Graduate Students
Current Graduate Students
- Will Casola, email: wrcasola@ncsu.edu
- Kathryn Jewell, email: kljewell@ncsu.edu
- Justin Beall, email: jmbeall@ncsu.edu
Alumni
- Jane Anderson, email: andersoncjane@gmail.com
- Thesis: Willingness to support game and nongame conservation in North Carolina
- Current Position: Texas A&M University Kingsville Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Faculty
- Kalysha Wall, email: keclark@ncsu.edu
- Thesis: Evaluating Efficacy of Conservation Planning in the Southeast
- Current Position: Academic Advisor, NC State University
- Emily Blackman, email: emily.b.blackman@gmail.com
- Thesis: Agricultural Wintering Habitat as a Limiting Factor for Woodcock in the Southeast: Thirty years of Agroecosystem Change
- Current Position: Land Protection Associate, D&R Greenway Land Trust
- Conner Burke, email: crburke18@gmail.com
- Thesis: Predicting Available Hunting Land and Hunter Density and Distribution
- Current Position: Geospatial Analyst with Boston Consulting Group
- Merril Cook, email: merril.cook@ncwildlife.org
- Thesis: Practitioners’ insights on wildlife translocation and reintroduction
- Current Position: NC Wildlife Resources Commission Wildlife Health Biologist
- Michael Drake, email: michaeldrake1911@gmail.com
- Thesis: Human Dimensions of Coyote Management in Human-dominated Environments
- Current Position: Environmental Studies PhD program University of Colorado
- Michaela Foster, email: michaela.o.foster@gmail.com
- Thesis: The Role of Climate Science in Natural Resource Management Decision Making in the Southeast
- Current Position: Forestry & Environmental Studies PhD program Yale
- Danielle Lawson, email: dfl5359@psu.edu
- Dissertation: Intergenerational Transfer of Climate Change Related Knowledge and Attitudes
- Current Position: Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management Faculty, Penn State University https://hhd.psu.edu/contact/danielle-lawson
- James Garabedian, email: James.Garabedian@usda.gov
- Dissertation: Influence of Foraging Habitat on Red-cockaded Woodpecker Productivity
- Current Position: Research Wildlife Biologist, Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Center for Forest Watershed Research
- Meg Lawler Fratanduono, email: lawler.megan@gmail.com
- Thesis: Accessing viability of urban biomass utilization as a green energy source
- Current Position: Wildlife Biologist/Environmental Analyst, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
- Kristin Frew, email: knfrew@ncsu.edu
- Thesis: Valuation of Wildlife Species in North Carolina
- Current Position: Environmental Educator, Atlanta Zoo
- Maureen Hayes, email: mchayes3@ncsu.edu
- Thesis: Ecotourism and Support for Natural Resource Conservation on Andros Island, Bahamas
- Current Position: Analyst, SAS
- Graise Lee Jenni, email: gdlee2@ncsu.edu
- Dissertation: Exploring the dynamics of diversifying stakeholder use in Protected Areas
- Current position: Co-founder Resolve Conservation
- Jessica Pope Perrin: jdpope2@ncsu.edu
- Thesis: Agricultural Landowner Interest in Military Conservation Programs
- Current position: Conservation specialist, Wake Soil and Water Conservation District
- Shari Rodriguez, email: slrodri@clemson.edu
- Dissertation: The Use of Financial Incentives, Stewardship, and Public Information to Promote Wildlife Habitat Conservation on Private Lands
- Current Position: Wildlife Biology Faculty, Clemson University http://www.clemson.edu/cafls/safes/faculty_staff/rodriguez.html
- Chris Serenari, email: c_s754@txstate.edu
- Dissertation: Weightless Conservation: Exploring the Rise of Large-Scale Private Protected Areas and Livelihood Change in Chile
- Current Position: Biology Faculty, Texas State University
- Rachel Shellabarger, email: rachel.shellabarger@gmail.com
- Thesis: Conservation and Human Rights Responses to Undocumented Migration in the Arizona Borderlands
- Current Position: Environmental Studies PhD program, UC Santa Cruz
- Kathryn Stevenson, email: Kathryn_stevenson@ncsu.edu
- Dissertation: Building environmental literacy among middle school students: In-school, out-of-school,
and psychological factors
- Dissertation: Building environmental literacy among middle school students: In-school, out-of-school,
- Paul Taillie, email: paultaillie@gmail.com
- Thesis: Using Distribution and Abundance of Birds to Guide Management of Fire-maintained Forest Ecosystems
- Current Position: Conservation Biology postdoc University of Florida
- Rene Valdez, email: rene.valdez@dgif.virginia.gov
- Dissertation: Environmental communication and perceptions among different age groups and expertise levels
- Current Position: Human Dimensions Specialist, Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries
General information for students interested in applying to the HD lab
I usually accept students who will be connected with a specific research project. The Forestry & Environmental Resources Department has fellowship opportunities for prospective graduate students who have a truly excellent academic record. If I believe you are a strong candidate for one of these fellowships, I will contact you immediately
If you’d like to contact me to express general interest in graduate research, please do the following:
- Send me an email or describing your academic and professional background and why you are interested in working in my lab. Please outline your learning and research objectives as a graduate student and your professional goals.
- Submit an up-to-date resume.
- Submit a copy (unofficial is fine) of your most recent transcript or summarize your undergraduate (and graduate if you already have a graduate degree) courses and grades.
- Submit your GRE scores if you have taken them.
I will send you an email note acknowledging receipt of your materials, and will include it with other applications I receive, or I may contact you about an immediate opportunity. If you haven’t received an acknowledgement, send me an email.