Senior Environmental Studies Policy Majors, 2012:
Back Row (Left to Right): Larissa Lee, Sally Holmes, Pat Adams, Björn Knutson, Nina Hatch, Nicholas Papanastassiou, and Amanda Lavigueur. Front Row (Left to Right): Cassady Roberts, Kathryn Lee, Travis Reynolds (Professor), Kelly Kneeland, and Lindley Wells
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Pat Adams
Report Chapter: Progress at any Cost? International Development Banks, Large Hydropower, and the Environment in Ethiopia
Hometown: Greenville, SC
Major: Environmental Studies: Policy
Areas of Interest: Environmental and social justice, renewable energy
Relevant Work Experience:
- Researcher, Fall 2011; Collaboration for Local Energy: Recommendations to the Bihar Renewable Energy Development and Support Network, Patna, SIT India
Nina Hatch
Report Chapter: Multilevel Environmental Governance – The Case of Ethiopian Floriculture
Hometown: Ipswich, MA
Major: Environmental Studies: Policy
Areas of Interest: Sustainable Agriculture, Human Health, Alternative Energy, Sustainable Design
Relevant Work Experience:
- Intern, Summer 2011; Clean Water Action, Boston, MA
- Intern, Spring 2010; Natural Resources Council of Maine, Augusta, ME
Sally Holmes
Report Chapter: What Is the Place of the Environment in Private International Philanthropy?
Hometown: Prairie Village, KS
Major: Environmental Policy, Minor: Philosophy
Areas of Interest: Marine Policy, Environmental Justice, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
Relevant Work Experience:
- Intern, Summer 2012; New England Climate Summer; New England
- Researcher, Autumn 2011; The effects of and viable solutions to power outages in Stone Town, Zanzibar; SIT Tanzania-Zanzibar
- Intern, Summer 2011; Mount Desert Oceanarium; Bar Harbor, Maine
Kelly Kneeland
Report Chapter: Waste Management for Social and Environmental Benefits in Ethiopian Cities
Hometown: Stoneham, Massachusetts
Majors: Environmental Policy & Science, Technology and Society
Areas of Interest: Sustainable Development, Smart Growth, Renewable Energy, Urban Planning
Relevant Work Experience:
- Intern, Summer 2012; A Better City Transportation Management Association, Boston, MA
- Outreach Intern, Summer 2012; Boston Natural Areas Network, Boston, MA
- Student Researcher, April 2012; Edmund Rice Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Sustainable Cities Intern, January 2012; Urban Ecology Institute, Cambridge, MA
- Policy Intern, Summer 2011; Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Boston, MA
Björn Knutson
Report Chapter: Waste Management for Social and Environmental Benefits
in Ethiopian Cities
Hometown: Bloomington, MN
Major: Environmental Policy, Minor: Administrative Science
Areas of Interest: Renewable energy management, sustainable business management
Relevant Work Experience:
- Environmental Compliance Intern, Summer 2012; 3M Company, Maplewood, MN
Amanda Lavigueur
Report Chapter: What is the Place of the Environment in Private International Philanthropy?
Hometown: Hudson, NH
Majors: Environmental Studies: Policy; Economics
Areas of interest: Philanthropy, NGOs, Global Nutrition, Public Health
Relevant Work Experience:
- Intern, Summer 2012; Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, ME
- Intern, Summer 2011; Forestland Conservation: A Case Study in Sustainable Forest Management, Local Wood Production, and Land Conservation, Kennebec County, Maine, Kennebec Land Trust
Kathryn Lee
Report Chapter: The Small, For-Profit Business Model and Environmentalism in Ethiopia
Hometown: Wilmette, IL
Major: Environmental Studies: Policy; Minor: Anthropology
Areas of Interest: Energy use and policy, natural resource management, environmental justice, and human health
Relevant Work Experience:
- Climate and Energy Intern for Oceana, Summer 2012; Oceana, Washington, DC
- Student Campus Volunteer Coordinator, August 2012-Present; Oceana, Waterville, ME
- Student Research, September-December 2011; The Swedish Program, Stockholm, Sweden
Larissa Lee
Report Chapter: A Delicate Balance: Land use planning in Ethiopia
Hometown: Madison, NJ
Majors: Environmental Studies: Policy; Global Studies
Areas of Interest: Resource Management, Environmental Justice, Endangered Species Conservation
Relevant Work Experience:
- Ridge Runner, Summers 2012 and 2011, Friends of Acadia National Park, Bar Habor, ME
- Researcher, Spring 2012; Mapping and Evaluating Mangrove Restoration Efforts in Southwest Madagascar ISP, SIT Madagascar
- Intern, Summer 2010, Friends of Virgin Islands National Park, Cruz Bay, St. John, US Virgin Islands
Nicholas J. Papanastassiou
Report Chapter: Crop-Environment Interactions in Sub-Saharan Africa
Hometown: Stow, MA
Major: Environmental Studies: Policy and Economics
Areas of Interest: Food systems, agricultural policy and economics, international water management, biking
Relevant Work Experience:
- Research Assistant, Summer 2012; 2012 Statistical Abstract of the Belgrade Lakes Watershed, Colby College Economics Program
- Intern, January 2010; Natural Resources Council of Maine, Augusta, Maine
Cassady Roberts
Report Chapter: A Delicate Balance: Land use planning in Ethiopia
Hometown: Steamboat Springs, CO
Major: Environmental Studies: Policy; Minor: Education
Areas of Interest: Environmental education, resource management, environmental justice
Relevant Work Experience:
- Environmental Educator, Summers 2010 and 2011; Yampatika Environmental Education Center
Lindley Wells
Report Chapter: Multilevel Environmental Governance – The Case of Ethiopian Floriculture
Hometown: Williamstown, MA
Major: Environmental Studies: Policy
Areas of Interest: Sustainable Food Systems, Education, Environmental Justice
Relevant Work Experience:
- Summer Camp Founder and Director 2010-2012; Lindley’s Cooking Camp, Williamstown, MA
- Researcher, Spring 2012; The Value and Need for Community Gardens, Byron Bay, SIT, Australia
