OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

Program Leadership

 

2015 – present: Director of Forests and Climate Change (FCC) Graduate program. As the Director of the FCC program, I coordinate the teaching, advising and administration of the FCC program.

2009 – present: Director of Sustainable Natural Resources (SNR) Graduate program. As the Director of the SNR program, I coordinate the teaching, advising and administration of the SNR program.

2010 – 2018: Director, Master of Natural Resources (MNR): I became the first Director of the MNR program, once the program was approved by the Oregon Board of Higher Education in September 2010. I worked closely with the Graduate School, the University Registrar Office and Ecampus Marketing Department to start the program. I also established the MNR Administrative and Graduate Admission Committees to run the program.

2004 -2007: Director of International Programs, College of Forestry. In this capacity, I developed a five-year strategic and action plan for the College of Forestry international programs to lead its teaching, research and outreach activities. Among the achievements, I co-developed and co-taught the international forestry course, led the international forestry and global issue seminars.  I have also led two USAID Higher Education for Development collaborative projects between OSU and universities and national research institutions in South Africa and Ethiopia.