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Recent CSS Graduates
Esraa Abdelkader
CSS Interest Area: Mitigation and Adaptation
Internship (2023): Greenhouse Gas Accounting
Email: ea2356@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2022-2023
Anabeth Avila Arenas
CSS Interest Area: Climate Science Communication
Internship (2020): City of Flagstaff
Email: aa979@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2019-2020
Briana Aurilio
CSS Interest Area: Multiple Interest Areas
Internship (2022): City of Flagstaff
Email: baa79@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2021-2022
Hailey Baker
CSS Interest Area: Multiple Interest Areas
Internship (2022): 3 Degrees
Email: hlb293@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2021-2022
Mary Beth Bayruns
CSS Interest Area: Ecology, Sustainability, and Env. Consulting
Internship (2022): Environmental Defense Fund
Email: meb653@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2021-2022
Bryce Beck
CSS Interest Area: Resource and Land Management
Internship (2020): Sustainability in Recreation; Mining Reclamation Projects
Email: bb272@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2019-2020
Taryn Bell
CSS Interest Area: Renewable Energy Resources and Policy
Internship (2022): NAU Office of Sustainability
Email: tpb68@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2022-2023
Jamie Blatter
CSS Interest Area: Ecology and Sustainability
Internship (2021): Conservation International
Email: jkb392@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2020-2021
Samuel Blustein
CSS Interest Area: Sustainability and/or Policy
Internship (2021): City of Flagstaff – GHG Accounting
Email: sdb424@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2020-2021
Christian Bopp
CSS Interest Area: Multiple Interest Areas
Internship (2023): American Conservation Experience
Email: cb2839@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2022-2023
Andrew Breeling
CSS Interest Area: Sustainable Wildlife and Land Management; Environmental Conservation
Internship (2019): Arizona Programs Associate – National Forest Foundation
Email: arb649@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2018-2019
Caitlin Brogan
CSS Interest Area: Climate Science Communication and Climate Policy
Internship (2021): NASA Space Grant Research Intern
Email: crb575@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2020-2021
Sanoma Boynton
CSS Interest Area: Forestry and Waste Management
Internship (2021): Americorps
Email: sab622@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2021-2022
Dylan Chandler
CSS Interest Area: Multiple Interest Areas
Internship (2021): Multiple Interest Areas
Email: dnc93@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2020-2021
Jenna Decker
CSS Interest Area: Natural Resource Conservation and Sustainability
Internship (2021): City of Flagstaff Community Equity Intern
Email: jmd834@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2020-2021
Katie Dickinson
CSS Interest Area: Environmental Conservation and Sustainability
Internship (2021): Arizona PIRG Intern
Email: krd225@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2020-2021
Jack Dugan
CSS Interest Area: Multiple Interest Areas
Internship (2021): City of Flagstaff Intern
Email: jd2322@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2020-2021
Miles Dunlap
CSS Interest Area: Electric Vehicles and Carbon Storage
Internship (2019): Science and Solutions Intern – Climate Reality Project
Email: mcd283@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2018-2019
Sebastian Espinosa
CSS Interest Area: Paleoclimate, Climate Change, and Water Resource Mgmt.
Internship (2021): North Coast and Cascades Monitoring Network Intern
Email: sje78@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2020-2021
Kaniz Fatema
CSS Interest Area: Multiple Interest Areas
Internship (2023): National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Email: kf752@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2022-2023
Jalyn Gearries
CSS Interest Area: Agroecology, Plant Ecology & Climate
Internship (2022): NPS Scientists In Parks Program
Email: jg3648@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2021-2022
Jillian Goulet
CSS Interest Area: Science Policy
Internship (2021): City of Flagstaff Climate Engagement Coordinator
Email: jgg227@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2020-2021
Pilar Gutierrez
CSS Interest Area: Sustainability and Environmental Conservation
Internship(2022): Sustainability Consulting, Greenhouse Gas Accounting
Email: peg64@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2021-2022
Emily Haworth
CSS Interest Area: Creating Sustainable Societies and Community Development
Internship (2019): Green E-Energy Verification Associate – Center for Resource Solutions
Email: eh559@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2018-2019
Garrett Heidrick
CSS Interest Area: Climate Data Analytics
Internship (2019): Climate Data Analyst – City of Flagstaff
Email: gh237@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2018-2019
Noah Humphrey
CSS Interest Area: Wildfire, Air Quality, and Sustainability
Internship(2022): Environmental Consulting or Federal Internship
Email: nh625@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2021-2022
Alyson Jones
CSS Interest Area: Sustainability, Climate Policy, and Water Resource Mgmt.
Internship(2022): Multiple Interest Areas
Email: agj43@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2021-2022
Christopher Kocay
CSS Interest Area: Infrastructure; Energy and Water Management
Internship (2019): Fleet and Asset Management Intern, Republic Services
Email: cjk242@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2018-2019
Kelcie Kraft
CSS Interest Area: Natural Resource Solutions, Greenhouse Gas Accounting
Internship(2022): National Renewable Energy Lab – NREL
Email: klk498@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2021-2022
Elizabeth Lancione
CSS Interest Area: Community Engagement, Education, and Development
Internship (2019): Climate Education Intern, City of Flagstaff Sustainability Program
Email: eal267@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2018-2019
Charlie Linkenheil
CSS Interest Area: Global Solutions, Climate Migration, Food/Water Security
Internship(2022): GHG Accounting
Email: csl273@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2021-2022
Christina Lizzo
CSS Interest Area: Energy, Sustainable Design, and Policy
Internship (2019): PSEG Long Island Technical Intern, Environmental Health and Safety Department
Email: cnl98@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2018-2019
Danielle Logan
CSS Interest Area: Sustainability and Hydrology
Internship(2022): EcoCart
Email: dl2233@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2021-2022
Brianna Lovato
CSS Interest Area: Environmental Conservation
Internship(2021): Environmental Conservation or Climate Science Research
Email: bll269@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2020-2021
Lia Sharon Melissaratou
Grad Student Council
CSS Interest Area: Multiple Interest Areas
Internship (2023): USFS – Prescott NF
Email: lsm84@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2022-2023
Tongayi Mwedzi
CSS Interest Area: Multiple Interest Areas
Internship (2023): Cascadia Consulting
Email: tm2423@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2022-2023
Kelly Pellegrino
CSS Interest Area: Multiple Interest Areas
Internship (2023): NAU Office of Sustainability
Email: klp393@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2022-2023
Dorcas Naa Aku Shika Quarshie
CSS Interest Area: GHG/Carbon Accounting
Internship (2022): Crosswalk Labs
Email: dnq5@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2022-2023
Marie Nabors
CSS Interest Area: Climate Science Communication
Internship(2020): Multimedia Science Communication
Email: men75@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2019-2020
Shalyn Nelson
CSS Interest Area: Multiple Interest Areas
Internship (2023): National Park Service- Scientists in the Parks
Email: sbn28@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2022-2023
Amber Nill
CSS Interest Area: Sustainable Communities, Off-Grid Homes, Permaculture
Internship(2022): Sustainable Building
Email: ann245@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2021-2022
Natalie Pierson
CSS Interest Area: Sustainable Food Systems & Resilience
Internship (2022): Flagstaff Sustainability Office
Email: nrp76@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2022-2023
Ross Priehs
CSS Interest Area: Multiple Interest Areas
Internship (2023): Greenhouse Gas Accounting
Email: rp922@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2022-2023
Erica Rackley
CSS Interest Area: Multiple Interest Areas
Internship (2023): Paleoclimate Research
Email: elr275@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2022-2023
Mitchell Riner
CSS Interest Area: Renewable Energy; Diversity in Agroecosystems
Internship(2020): Renewable Energy
Email: mwr77@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2019-2020
Bennett Rosenow
CSS Interest Area: Climate Policy
Internship (2021): City of Flagstaff – Transport Intern
Email: br848@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2020-2021
Crystal Routhe
CSS Interest Area: Climate Policy, Community Resilience, and Climate Education
Internship (2021): City of Flagstaff – Materials Management Intern
Email: cr788@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2020-2021
Matthew Ruiz
CSS Interest Area: Built Environment, Mobility, and Community Health and Resiliency
Internship (2019): Technical Intern – Sacramento Mayor’s Commission on Climate Change
Email: mjr286@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2018-2019
Tristan Smit
CSS Interest Area: Sustainable Agriculture, City Planning, and Environmental Consulting
Internship (2019): Climate and Natural Resource Intern, Cascadia Consulting Group
Email: ts833@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2018-2019
Chelsey Trejo
CSS Interest Area: Science Communication, Ecology, Wildlife and Env. Conservation
Internship (2021): City of Tucson – Million Trees Intern
Email: ct875@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2020-2021
Ryan Tsingine
CSS Interest Area: Environmental Law
Internship (2020): Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP)
Email: rct54@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2019-2020
Marisa Vargas
CSS Interest Area: Multiple Interest Areas
Internship (2023): Marine Biology Communication
Email: mv893@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2022-2023
Mackin Von Schipmann
CSS Interest Area: Climate Policy and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
Internship(2022): City of Flagstaff
Email: mrv265@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2021-2022
Hailey Weinberg
CSS Interest Area: Sustainability and Sustainable Packaging
Internship(2021): Cascadia Consulting
Email: hrw94@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2020-2021
Isabelle Wilhelm
CSS Interest Area: Conservation Ecology Agroecology, Sustainable Food Systems
Internship (2021): City of Flagstaff – Transportation Intern
Email: ibw3@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2020-2021
Alexander Wilson
CSS Interest Area: Soils and Conservation
Internship(2021): Flagstaff Junior Academy
Email: acw244@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2019-2020
Megan Wright
CSS Interest Area: Multiple Interest Areas
Internship (2023): Planet Cents
Email: mnw246@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2022-2023
Iris Wu
CSS Interest Area: Sustainable Infrastructure
Internship (2021): Rocky Mountain Institute – Climate Program Intern
Email: itw26@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2020-2021
Taylor Wyum
CSS Interest Area: Environmental Education and Public Outreach; Hydrology
Internship(2020): Climate Education or Water Management
Email: tmw362@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2019-2020