Short Bio:
Originally from a small town in the Ozarks of southern Missouri, I moved to California in 1997 to attend school. I graduated from Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, CA with a B.A. in Environmental Studies in 2001.  As an undergraduate, I explored my interests in wildlife conservation and environmental restoration with various research projects.  After graduation, I worked at a wild bird rehabilitation center for a couple of years before starting graduate school.
I’ve been in the Environmental Studies graduate program at San Jose State University in San Jose, CA since 2005 and hope to graduate in the fall of 2008. For my thesis research, I am examining the response of wintering ducks to trail use at former salt production ponds at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge.  While conducting my thesis research, I am concurrently working on my certificate in Geographic Information Science.  I also work part-time in the Environmental Health and Safety department at eBay, Inc., which is headquartered in San Jose. 
My outside interests include hiking, camping, reading, yoga, movies, music, and visiting with friends. 

• Wildlife Conservation and the role of protected areas in wildlife conservation. Human land use and its impact on wildlife. Mapping wildlife movement and migration patterns.

• I have worked in wildlife rehabilitation and environmental education in the past. I currently work in the Environmental Health and Safety department at eBay, Inc.

• Bowne, DR and White HR. 2004.Searching strategy of the painted turtle Chrysemys Picta across spatial scales. Animal Behavior. 68:1401-1409.

• Poster presentation at the 2008 annual meeting of the Western Section of The Wildlife Society.

• Hiking, camping, reading, yoga, movies, music, exploring the SF Bay Area with friends.

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