Sarah Weber

Selected Publications

• Weber, Sarah and Nicole DeMello. “Science and Economic Development in the Emerald Edge.” Cool Green Science. 28 June 2018, https://blog.nature.org/science/2018/06/28/science-and-economic-development-in-the-emerald-edge/
• Weber, Sarah and Kathleen Buckingham. “How Brazil, Panama and Costa Rica Breathed New Life Into Their Degraded Lands.” WRI Insights. 3 August 2016, https://www.wri.org/blog/2016/08/how-brazil-panama-and-costa-rica-breathed-new-life-their-degraded-lands
• Weber, Sarah and Kathleen Buckingham. “Restoring Africa’s Degraded Lands by Improving Farmers’ Rights.” WRI Insights. 11 April 2016, https://www.wri.org/blog/2016/04/restoring-africas-degraded-lands-improving-farmers-rights
• Weber, Sarah. “On International Day of Forests, a Look at How Trees Help Make Cities Healthier.” The City Fix. 21 March 2016, https://thecityfix.com/blog/international-day-forests-look-how-trees-help-make-cities-healthier-sarah-weber/
• Hanson, Craig, Kathleen Buckingham and Sarah Weber. “INSIDER: The Restoration Diagnostic Can Help Bring Commitments into Action on the Ground.” WRI Insights. 23 February 2016, https://www.wri.org/blog/2016/02/insider-restoration-diagnostic-can-help-bring-commitments-action-ground
• DeWitt, Sean, Mamadou Diakhite and Sarah Weber. “African Countries Aim to Restore 100 Million Hectares of Degraded Land.” WRI Insights. 6 December 2015, https://www.wri.org/blog/2015/12/african-countries-aim-restore-100-million-hectares-degraded-land
• Vergara, Walter, Luciana Gallardo Lomeli, Maria Franco Chuaire, Sarah Weber, and Rene Zamora Cristales. “Initiative 20x20: A Landscape Restoration Movement Rises in Latin America and the Caribbean.” WRI Insights. 5 December 2015, https://www.wri.org/blog/2015/12/initiative-20x20-landscape-restoration-movement-rises-latin-america-and-caribbean

Education

George Mason University, Department of Environmental Science and Policy

August 2019-Present

Ph.D. Environmental Science and Public Policy

Advisor: Dr. David Luther, Department of Biology. Co-Advisor: Dr. Tom Akre, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI)

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies                                       

May 2014-August 2015

M.S., Environmental Conservation, GPA: 3.9/4.0

Master’s Thesis: “Can we really change behavior? Whooping cranes and illegal shootings.” In partnership with the International Crane Foundation (ICF).

Thesis Advisor: Dr. Bret Shaw, Department of Life Sciences Communication

American University, School of Communication and School of Arts and Sciences                               

August 2010-May 2014

Dual B.A., Journalism and History, GPA: 3.6/4.0

Study Abroad: University of Oxford, Lady Margaret Hall, Academic year 2012 – 2013

Undergraduate Thesis: “Land, Sovereignty, and National Identity – American \Indian Autobiography in Nineteenth-Century America.”

Thesis Advisor: Dr. Gautham Rao, Department of History