Graduate School

12th year of teaching in the state of Virginia and hoping to pursue a career in conservation or restoration upon graduating from Oregon State University this term.

Degrees:

- MS Environmental Sciences Candidate, Oregon State University, Fall 2023

- MAT Secondary Education, James Madison University, 2012

- BS Biology, James Madison University, 2011

Growing up in Southern California, Mariah traveled to many national parks around the US which inspired her interest in the conservation and exploration of natural environments. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Cal Poly Pomona. Mariah earned a Master of Science in Environmental Science and Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Science from Oregon State University. Combining her interests in human activities and natural environments, Mariah's graduate research focused... more

Timothy is an inter- and transdisciplinary scholar. His expertise is in ethnography, relational values, restoration ecology, discourse analysis, environmental justice, assemblages, climate change adaptation, and ecosystem governance. His work has been published in Regional Studies, Regional Science and Restoration Ecology. He has taught at the University of Washington Tacoma and the University of New England and currently is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Nebraska-... more

Nick Maithonis holds a Master of Science in Environmental Sciences from Oregon State University. He also received a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Policy and Management from Oregon State University-Cascades. His experience in food service led him to focus on the environmental impacts and social costs of food production. His is interested in urban agriculture, specifically how urban agriculture can be used as a policy tool to meet carbon emission reduction goals while also mitigating... more

Diane grew up in the greater Pacific Northwest and traveled extensively through the United States. These experiences, as well as travel outside of the country, contributed to her growing awareness and interest in environmental science and the interplay between human and non-human ecosystems. Frequent travel allowed the opportunity to see spatial transitions between geologic features, ecosystems, and the ways people interact with and view the environment. She earned an associate's degree in... more

I am currently associated with the Department Faculty Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia. I completed an adjunct faculty appointment at Lewis & Clark College in the spring of 2023, and I successfully defended my doctoral thesis in the fall of 2022. My research and teaching focus combines multispecies studies, socio-cultural anthropology, and environmental education. I am interested in how contemporary social-environmental movements are mapped onto multispecies... more

Kaitlin Thurman grew up in the forests and cornfields near St. Louis, Missouri. Her childhood was filled with chasing lightning bugs in the summer, kayaking in the winter, and watching the neighborhood beaver construct his dam in her backyard. She also spent many summers in distant countries, which would become the foundation of her awe and wonder for the world. By 2017, she received her Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology from Northwest Missouri State University. In the years to follow,... more

Steve grew up in Oregon and is a third generation OSU Beaver. After receiving a BS in Aerospace Engineering at OSU and spending a career working space and defense programs in Southern California, Steve is now pursuing interests that are more down-to-Earth. His most recent milestone is the completion of an MS (Non-Thesis) degree in Environmental Sciences (Ecology/Education track). The MS project used EPA’s Visualizing Ecosystems for Land Management Assessments (VELMA) to simulate Marys River... more

After attaining her undergraduate degree from UCLA in Communications, Thea worked as a Professional basketball player for the Federal International Basketball Association. Stepping away from competitive sports, Thea decided to turn her focus toward understanding forest dynamics with an interdisciplinary approach and enrolled in the Environmental Science Master’s program at OSU. By interning with The Hawaii Agricultural Research Center, Thea was able to see how applied genetic conservation... more

In 2020, Matt Bowling decided it was time to make a move he had been contemplating for years. He enrolled at Oregon State University to further develop himself intellectually and professionally, with the goal of earning a Master of Science in Environmental Sciences and a Graduate Certificate in Water Conflict Management and Transformation. He is thankful that the Oregon State University E-Campus, and its robust commitment to students studying from afar, provided an avenue that made it... more