After completing her bachelor¹s degree at Penn State, she worked as a practitioner in the field of environmental education and interpretation before pursuing masters and doctoral degrees at Colorado State University. Becky¹s research interests include conservation and development in addition to human dimensions of wildlife conservation with an emphasis on evidence-based conservation education and collaborative conservation. She has worked with state fish and wildlife agencies on conservation education program evaluation in several locations including Montana, Nebraska, Hawai¹i, Colorado and Pennsylvania. She has also worked on collaborative conservation projects with the United States Geological Survey and the Bureau of Land Management. Becky is a foodie who enjoys traveling, cooking, eating, hiking and training her two golden retrievers for competition obedience.