It is a custom that we academics call the assemblage of people we work with a ‘lab’, though I think it conjures the wrong picture in my case. I work with a wonderful group of junior scholars, and I am proud of what we have done together, and their journeys beyond my lab.
My roster is looking full for fall 2019 start, but happy to hear from those interested in 2019 or 2020. I have funding for several projects.
Currently, I am working with (supervising or co-supervising) the following people, at Dalhousie unless otherwise mentioned:
- H. M. Tuihedur Rahman, Postdoctoral Fellow on Making Space for Movement and Making Room for Wetlands (co-supervised with Danika van Proosdij, Saint Mary’s University), 2018-
- Wes Tourangeau, Postdoctoral Fellow on Reconciling Holistic Management Practice and Science, 2017-
- Yan Chen, IDPhD candidate, Image-based culturomics for social impact assessment (co-supervised with Mike Smit, Dal School of Information Management), 2018-
- Bernard Soubry, PhD candidate (Oxford), Climate Resilience on Maritime Farms (co-supervised with Thomas Thornton, Oxford), 2017-
- Kate Thompson, IDPhD candidate, Operationalizing ES in Urban Planning (co-supervised with Peter Duinker, SRES), 2016-
- Krysta Sutton, MES candidate, climax thinking in coastal adaptation, 2018-
- Ellen Chappell, MES candidate, Energy landscape change, 2017-
- Jaya Fahey, MES candidate, Space to Roost, 2017-
- Farzana Karim, MES candidate, Urban coastal risk planning (co-supervised by Eric Rapaport, Planning), 2016-
- Camille Caesemaecker, Visiting student from Agrocampus Ouest, France, intern as part of Master of Science in Agronomic Engineering working on mapping dykeland values using Instagram
Lab alumni include:
Thesis students (and their paths beyond)
- Yan Chen, MES 2016, Understanding youth landscape perceptions and mapping landscape values via social media – returning to start in IDPhD with me and Mike Smit starting in 2018
- Kristina Keilty, MES 2015, Understanding landscape values and baselines of acceptability on the Mactaquac Dam and headpond, New Brunswick – joined Summerhill Group as a Program Manager
- Aiswarya Baskaran, MES 2015, Water-related ecosystem services and water quality: farmers‘ perceptions and practices – joined Sustainalytics as an Associate
- Simon Greenland-Smith, MES 2014, Farmer perceptions of wetland ecosystem goods and services – worked for me until March 2018 on Wood Turtle Strides and other research
- Kate Goodale, MES 2013, Biodiversity and farming: An evaluation of a voluntary stewardship program and exploration of farmer values – stayed on to help me with research until Toronto and Region Conservation Authority nabbed her
- Ellen Whitman, MES 2013, Current and future wildfire risk in the peri-urban Acadian Forest Region – completing her PhD in fire ecology at the University of Alberta
Interns and non-program Research Assistants:
- Carolyn Mann, research associate 2017-2018, Systems thinking and training in holistic grazing management – heading off to be an NRCan Policy Analyst
- Sarbpreet Singh, MREM intern summer2018, Rotational grazing and climate discourse in producer magazines
- Taylor Cudney, Research assistant 2015-2017, Energy exposure and attitudes, now Nova Scotia Department of Energy
- Mhari Lamarque, MREM intern summer 2016, research associate 2017-, Assessing outreach and education at Ducks Unlimited Canada – Mhari and I are still working together on program evaluation work (e.g Wood Turtle Strides) and other things
- Jingwen (June) Qin, Mitacs Globalink intern summer 2016, Social media analysis of urban landscape use and preferences by Chinese students.
- Carlisle Kent, MREM/MLIS intern summer 2015, research associate 2016, Holistic grazing management: scientometrics and rhetoric – Senior Records Analyst at the Town of Richmond Hill
- Ruoqian (Joy) Wang, Mitacs Globalink intern summer 2015, Using Google Earth to assess scattered tree patterns in Australia – she has returned for an MES with Karen Harper on forested wetland dynamics
- Larissa Holman, MREM intern summer 2014, Hydroelectric dam removal: science and visualization using storymaps – RiverWatch Coordinator
- Logan Loik, MREM intern summer 2014, Climate adaptation options in Nova Scotia dykelands using Q-method – RiverWatch Interpretive Guide
- Christiane Verstraten, MREM intern summer 2011, Farmer perceptions of wetlands – a photo-elicitation study – Program Coordinator at the Nova Scotia Woodlot Owners and Operators Association
- Jillian Baker, MREM intern fall 2011, research associate 2012, Schools-based climate change education – a pilot using art to teach and assess – Cheticamp River Salmon Association Program Manager
