Posts by: Sarah Sunu

Ashley Ahearn is an award-winning environment reporter at KUOW, and regularly shares her insight and expertise with researchers through COMPASS workshops. Ashley’s new national podcast terrestrial, developed in partnership with NPR Story Lab and KUOW in Seattle, weaves together stories around the choices we make in a changing world, like the psychological toll of...

2015 Wilburforce Fellow Erin Sexton is a Research Scientist and Regulatory Affairs Manager with the Institute on Ecosystems, at the University of Montana. Erin’s research focus encompasses the international landscape known as the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, with an emphasis on aquatic ecology and conservation biology in the transboundary watersheds between ...

Kyle Artelle studies the ecology and conservation of wildlife, with a focus on black and grizzly bear population dynamics in the Great Bear Rainforest of British Columbia, bear-human conflict throughout the province, and wildlife management in general. He works to democratize ecological decision-making by sharing the best available knowledge and science with manage...

Dr. Aerin Jacob. Dr. Aerin Jacob is a Liber Ero Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Victoria. Trained as an ecologist, she works with managers and Indigenous communities on marine and coastal planning in British Columbia, Canada. We spoke with Aerin about what being a Wilburforce Fellow has been like for her – here are her thoughts. How has being a...

Matt Williamson is a Ph.D. Student at the University of California, Davis. His current research focuses on the socio-political factors that predict where conservation occurs and how changes in those factors affect wildlife connectivity. Prior to his return to graduate school, Matt was a Program Director for the Grand Canyon Trust where he facilitated the developmen...