GVSU Alum
E-Mail: [email protected]

Presentations:
View Thesis Defense (GVSU 2014)
View talk from Student Scholarship Day (GVSU 2014)
View talk from Michigan Academy of Science (Oakland University 2014)
View talk from ITEX conference (Switzerland 2013)

Jessica joined the AEP in 2012 as a graduate student focused on ecological community structure and interactions. She did her undergraduate degree at Ferris State University. She worked mostly on vegetation change at Atqasuk. Her work also compared vegetation response as measured using different sampling methods. During the summer of 2012, Jessica completed a partial field season in Alaska and assisted with data collection. In 2013, she was responsible for site management in Atqasuk throughout the field season, in addition to collecting data for her thesis. In 2012 and 2013 Jessica also organized educational materials for Arctic community outreach into local schools, presenting in several classrooms throughout the year.

Jessica graduated with a Master's in Biology in December of 2014. Jessica hopes to pursue career opportunities either in conservation or in education.