Congratulation to Jessica Breitfeller, PhD Student, for receiving the National Science Foundation (NSF) Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant for her dissertation, “Evaluating Consultation and Informed Consent via Social Network Analysis”. Jess will be conducting research in Costa Rica on indigenous knowledge exchange and REDD+ consultation. Jess is being mentored by Dr. Janet Chernela on this project.

To learn more about Jess’ research, visit her research blog: http://blog.umd.edu/climateconsultation/blog/