Lauren Anderson

Lauren Anderson graduated from OSU with a Master of Public Policy in 2015. Her area of study focused on energy and environmental policy. Her background is in the field of conservation biology and ecology. She is most interested in facilitating communication between scientists and policy makers, especially regarding environmental management. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, backpacking, and all other outdoorsy adventures. She went on to work for the National Wildlife Federation in Washington, DC.

Casey Taylor

Casey Taylor graduated in 2016 with a PhD in Environmental Science and Public Policy. Her dissertation examined the use of science in collaborative management efforts to conserve Sage Grouse populations in the West. Casey also worked with Dr. Boudet on a research project evaluating the response of local communities to large-scale renewable energy development in the West. Before arriving at OSU, Casey completed her MS in Conservation Biology and Applied Ecology at University of Michigan and spent several years working in field biology and environmental education. She is now a faculty member the University of Delaware.

Hossain Taufiq

Hossain Taufiq was born and raised in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Before joining the Public Policy PhD program in OSU in Winter 2021, he worked as a lecturer of Global Studies and Governance (GSG) in the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB). He completed his undergrad studies in International Relations from the University of Dhaka. He also completed his MSc degree in Development Practice from the Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. He also interned with United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA) and National University of Rwanda (NUR) as a partial fulfillment of the MSc program. Before joining the IUB, he worked as a Research Manager of the Bangladesh Peace Observatory (BPO) project at the Centre for Genocide Studies, University of Dhaka. From 2012 -17, he worked with UNDP, Population Council, USAID, Trocaire, Save the Children, Plan International, Planning Commission Bangladesh, Family Planning Association of Bangladesh (FPAB), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), University of Guelph- Canada, IDS of University of Sussex-UK and BRAC University in various capacities. He is working with Hilary on projects related to public perceptions of offshore wind development.

Dylan Bugden

Dylan Bugden graduated from OSU with a Master of Public Policy in 2014. He completed his PhD student at Cornell University in the Department of Natural Resources in 2019 and is now a faculty member in Sociology at Washington State University. His research and teaching interests center on the social movements and the social dimensions of energy use and development.

Trang Tran

Trang Tran graduated from OSU with a Master of Public Policy in 2015. While at OSU, Trang worked closely with Hilary on an Oregon Sea Grant-funded project examining public participation and community mobilization surrounding the siting of liquefied natural gas facilities in Astoria and Coos Bay, Oregon. She also coordinated community-based research projects at OSU’s Policy Analysis Laboratory. After OSU, she spent several years working at the Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage. She then began a PhD at UC Boulder. In her spare time, Trang loves traveling, hiking, reading and spending time in her kitchen. She completed her bachelor’s degree in International Studies at the University of Da Nang, Vietnam.

Emily Miller

Emily was born and raised just north of Chicago, a few blocks from Lake Michigan. Prior to coming to OSU, she studied Planning, Public Policy, and Management at the University of Oregon. During her undergrad study, she worked for UO’s Bike Program building and engaging community through bikes. She interned for the City of Eugene’s Office of Equity & Community Engagement where she co-created a community resource toolkit that facilitates educational conversations about preventing and responding to hate and bias while supporting community action. After spending several years in Chicago and San Francisco working in training and development for a global law firm, she returned to Oregon and community development work as a Strategy Development Specialist for the South Central Oregon Economic Development District through the Resource Assistance for Rural Environments program. She is working with Hilary on projects related to public perceptions of offshore wind development. Emily loves riding her bike, playing cards, making soup, looking at art, and jumping into lakes and oceans.

Nicolette Canzoneri

Nicolette completed her master’s in environmental education at OSU with a focus in free-choice learning. She holds her bachelor’s in psychology and applied behavior analysis and has worked in the zoo and aquarium field for the last 15 years. As a result of her experiences conducting wildlife education presentations for visitors and utilizing behavioral principles to train animals, she became interested in understanding the role zoos and aquariums play in pro-environmental behavior change.

Hannah Whitley

Hannah completed her studies at OSU in 2017 with three undergraduate degrees: Anthropology (Biocultural), Sociology, and Religious Studies. In 2015, she received an URSA U-Engage grant to study faculty diversity at American universities on the West Coast and was accepted into OSU’s Department of Anthropology Ethnographic Field School. She worked with Hilary on the community reactions to extreme weather project. Hannah is now pursuing a PhD in rural sociology at Pennsylvania State University.

Alperen Acikol

Alperen Acikol, a Ph.D. candidate in Public Policy at Oregon State University, specializes in computational social science and machine learning to evaluate social programs and improve public policy. His research centers on understanding the disparities between public perceptions and expert assessments of extreme weather risks. By employing predictive models, he aims to enhance risk communication and intervention strategies. Alongside his academic work, Alperen has significant experience in disaster response, cash intervention and program evaluation in the humanitarian sector. His interdisciplinary approach combines data-driven insights with behavioral economics to advance social welfare and public policy.

Elizabeth Emery

Elizabeth “Betsy” Emery completed her M.S. degree in the Forest Ecosystems and Society Program at Oregon State in 2020. Prior to joining the program, she helped establish the City of Flagstaff, Arizona’s Open Space Program, including working with stakeholder groups to acquire natural areas, develop management plans, establish natural resource policies, and implement infrastructure improvement projects. At OSU, Betsy’s research explored how people perceive risks and make decisions, with a specific focus on how people reason about the use of biotechnology to address forest health threats.