Resume

• 2002

  Bachelor of Science (BS)

  Biology

  ecology concentration

  Indoor Color Guard

  member and secretary

  Penn State University

• 3.8

  Chichewa

  Master of Science (M.S.)

  Thesis Topic: Overwintering strategies of the banded woolly bear caterpillar (Pyrrharctia isabella)

  Biology

  Beta Beta Beta\nWildlife Club

  Clarion chapter

  Clarion University of Pennsylvania

• Grants

  Community Outreach

  NGOs

  Capacity Building

  Fundraising

  Program Evaluation

  Volunteer Management

  Intercultural Communication

  Teaching

  SPSS

  International Development

  Public Speaking

  Research

  Editing

  International Relations

  Non-profits

  Grant Writing

  Data Analysis

  Community Development

  Policy Analysis

  Reed

  Brianna

  Penn State University

  Clarion University

  Cornell University

  Peace Corps

  Entomology

  Division of Plant Industry

  PA Department of Agriculture

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  Mulanje

  Malawi

  • Mobilized rural communities to identify

  prioritize

  and address needs in southern Malawi\n• Assisted community groups to strengthen existing business activities through weekly advising and organizing a comprehensive business training with a local NGO\n•Obtained supplies and facilitated the planting of 2

  000 trees in rural communities

  while demonstrating agro-forestry and alternative farming techniques to rural farmers\n•Empowered several communities to address potable water scarcity

  which led to the repair of 5 boreholes and the extension of a gravity-fed water pipe system\n•Assisted in screening under-5 children for under-nutrition

  and educational outreach to guardians\n •Assisted a nearby primary with school development

  including obtaining funds to build a library and facilitating extra-curricular environmental activities

  Volunteer

  Community Based Natural Resource Management

  Peace Corps

  Indiana

  PA

  • Teaching introductory biology courses at the collegiate level

  including non-majors courses focusing on ecology and human biology\n• Instructing practical

  hands-on laboratory sections for majors and non-majors introductory courses

  Instructor of Biology

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  Ithaca

  NY

  • Collected Lymantria dispar larvae from field sites and deployed sentinel larvae at field sites to expose them to environmental pathogens\n• Examined bioassays of field collected and experimental larvae daily\n• Determined potential pathogen-related causes of death of L. dispar cadavers\n• Trained and directly supervised undergraduates in routine lab work and L. dispar dissections

  Field and Research Lab Technician

  Department of Entomology

  Cornell University

  University Park

  PA

  • Conducted an independent research project in the abnormal crawling behavior of baculovirus infected gypsy moth larvae. \n• Maintained insect cell lines

  checked bioassays

  reared L. dispar larvae

  assisted in the maintenance of the Heliothis virescens colony

  and performed data analysis for my experiments.

  Research Lab Assistant

  Insect Pathogen Lab

  Entomology

  Penn State University

  Clarion

  PA

  • Assisted in course laboratories by setting up equipment

  supervising student exercises and assignments

  including stream surveys of aquatic macroinvertebrates\n• Assessed student progress through grading and reviewing lab reports

  papers

  quizzes

  and other assignments

  Graduate Assistant

  Biology

  Clarion University

  University Park

  PA

  • Collected field data on soybean aphids

  their predators

  and European corn borer egg masses.\n• Assisted in soybean aphid colony maintenance and lab experiments.

  Field and Research Lab Assistant

  Field Crops Insect Lab

  Penn State University

  Harrisburg

  PA

  • Scouted potential sites and placed/monitored insect traps targeting the invasive woodboring wasp Sirex noctilio in four counties in western Pennsylvania\n• Assisted in the Emerald Ash Borer task force in Cranberry Twp.

  PA

  Field Assistant

  Entomology

  Division of Plant Industry

  PA Department of Agriculture