonnka

  C. Lafon

  C. Hutton and A. Joslin.

  Biogeography Specialty Group

  Specialty group of the Association of American Geographers

  Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant

  National Science Foundation