about me
Welcome!
I’m the Curator of Natural History at the High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon. I hold a Ph.D. in environmental history from the University of Oregon. My work sits at the crossroads of environment and society, including the study of water resources, public lands, and the built environment. I’ve also worked as a researcher at the Center for Environmental Futures and the Public and Environmental History Center.
Water, both salty and fresh, has been a core focus of my research and work for over a decade. My dissertation told the history of machines sitting on the Pacific seafloor and marine life’s surprising reactions to that industrial intrusion. I’m grateful to the National Science Foundation, the Center for Environmental Futures, the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the Wayne Morse Center, and the Oregon Humanities Center for supporting the project.
