Research and Projects

Research and Projects

• Let’s reconcile the science and faith communities, and let’s do it through: community resilience for health and wellbeing, communication resources, and creative co-rehabilitation
• INgage – Resilient Communities Project for Indianapolis
• Science Meets Environmental Justice
• Reimag(IN)ing the River: The White River through a lens of place
• What Makes Us Human?
• Freshwater in the Arctic
• Geoscience, Service-Learning, and Bioethics
• Field study – The Changing Landscape of Cuba: How Political and Economic Geography of Cuba Influences Ethics, and Values through Agriculture 

Select Presentations and Workshops

• “Let’s Unify the Science and Faith Communities,”Ministry in a Time of Climate Change, Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY, June 2017
• “Building Neighborhood Resilience,” Neighbor Power Indy, Marian University, Indianapolis, IN, March 2017
• “What Makes Us Human?” IUPUI Research Day, Indianapolis, IN, April 2016
• “Reimagining the River,” IUPUI Research Day, Indianapolis, IN, April 2016
• “Freshwater in the Arctic,” Poster and oral presentation at Diplomacy Lab Project Fair at the U.S. State Department, S. Department of State, Washington D.C., April 2016
• “Service Learning: Connecting Students to Nature in an Urban Environment,” International Symposium on Service-Learning, University of Indianapolis, May 2015
• “Elementary Ecological Education,” Poster presentation at the “National Council for Science and the Environment 7th annual conference: Integrating Environment and Human Health,” Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington D.C., February 2007
• “Elementary Ecological Education,” Poster presentation at the “National Conference on Undergraduate Research,” University of North Carolina, Asheville. April, 2006
• “Elementary Ecological Education,” Poster presentation at the “National Council for Science and the Environment 6th annual conference: Energy for a Sustainable and Secure Future,” Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington D.C., January 2006
• “Elementary Ecological Education,” Oral presentation at the “Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference,” Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. December 2005
• “The Land Ethic: Capitalism, Socialism, and Environmentalism,” Oral presentation at the “Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference,” Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. February 2005

Select Collaborative Conferences Attended

• “Ministry in a Time of Climate Change,”Center for Earth Ethics, Union Theological Seminary, New York, New York, June 2017
• “Protecting the Urban Environment, 9th Annual Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Symposium,”Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana, March 2017
• “National Council for Science and the Environment‘s 15th National Conference and Global Forum on Science, Policy, and the Environment: Energy and Climate Change,” Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Washington D.C. February 2010.
• “Richard Lugar Collegiate Conference on Energy,” Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, October 2010
• “National Council for Science and the Environment 10th National Conference: The New Green Economy,” Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington D.C., January 2010.
• “Indiana University Energy Summit,” Indiana University Bloomington, August 2009; Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, September 2009
• “National Council for Science and the Environment 8th National Conference: Climate Change: Science and Solutions,” Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington D.C. January 2008
• “National Conference on Undergraduate Research,” Washington and Lee University and Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia. April 2005
• “5th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment: Forecasting Environmental Changes,” Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington D.C. February 2005
• “The Law and Economics of Development and Environment,” Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana. January 2005
• “18th Annual 2004 CIC Summer Research Opportunities Program Conference,” University of Iowa Graduate School, Iowa City, Iowa. July 2004