I am a current MSc Biodiversity, Conservation & Management student from Chicago, USA. I’m broadly interested in the human dimensions of wildlife conservation, but more specifically in how individuals value the environment, and how/if value can be influenced through educational interventions. My master’s dissertation research is analyzing the predictors of Wildlife Value Orientations (WVOs) in Scotland and England, under the supervision of Darragh Hare.

Prior to starting at Oxford, I graduated from the University of Michigan (US) with a Bachelor degree in Environmental Science and a specialization in Wildlife Conservation Biology.

During undergrad, I spent 3 years as a research assistant on a project studying a population of capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica, where I was primarily interested in how population behavior changed in response to habitat fragmentation. I also worked as a student docent at the University of Michigan Natural History Museum, where I taught community members and school children about local and global science topics, sparking my interesting in the communication and accessibility of conservation knowledge and transformation into action.