Research Consultant
San Luis Obispo, California Area
Research Consultant
San Luis Obispo, California Area
(International Trade and Development industry)
March 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)
(International Trade and Development industry)
August 2008 — February 2009 (7 months)
(International Trade and Development industry)
August 2007 — August 2007 (1 month)
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
August 2005 — July 2007 (2 years)
(Non-Profit; Civic & Social Organization industry)
October 2006 — February 2007 (5 months)
(Non-Profit; Civil Engineering industry)
October 2006 — January 2007 (4 months)
(International Trade and Development industry)
June 2006 — December 2006 (7 months)
(International Trade and Development industry)
August 2004 — December 2004 (5 months)
Masters of Social Science , International Development and Management, Sustainable Natural Resources Management , 2007 — 2009
Thesis: Cereal Flows and Social Capacity in a Pastoral Region: Glimpses from Dollo Ado, Somali National Regional State, Southern Ethiopia
Field Semester:
2008, Ethiopia, Field Studies with Save the Children USA
Research Interests: pastoralism, development and change, political ecology, natural resource management, food security, Horn of Africa, East Africa
Bachelor of Arts , Sustainable International Development, Environmental Studies, Africa and the Americas , 2003 — 2007
Senior Thesis:
Dynamics of Water Scarcity in Kenya: The Case of North Eastern Province
Field Semesters:
2006, Kenya, University of Minnesota Learning Abroad Center, Nairobi
2004, Namibia and South Africa, Augsburg College Center for Global Education, Windhoek