Graduate Students

Due to the nature of my new position, I am sadly no longer accepting graduate students. 


Former students


Mikayla Schappert

M.A. from GEO program - 2023

EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF LANDSCAPE HETEROGENEITY ON LEPIDOPTERA RICHNESS, ABUNDANCE AND COMMUNITY COMPOSITION ACROSS AN AGRICULTURAL TO EXURBAN GRADIENT

Current Position: Pursuing Ph.D. in the Department of Geography at Clark University. 


Heather Craska

M.En. from IES program - 2023

Evaluating and Comparing Residential Uses and Perceptions of Fertilizers and Deicers.

Current Position: Pursuing Ph.D. in human dimensions of natural resources at University of Illinois, Urbana.


Jessica Stoyko

M.A. from GEO program - 2021

Determinants of Willingness to Plant Pollinator Beneficial Plants Across a Suburban to Rural Gradient.

Current Position: On the job market.


Sarah Strack

M.En. from IES program - 2021

Mapping land cover changes resulting from conservation subdivision development - a case study of 15 conservation subdivisions in North Carolina

Current Position: Scientist/GIS Specialist at Bennett and Williams Environmental Consultants Inc.


Ryan Bourgart

M.En. from IES program - 2020

Grant administration and environmental education with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency

Current Position: Environmental Public Information Officer


Max Leveridge

M.En. from IES program - 2019

Evaluating Attitudes Towards Large Carnivores Within the Great Bear Rainforest.

Current Position: Biology Assistant for the National Parks Service


Maddie Maurer

M.En. from IES program - 2019

Investigating the effectiveness of small unmanned aerial vehicles for honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) detection.

Current Position:  Urban Specialist for the Butler Soil and Water Conservation District


Amanda Preslicka

M.En. from IES program - 2018

Investigating the effect of land management practices on managed pollinator health.

Current Position:  GIS Technician position for Great Lakes Community Action Partnership


Dane Weeks

M.En. from IES program - 2017

Plant Pest Quarantine Survey Internship with the United States Department of Agriculture

Current Position: Plant Protection Technician for USDA-APHIS


Lilit Hovhannisyan

M.En. from IES program - 2017

Overseeing the mitigation of environmental impacts of water supply projects in Armenia

Current Position: National Consultant on SDGs at UN FAO


Emma Kirkpatrick

M.En. from IES program - August 2015

Modeling potential effects of land use land cover change on honey production in the Northern Great Plains. 

Current Position: Planner for Maumee Valley Regional Planning Commission


Emma Troesh

M.En. from IES program - May 2015

Transportation planning for the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission.

Current Position: Geographic Information Systems Engineer for United States Department of Defense