Pronouns: she, her, hers

I came from and returned to the salt marshes of southeastern Virginia, where most recently, I worked as a Coastal Scientist at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. I got my PhD at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment in 2019, in the River Center, and my post-doc at Iowa State University Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering. Before graduate school, I worked for Chesapeake Environmental Communications, The Nature Conservancy, MacArthur Agro-Ecology Research Center, White Mountain Research Station, and the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. I got a BA in biology and environmental studies from Carleton College in 2010. I am also a proud Virginia Master Naturalist (Middle Peninsula chapter). I value water, soil, air, life, knowledge, ideas, memory, expression, education, exploration, community, sharing, kindness, integrity, effort, and play.

A bit of sentimentality: My dog Banjo was my best ditch-exploring and life buddy from 2011 to 2024. In my heart, my contributions to DITCH's "Lines in the Landscape" paper, which took me through his cancer, are dedicated to him. (Ultimately I imagine that paper as made for everyone who has journeyed ditches with us, literally and metaphorically, including inviting our readers to join that number.)