Julia Bingham headshot

Julia Bingham

/by

Julia Bingham is an interdisciplinary marine social scientist interested in knowledge, values, equity, and power in coastal governance and management, especially in fisheries and fishing dependent communities. She primarily approaches her work through critical and feminist informed geographies, science & technology studies, political ecology, and sociology. She is currently a postdoctoral scholar at Oregon State University supporting research on human dimensions of offshore wind development, focusing on community benefits and impacts.

Chad Zanocco

/by

Chad Zanocco completed his PhD in Public Policy at OSU and has a MS in Agricultural and Resource Economics from University of California, Davis. Prior to completing his master’s, he served as an Americorps volunteer in northern California where he administered a small-business scholarship program for Arcata Economic Development Corporation. At OSU, he has explored alternative futures for coastal change and hazards through the Tillamook County Coastal Futures Project, an effort supported through NOAA’s Coastal and Ocean Climate Change Applications program. For his dissertation, he worked on the NSF-funded VISTAS project to develop visual analytics software to enable scientists to better understand and communicate about large and complex environmental problems spanning spatial and temporal scales. He worked with Hilary on projects related to public perceptions of unconventional oil and gas development, community reactions to extreme weather, and youth energy education programming. Upon graduation, he took a position as a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University in Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Matthew Mauriello

/by

Matthew Mauriello was a postdoctoral scholar at Oregon State University and Stanford University. He contributed to the NSF-funded Smart & Connected Kids for Sustainable Energy Communities project. He graduated with a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction from the University of Maryland. He went on to a faculty position at University of Delaware.

Paty Fernandez

/by

Paty Fernandez completed her Ph.D. in Public Policy at OSU in 2020. Her doctoral research explored the policy and institutional implications of the Water-Energy Nexus, specifically regarding transitions from traditional irrigation systems to integrated systems in the rural American West. Prior to coming to OSU, she earned a BA in Political Science and a Master’s degree in Public Administration and Public Policy from the School of Government (EGTP) of the Tecnológico de Monterrey. She also worked as a researcher at the Institute for Regional Development of the Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico), where her main areas of research were water governance and institutional capacity.

Leanne Giordono

/by

Leanne Giordono completed her PhD student in the School of Public Policy at OSU in 2018. Her graduate studies focused on the policy and governance changes related to employment services and supports for adults with intellectual and developmental disability. She received her MPA from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School (2000) and subsequently spent almost fifteen years conducting program evaluation and applied research for public agencies and non-profit organizations until her return to graduate school in 2014. She was a postdoctoral scholar at OSU, working with Hilary on the Smart & Connected Kids for Sustainable Energy Communities project. She went on to an Assistant Professor (Visiting Faculty) at the School of Planning, Public Policy & Management at the University of Oregon.

Greg Stelmach

/by

Greg Stelmach is a postdoctoral scholar with the Pacific Marine Energy Center, where his research focuses on public perceptions of marine renewable energy development. He completed his Master of Public Policy degree at OSU in 2019, working on the Smart & Connected Kids for Sustainable Energy Communities project. He completed his PhD in Public Policy at OSU in 2024 on public perceptions of and response to large-scale energy proposals.