News About Me
- Grad student creates MJR’s first tablet edition (February 9, 2015) – University of Montana Student News
- Elyssa Rosen Mentoring Fellows Share Their Conference Experience (September 2014) – SEJ Fall Conference, New Orleans
- Graduate student presents at AGU fall meeting in San Francisco (December 18, 2014) – University of Montana Student News
Master of Arts Thesis
- “FIGHTING THE WHITE DEATH: THE STRUGGLE TO REDUCE AVALANCHE DEATHS,” University of Montana, Awarded May 2015
Journalism Awards
- Northwest Regional Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence Awards (2013): General News Reporting Category for “Avalanche fatalities rising” story – March 2014
Professional Awards
- Dean’s Award from the UM School of Journalism – April 2015
- Dean’s Award from the UM School of Journalism – April 2014
- STAR of the month from the Pennsylvania Earth Science Teachers Association (PAESTA) – May 2013
- Undergraduate Student Researcher Award from Penn State Brandywine – May 2013
- Award for Honorable Mention from the Council of Undergraduate Research – March 2013
- Two Outstanding Academic Achievement Awards from Penn State Brandywine, 2010 and 2011
Research Publications
- Published author on a peer-reviewed manuscript in the journal The Earth Scientist – Summer 2013
Research Presentations
- AGU, San Francisco (December 2014)
- Under Western Skies Conference, Calgary AB (Canada) (September 2014)
- The University of Montana Graduate Student Research Conference, Missoula MT (April 2014)
- AGU, San Francisco CA (2 presentations, December 2013)
- Penn State University’s Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference, State College PA (April 2013)
- American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (AGU), San Francisco CA (December 2012)
- Undergraduate Research at the Capitol – PA (URC-PA), Harrisburg PA (April 2011)
- 22nd Annual Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Society) Conference at Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia PA (April 2011)
Memberships
- The American Geophysical Union
- The Pennsylvania Earth Science Teachers Association
- Society of Environmental Journalists
- Penn State Alumni Association
Additional information
- Reviewer for a manuscript submitted to BAMS – paper published January 2019
- Reviewer for a manuscript submitted to The Earth Scientist – January 2014, November 2014
- UM Undergraduate Research Conference Oral Presentation Judge – April 11, 2014
Education
- University of Montana, May 2015, MA in Environmental Science and Natural Resource Journalism
- Penn State University, May 2013, BA in Media Studies, Minors in Environmental Inquiry and Civic & Community Engagement
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