Sarah is a PhD candidate specializing in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources. She holds a B.S. in Biology from Central Connecticut State University. Though she is originally from Northwest Connecticut, Sarah has also spent many summers working in Glacier National Park, Montana as an interpretive horseback tour guide. In Fall 2021, she joined the lab and began researching social and economic valuation of outdoor recreation. Her dissertation work focuses on the spatial distributions of valuation of fisheries in Kansas. The project's goal is to increase our understanding of how and why anglers value recreational fishing in a landscape of finite opportunities and resources in order to effectively manage our recreational fisheries. Sarah’s long-term goals include working with outdoor recreationists to increase participation in, and valuation of, natural resources and the conservation of those resources.