About Us


Senior Environmental Studies Policy Majors, 2012:
Back Row (Left to Right): Erik Douds, Ellen Evangelides, Grey Benjamin, Tyler Papa, Wyatt McLean, Lizzie Anderson, Avery Beck, and Travis Renolds (Professor). Front Row (Left to Right): Colin Cummings, Rumbie Gondo, Tizezew Shimekach Sisay (visiting Ethiopian environmentalist), Anna Hess, and Marie Abrahams.

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Avery Beck

Report: Chapter 1. Local, Regional, and National Forest Management and Policy in Ethiopia: Forest Cover in the Gurage Zone, 1995-2011
Hometown: Chappaqua, New York
Major: Environmental Studies: Policy
Areas of Interest: Natural Resource Management, Sustainable Food Systems, Environmental Justice and Public Health
Relevant Work Experience:

  • Researcher, Spring 2013, School for International Training (SIT), Tanzania-Zanzibar

WyattMcLean

Wyatt McLean

Report: Chapter 1. Local, Regional, and National Forest Management and Policy in Ethiopia: Forest Cover in the Gurage Zone, 1995-2011
Hometown: Camden, MA
Major: Environmental Studies: Policy
Areas of Interest: Forests, Environmental Justice

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Grey Benjamin

Report: Chapter 2. Exploring the Effects of Land Use and Land Cover Change on White-Eared Kob Migration in the Gambella Region, Ethiopia
Hometown: Medway, Massachusetts
Major: Environmental Policy
Areas of Interest: Land & Water Conservation, Public Health, Environmental Justice
Relevant Work Experience:

  • Policy Research Intern, Summer 2013, Environmental Health Strategy Center

ColinCummings

Colin Cummings

Report: Chapter 2. Exploring the Effects of Land Use and Land Cover Change on White-Eared Kob Migration in the Gambella Region, Ethiopia
Hometown: Ashburn, Virginia
Majors: Environmental Policy
Areas of Interest: Large-landscape conservation, applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for conservation, Outdoor Education
Relevant Work Experience:

  • Science Intern, Summer 2013, Oceana, Inc., Washington, D.C.
  • Researcher, Summer 2012, Exploring the Effects of Shoreline Development on the Ecological Health of the Belgrade Lakes, Colby College, Waterville, ME

EllenEvangalides

Ellen Evangelides

Report: Chapter 2. Exploring the Effects of Land Use and Land Cover Change on White-Eared Kob Migration in the Gambella Region, Ethiopia
Hometown: Kenilworth, Illinois
Major: Environmental Policy, Minor: Art
Areas of Interest: Sustainable Design, Urban Planning, Natural Resource Management
Relevant Work Experience:

  • Research Assistant, Summer 2013 and Summer 2012, Colby College Environmental Studies Program

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Erik Douds

Report: Chapter 3. Ecotourism Development and Planning in Western Ethiopia
Hometown: South Orange, NJ
Majors: Environmental Studies: Policy, Minor: Administrative Science
Areas of interest: International Business, applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Type 1 Diabetes Education and Support, Web Design,
Relevant Work Experience:

  • Intern, Summer 2013, Danish Architect Firm, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Public Relations and Web Designer for Eco Ed Schwartz, Ridgewood, NJ
  • Founder of the “Erik Douds Pediatric Diabetes Fund” under St. Barnabas Hospital, Livingston, NJ

MarieAbrahams

Marie Abrahams

Report: Chapter 4. Economic and Environmental Implications of Non-Timber Forest Products: A Study of Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa ssp. nilotica) in Gambella, Ethiopia
Hometown: Wellesley, Massachusetts
Majors: Environmental Studies: Policy
Areas of Interest: International and domestic food systems, and issues of food, water and resource scarcity
Relevant Work Experience:

  • Intendant Research, January 2012, Sustainable farming and land management, Mastatal Costa Rica
  • Research, Spring 2013, Food Policy Comprehensive Dairy Assessments, Colby College

LizzieAnderson

Lizzie Anderson

Report: Chapter 4. Economic and Environmental Implications of Non-Timber Forest Products: A Study of Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa ssp. nilotica) in Gambella, Ethiopia
Hometown: Etna, New Hampshire
Major: Environmental Studies: Policy
Areas of Interest: Sustainable Agriculture, Human Health, Sustainable Development
Relevant Work Experience:

  • Environmental Education Intern, Summer 2012, Maine Lakes Resource Center, Belgrade, ME

AnnaHess

Anna Hess

Report: Chapter 5. Women and the Environment in Rural Ethiopia: Impacts and Responses to Land Degradation and Deforestation
Hometown: Montclair, New Jersey
Major: Environmental Studies: Policy;
Relevant Work Experience:

  • Worked for Environment New Jersey, 2012

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Rumbidzai Gondo (Rumbie)

Report: Chapter 5. Woman and the Environment in Rural Ethiopia: Impacts and Responses to Land Degradation and Deforestation
Hometown: Gweru, Zimbabwe
Major: Environmental Studies: Policy, Minor: Human Development
Areas of Interest: Environmental Health and Justice, Global Public Health, Sustainability Development, African Studies, Human Rights
Relevant Work Experience:

  • Research Assistant, Summer 2012, Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS), Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Organizing Fellow, Summer 2013, Environmental Health Strategy Center (EHSC), Portland, ME, U.S.
  • Intern, JanPlan 2014, Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), Harare, Zimbabwe