Sarah Fierce

As an M.E.M. student at FES, I have a broad range of interdisciplinary interests. I hope to study how science can be applied to the real world conservation of wildlife and biodiversity and the management of parks and protected areas. In particular, I am interested in the management of coastal ecosystems both here in the Northeastern U.S. and in Latin America, as it relates to sustainable development.

Prior to my arrival at FES, I spent two years volunteering with the Peace Corps. Stationed in Nicaragua, I taught environmental science and conservation to students in three rural elementary schools, and conducted teacher training sessions on participatory methodology and environmental themes. I have also worked as a laboratory and field assistant at the University of New Hampshire, where I helped conduct surveys of the ecological conditions in salt marshes along the New England coast. In addition, I have held research internships at Friday Harbor Marine Lab and Shoals Marine Lab.

I received a B.A. in Biological Science with a focus on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Dartmouth College. There I wrote a senior honors thesis on the biology of coastal marine organisms, which allowed me to pursue an interest in marine ecology. I also participated in a biology foreign study program in Costa Rica, which allowed me to further develop an interest in conservation and sustainable development.