Field Safety
After eight years as a field technician, field safety has become a passion of mine.
Field research is inherently dangerous, but we can be safe and prepared if we follow proper planning and value field safety in the workplace. As a graduate student, I have made it a priority of mine to improve the field safety resources and culture in my department.
As a graduate student representative on the ESPM Field Safety Committee, I have
- created three graduate student field safety workshops (General UCB Safety, Crew Management, and Identity Based Field Safety)
- offered the General UCB Safety workshop for graduate students
- attended the inaugural UC Field Safety Conference and the UC Queer/Trans Student Field Safety Conference
Our team as a whole
- organized and advertised Spring 2024 Sexual Assault Prevention in the Field half day training
- created an ESPM specific Field Safety Plan Template
- surveyed nearly 500 students and researchers on the safety of their field experiences at UC Berkeley
- collected and redacted example field safety plans for reference
- drafted a list of recommendations for the department to improve field safety in the future
You can see our work here!
Mentoring
College of Natural Resources Mentoring - Mentor - UC Berkeley
September 2023 - December 2023
- Mentor two freshman environmental science majors
- Meet biweekly to teach time management skills, improve writing style, and discuss professional development
FEMMES Connect - Mentor - Duke University, NC
January 2017 - January 2018
- Mentored one eight grade student with FEMMES, a program focused on involving young girls in STEM
- Met biweekly to expose my mentee to available science-oriented experiences on campus, like building robots and learning to code
- Introduced mentee to multiple labs and prodessors to better understand what a science career might look like
Volunteer Work
ESPM Graduate Student Assembly - UC Berkeley
September 2023 - Present
- Orientation and Camping Trip Chair (May 2024 - Present) - Organize and host orientation and annual camping trip for incoming ESPM graduate students
- Cohort Social Chair (September 2023 - May 2024) - Worked on a team to organize community building events between graduate students, faculty, and staff
Duke Puppy Kindergarten - Volunteer
February 2018 - May 2020
- Dorm Puppy Raiser (September 2019 - March 2020) - Responsible for the training, socializing, husbandry, and overnight housing of a service dog in training for 40 hours a week
- Husbandry Volunteer (February 2018 - May 2019) - Taught CCI puppies basic commands and enforced house training twice weekly during shifts and socialized puppies with Duke Students on and around campus
- Trained in proper and safe animal training by Duke Canine Cognition Lab
