About Amanda
Amanda is a social scientist who studies coastal resilience and environmental justice. She has an interdisciplinary background and holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies with an Emphasis in Coastal Science & Policy from the University of Santa Cruz, California, a M.S. in Marine Ecosystems and Society from the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, and a B.A. in English and Marine Biology from Tulane University.
Amanda has seven years of Federal science agency expertise evaluating the impacts of hurricanes, creating guidelines for effective decision support, and promoting environmental justice. She began her career as a fisheries anthropologist working for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NOAA SEFSC) and continued her civil service as a Pathways Intern and social scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center.
Amanda is currently a Postdoctoral scholar at the University of Delaware's Disaster Research Center, supervised by A.R. Siders, where she works as the Practitioner Engagement Director for The Coastal Hazards, Equity, Economic prosperity, and Resilience (CHEER) Hub.
Amanda has seven years of Federal science agency expertise evaluating the impacts of hurricanes, creating guidelines for effective decision support, and promoting environmental justice. She began her career as a fisheries anthropologist working for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NOAA SEFSC) and continued her civil service as a Pathways Intern and social scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center.
Amanda is currently a Postdoctoral scholar at the University of Delaware's Disaster Research Center, supervised by A.R. Siders, where she works as the Practitioner Engagement Director for The Coastal Hazards, Equity, Economic prosperity, and Resilience (CHEER) Hub.
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