Advising

I advise and mentor several graduate students who are interested in ecology and management of savannas, grasslands, and deserts. These students typically major in Renewable Natural Resource Studies, Watershed Hydrology and Management, or Rangeland Science and Management. Occasionally I advise or co-advise students majoring in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

I am faculty advisor for Sophos Sophomore Honorary, a student club at the University of Arizona

I have worked with the following wonderful people as they pursued graduate degrees at the University of Arizona:

• Laurie Abbott, New Mexico State University Department of Animal and Range Sciences
• Juliann Aukema, The Nature Conservancy
• Dana Backer, USDI National Park Service Sonoran Desert Network Inventory & Monitoring program
• Margi Brooks, USDI National Park Service National Natural Landmarks program
• Marianne Butler, Solano Resource Conservation District
• Cameron Conaway, teacher, writer, trainer, fighter
• Sam Drake, University of Arizona Office of Arid Lands Studies
• Margaret Evans, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France
• Erika Geiger, North Carolina State University
• Heather Germaine, USDI National Park Service National Natural Landmarks program
• David Hall, making music and jewelry in Tucson
• Kathryn Haworth, somewhere in northern Arizona
• J. Andrew Hubbard, USDI National Park Service Sonoran Desert Network Inventory & Monitoring program
• Sara O'Brien, Defenders of Wildlife
• Roxane Johnson, High School science teacher in Tucson
• Theresa Crimmins, U.S. Geological Survey
• Chris McDonald, University of Arizona School of Natural Resources (currently enrolled)
• Svenje Mehlert, European Science Foundation
• Charles Nyandiga, NGO in Kenya
• Lucinda Salo, consulting in the Sagebrush Sea
• Heather Schussman, Gore Corporation
• Jose Villanueva-Diaz, Mexican government
• Jake Weltzin, USGS National Phenology Network
• Cody Wienk, USDI National Park Service Northern Great Plains Fire Management Office

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