{"id":24356,"date":"2023-04-25T18:20:41","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T18:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rmcwp.ydodev.com\/?page_id=24356"},"modified":"2024-01-18T14:45:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T14:45:13","slug":"alumni-profiles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rocky.edu\/academics\/academic-programs\/geography\/alumni-profiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Profiles"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"24356\" class=\"elementor elementor-24356\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c92f1ca elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-gap-beside-yes elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-content-align-center elementor-section-column-vertical-align-stretch\" data-id=\"c92f1ca\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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data-id=\"0b9117b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-456064a\" data-id=\"456064a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ff939d elementor-widget elementor-widget-tm-heading\" data-id=\"8ff939d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tm-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tm-modern-heading\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading-primary-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-primary elementor-heading-title\">D\u2019Jeane Peters (EMP \u201914)\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"heading-divider\"><\/div>\n\t    \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-901f53f elementor-widget elementor-widget-tm-heading\" data-id=\"901f53f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tm-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tm-modern-heading\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading-description-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading-description\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cI always felt like I 'fit in' in academia,\u201d said D\u2019Jeane Peters. \u201cI loved reading and writing papers as an undergrad. As a junior, I discovered that Rocky Mountain College offered the chance to pursue academic research outside my coursework. I was thrilled to learn that I could get paid to do what I love.\u201d<\/p><p>Currently a graduate student and research assistant at Boise State University, D\u2019Jeane credits her success to the unique opportunities and dedicated faculty she experienced as an undergraduate student in RMC\u2019s Geography program (formerly Environmental Management &amp; Policy).<\/p><p>D\u2019Jeane secured funding for her research through the Yellowstone River Research Center (YRRC), a multidisciplinary research institute composed of geologists, ecologists, wildlife biologists, geographers, and social scientists at Rocky. That funding included a stipend, on-campus housing for the summer, and, eventually, even the fee to publish her research, which D\u2019Jeane characterized as, \u201ca huge show of support for undergraduate research.\u201d<\/p><p>She focused her research on a hot topic that remains controversial today; the management of greater sage grouse in the west. With the help and backing of her faculty advisor and co-author, Luke Ward, Ph.D., she published the results of her research in the peer-reviewed\u00a0<em>Wildlife Society Journal<\/em>\u00a0under the title, \u201cGreater sage-grouse in Montana: Mapping archetype viewpoints across stakeholder groups using Q methodology.\u201d<\/p><p>D\u2019Jeane\u2019s project involved connecting with local stakeholders, discussing their opinions on the conservation of sage grouse in Montana, and then analyzing that data to find areas for consensus.<\/p><p>\u201cGetting published in a peer-reviewed journal was something beyond what is expected of any undergraduate,\u201d said D\u2019Jeane. \u201cIt\u2019s a massive time commitment to mentor an inexperienced researcher through that process, but Luke was always there to help, even a full two years after I had graduated from Rocky.\u201d<\/p><p>D\u2019Jeane\u2019s experience of conducting research and publishing her results as an undergraduate is not at all unusual at Rocky. In 2014, RMC student Renee Seacor (ES \u201915) co-authored the research article, \u201cDistribution and Abundance of Baling Twine in the Landscape Near Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Nests: Implications for Nestling Entanglement,\u201d which was published in the peer-reviewed\u00a0<em>Canadian Field-Naturalist<\/em>. Another environmental program graduate, Simone Durney (ES \u201914), co-authored\u00a0<em>A Botanical Guide to Special Places in the Pryor Mountains<\/em>.<\/p><p>The connections D\u2019Jeane made through the project opened doors for her, leading to job and internship offers. Ultimately, she decided to continue her academic career. Her research helped her land the graduate assistantship at Boise State University in their Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning Program (OWPL). The assistantship includes tuition remission and a stipend, essentially paying for her graduate degree.<\/p><p>The wealth of experience D\u2019Jeane had at Rocky set her apart in the program at BSU. Few of her peers had any experience with high-level academic writing, reviewing academic publications, and evaluating data-collection methods when they entered the graduate program at BSU. D\u2019Jeane had practical experience in all these areas and more.<\/p><p>In two years, she expects to earn a Master of Science degree and hopes to publish additional articles in peer-reviewed publications in collaboration with professors at BSU. After that, she plans to apply to Ph.D. programs.<\/p><p>\u201cI love doing research and want to keep at it as long as someone will pay me,\u201d said D\u2019Jeane, \u201cOr, if the research is interesting, even if they don't.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d4a398e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-gap-beside-yes elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-column-vertical-align-stretch\" data-id=\"d4a398e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1524864 elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"1524864\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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As a junior, I discovered that Rocky Mountain College offered the chance to pursue academic research outside my coursework. I was thrilled to learn that I could get paid to do what I love.\u201d Currently a graduate student and research assistant at Boise State University, D\u2019Jeane credits her success to the unique opportunities and dedicated faculty she experienced as an undergraduate student in RMC\u2019s Geography program (formerly Environmental Management &amp; Policy). D\u2019Jeane secured funding for her research through the Yellowstone River Research Center (YRRC), a multidisciplinary research institute composed of geologists, ecologists, wildlife biologists, geographers, and social scientists at Rocky. That funding included a stipend, on-campus housing for the summer, and, eventually, even the fee to publish her research, which D\u2019Jeane characterized as, \u201ca huge show of support for undergraduate research.\u201d She focused her research on a hot topic that remains controversial today; the management of greater sage grouse in the west. With the help and backing of her faculty advisor and co-author, Luke Ward, Ph.D., she published the results of her research in the peer-reviewed\u00a0Wildlife Society Journal\u00a0under the title, \u201cGreater sage-grouse in Montana: Mapping archetype viewpoints across stakeholder groups using Q methodology.\u201d D\u2019Jeane\u2019s project involved connecting with local stakeholders, discussing their opinions on the conservation of sage grouse in Montana, and then analyzing that data to find areas for consensus. \u201cGetting published in a peer-reviewed journal was something beyond what is expected of any undergraduate,\u201d said D\u2019Jeane. \u201cIt\u2019s a massive time commitment to mentor an inexperienced researcher through that process, but Luke was always there to help, even a full two years after I had graduated from Rocky.\u201d D\u2019Jeane\u2019s experience of conducting research and publishing her results as an undergraduate is not at all unusual at Rocky. In 2014, RMC student Renee Seacor (ES \u201915) co-authored the research article, \u201cDistribution and Abundance of Baling Twine in the Landscape Near Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Nests: Implications for Nestling Entanglement,\u201d which was published in the peer-reviewed\u00a0Canadian Field-Naturalist. Another environmental program graduate, Simone Durney (ES \u201914), co-authored\u00a0A Botanical Guide to Special Places in the Pryor Mountains. The connections D\u2019Jeane made through the project opened doors for her, leading to job and internship offers. Ultimately, she decided to continue her academic career. Her research helped her land the graduate assistantship at Boise State University in their Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning Program (OWPL). The assistantship includes tuition remission and a stipend, essentially paying for her graduate degree. The wealth of experience D\u2019Jeane had at Rocky set her apart in the program at BSU. Few of her peers had any experience with high-level academic writing, reviewing academic publications, and evaluating data-collection methods when they entered the graduate program at BSU. D\u2019Jeane had practical experience in all these areas and more. In two years, she expects to earn a Master of Science degree and hopes to publish additional articles in peer-reviewed publications in collaboration with professors at BSU. 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As a junior, I discovered that Rocky Mountain College offered the chance to pursue academic research outside my coursework. I was thrilled to learn that I could get paid to do what I love.\u201d Currently a graduate student and research assistant at Boise State University, D\u2019Jeane credits her success to the unique opportunities and dedicated faculty she experienced as an undergraduate student in RMC\u2019s Geography program (formerly Environmental Management &amp; Policy). D\u2019Jeane secured funding for her research through the Yellowstone River Research Center (YRRC), a multidisciplinary research institute composed of geologists, ecologists, wildlife biologists, geographers, and social scientists at Rocky. That funding included a stipend, on-campus housing for the summer, and, eventually, even the fee to publish her research, which D\u2019Jeane characterized as, \u201ca huge show of support for undergraduate research.\u201d She focused her research on a hot topic that remains controversial today; the management of greater sage grouse in the west. With the help and backing of her faculty advisor and co-author, Luke Ward, Ph.D., she published the results of her research in the peer-reviewed\u00a0Wildlife Society Journal\u00a0under the title, \u201cGreater sage-grouse in Montana: Mapping archetype viewpoints across stakeholder groups using Q methodology.\u201d D\u2019Jeane\u2019s project involved connecting with local stakeholders, discussing their opinions on the conservation of sage grouse in Montana, and then analyzing that data to find areas for consensus. \u201cGetting published in a peer-reviewed journal was something beyond what is expected of any undergraduate,\u201d said D\u2019Jeane. \u201cIt\u2019s a massive time commitment to mentor an inexperienced researcher through that process, but Luke was always there to help, even a full two years after I had graduated from Rocky.\u201d D\u2019Jeane\u2019s experience of conducting research and publishing her results as an undergraduate is not at all unusual at Rocky. In 2014, RMC student Renee Seacor (ES \u201915) co-authored the research article, \u201cDistribution and Abundance of Baling Twine in the Landscape Near Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Nests: Implications for Nestling Entanglement,\u201d which was published in the peer-reviewed\u00a0Canadian Field-Naturalist. Another environmental program graduate, Simone Durney (ES \u201914), co-authored\u00a0A Botanical Guide to Special Places in the Pryor Mountains. The connections D\u2019Jeane made through the project opened doors for her, leading to job and internship offers. Ultimately, she decided to continue her academic career. Her research helped her land the graduate assistantship at Boise State University in their Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning Program (OWPL). The assistantship includes tuition remission and a stipend, essentially paying for her graduate degree. The wealth of experience D\u2019Jeane had at Rocky set her apart in the program at BSU. 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