I am a graduate student in the Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, and a CFERP fellow. My research focuses on outcomes of environmental education such as sense of place. I conduct the data collection in community-based environmental organizations in the Bronx, New York City. These organizations reconnect inner-city youth with the environment by involving them in environmental stewardship and restoration activities.

I grew up in Russia and completed my undergraduate work at Tomsk State University majoring in environmental science. In 2006 I completed my Master's degree in DNR, Cornell University. I liked Cornell so much that I decided to stick around for a few more years for a PhD program. The chair of my research committee is Dr. Marianne Krasny.

Research project website: www.UrbanEE.org

My Interests

• Urban environmental education, civic ecology education
• Sense of place, place meaning, and place attachment
  
• Community-based environmental restoration
• Urban environment and social-ecological systems

Contact

Department of Natural Resources
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853