Conservation Scientist, Wildlife Conservation Society
Lauren’s research focuses on adaptation to climate change, drawing from the social and ecological sciences. She studies ecological impacts of climate change and how people respond to impacts occurring in order to inform conservation and management strategies in a changing climate. At the core of her passions for research, teaching, and creatively communicating issues of environmental change is the desire to understand human-environment interactions critical to improving resource management and conservation practices. She has written about her research in numerous venues, including her recently completed first book, The Canary Tree, as well as in outlets such as The New York Times Green blog. Lauren completed her PhD at Stanford in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources and has a B.A. degree from Brown University in Environmental Studies (Honors) and Visual Art. While at Stanford, Lauren received a National Science Graduate Student Research Fellowship and the Lieberman Fellowship for outstanding scholarship, teaching, and university service. Prior to joining WCS, Lauren worked as a Visiting Scholar in Environmental Science Writing in the Earth Systems Program; a research associate with the Social Ecology lab; and a lecturer in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric, all at Stanford University.