Titles

• PhD Candidate, Sustainability, School of Sustainability

Biography

Sheryl is a PhD Candidate with dissertation research in the area of subnational climate change policy and governance in the United States. She is exploring the dynamics at play between the state and municipal level in the area of climate policy and governance; the impact of state-level climate policy on municipalities; the role of non-state actors in the development of climate policy; and how some municipalities are able to overcome or transform barriers into opportunities for climate action.

Teaching Experience

• Adjunct Professor, Mesa Community College, SUS 110, Sustainable World. Fall 2015
• Teaching Assistant, Arizona State University: SOS 110 Sustainable World, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012
• Guest Lecturer, Arizona State University, SOS 110, Sustainable World. Fall 2011. Spring 2012. Summer 2012
• Guest Lecturer, Arizona State University, JUS 105, Introduction to Justice Studies. Fall 2011

Education

• JD, Law, University of Idaho, 1995
• BS, Zoology, University of Idaho, 1989

Expertise

• environmental climate policy
• environmental climate justice
• law and sustainability

External Links

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