Experience

• Auburn University

  Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Coordinator of Forestry Extension faculty

  Extension programming on water quality, wetlands and environmental issues; Research on the impacts of timber harvesting on riparian wetlands; Developed and taught a class on Environmental Ethics in 2000; Coordinated activities of Forestry Extension faculty;

• Auburn University

  Assistant Professor

  Extension programming on water quality, wetlands and environmental issues; Research on the impacts of timber harvesting on riparian wetlands;

• Auburn University

  Sr. Associate Athletic Director, Student-Athlete Support Services

  Kathryn worked at Auburn University as a Sr. Associate Athletic Director, Student-Athlete Support Services

• Auburn University

  Chair-elect, Chair and past-Chair of Auburn University Senate

  Elected as Chair-elect of the University Senate in March 2008. This three-year commitment involved one year as Chair-elect, one year as Chair, one year as past-Chair. Shared governance is an important concept at Auburn University and the Chair and other officers represent the faculty and staff in discussions related to development/revision of policies.

• Auburn University

  Director, Interdisciplinary Studies and Director, Academic Counseling and Advising Center

  I have been the Director of the Interdisciplinary Studies (IDSC) undergraduate degree program since August 2010. The program, which requires an application for admission, admitted its first student in the spring of 2010. Between August 2010 and December 2012, my position was a part-time administrative position that also included serving as Director of the Cater Center (now known as the Academic Counseling and Advising Center). The non-administrative part of my position was as a faculty member in the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences.
  
  The IDSC program is a "boutique" program that allows students to create their own degree as long as they conform to a set of established guidelines. I work with a Career Counselor and an Academic Advisor to mentor students as they develop their plan of study and, eventually, their capstone syllabus. I chair the IDSC Faculty Oversight Committee, made up of a faculty representative from 9 of the 11 academic units, that reviews applications and approves capstone proposals.
  
  The Academic Counseling and Advising Center is a referral-based center that serves students who are not succeeding. The Center has an Academic Counselor, a Career Counselor, 3 Academic Advisors, 1 Retention Coordinator, and 1 Administrative Support Assistant. We also employ two quarter-time graduate teaching assistants as Academic Coaches during Fall and Spring semester. I do not advise the students referred to this Center; rather, I interface with academic units that refer students, generate assessment reports, and represent the Center on the Suspension Appeals Committee and the Undergraduate University Advising Council.

• Auburn University

  Faculty Member

  Extension and Teaching appointment;
  Developed and delivered continuing education courses on :
  --Wetland Delineation
  --Wetland and Stream Mitigation
  --Conservation Easements
  --Wetland Regulations
  Developed and delivered In-Service Trainings and Workshops on:
  --Watershed and Environmental Considerations
  --Environmental Regulations Affecting Forestry and Agriculture
  --Wetland Functions and Values
  Extension publications developed on watersheds, forest practices and water quality, understanding wetlands and endangered species, the basics of wetland mitigation.
  Teaching duties: taught Environmental Ethics one time per year 2001-2003, 2005-2012; taught Forest Watershed Management one time per year 2002-2012; taught Forest Ecology 2009 (team taught), 2010 and 2011; co-taught Wetland Ecology and Management 2008-2009; co-taught Introduction to Women's Studies 2005; taught Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies twice per year 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014.

• Auburn University

  Mosley Associate Professor

  Named W. Kelly Mosley Environmental Associate Professor in October 2003.
  --Served as the Executive Secretary for the Mosley Environmental Awards program.
  --Coordinated the activities of the selection committee made up of natural resource state agency representatives and representatives from Auburn University;
  --responsible for soliciting nominations for the W. Kelly Mosley Environmental Award and the Helene Mosley Treasure Forest Award;
  --responsible for all meeting minutes,
  --interfaced with nominators in planning and delivery of award ceremonies,
  --publicized the awards programs
  --managed the budget.

• The Nature Conservancy

  Director of Conservation Programs

  I worked at the Birmingham office of The Nature Conservancy while on sabbatical from Auburn University. I supervised the Land Acquisition staff, the DIrector of the Grand Bay Ecosystem Project, the Director of Science and Stewardship, the Director of the Paint Rock Project, and the Natural Heritage Program which was located at Huntingdon College, Montgomery Alabama.
  Represented the office in meetings with the Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile Office; the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Alabama Department of Transportation, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and with the USDA National Forest Service in Alabama. Participated in several Ecoregional Planning meetings in Durham, NC, Nashville, TN and Atlanta, GA.