{"id":58563,"date":"2013-12-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/three-uri-graduate-students-selected-for-noaa-marine-policy-fellowship\/"},"modified":"2013-12-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T00:00:00","slug":"three-uri-graduate-students-selected-for-noaa-marine-policy-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2013\/12\/three-uri-graduate-students-selected-for-noaa-marine-policy-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"Three 溏心vlog免费B站 graduate students selected for NOAA marine policy fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 December 18, 2013 \u2013 Three graduate students at the 溏心vlog免费B站 have been named John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellows, which will enable them to spend a year working on marine policy issues in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n


\n\tBrandon Elsner of Yakima, Wash., Leigh Habegger of Winston-Salem, N.C., and Kerry Whittaker of Bridgewater, Mass., were among 49 students from across the country selected for the fellowships. They applied for the fellowship through Rhode Island Sea Grant, which administers the program in the state and selects candidates for consideration by the National Sea Grant College Program.<\/p>\n


\n\tElsner is completing a master\u2019s degree in natural resource economics at 溏心vlog免费B站 by developing a new methodology to update agricultural census data. He also worked on a project in the Philippines that integrates family planning activities with coastal resource management.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe Knauss fellowship appealed to me because it provides an unparalleled opportunity to be at the nexus of national marine policy issues where science, industry and politics meet,\u201d he said. \u201cI want to understand how the inner-workings of these connections affect policy decisions, so I can utilize my scientific knowledge and my firsthand experience as a commercial fisherman and Peace Corps volunteer to address complex policy issues with common sense solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tDuring his fellowship, Elsner will work as a legislative fellow for Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi addressing a wide variety of marine and environmental issues.<\/p>\n

Habegger earned a master\u2019s degree in marine affairs from 溏心vlog免费B站 in May 2013 studying conflict and compatibility among stakeholders in the blue crab fishery in North Carolina. She previously studied the health and sustainable management of barrier reefs in the Caribbean, which led her to an interest in marine policy.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cAfter two years of studying all facets of marine and coastal policy at 溏心vlog免费B站, the Knauss Fellowship will provide a way for me to put my passions and knowledge to good use, and to work on some of the most pressing marine and coastal issues facing our nation today,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n


\nHabegger will spend her fellowship as a legislative fellow for Congresswoman Chellie Pingree of Maine focusing on fisheries and ocean policy.<\/p>\n


\n\t\tWhittaker is nearing completion of a doctorate in oceanography studying the diversity of diatoms \u2013 single-celled marine plants \u2013 in the oceans and their link to climate change.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really like the science research that I do, but this fellowship will give me a valuable perspective on the role of science in the important decisions being made in our country,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to seeing how the gears work in D.C. and seeing how science affects decisions to preserve our marine resources.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tWhittaker will spend her fellowship year working in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s Office of Protected Resources, where she will help administer the listing of endangered species. She expects her year working for NOAA will be an eye-opening experience.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI really care about our environment and the decisions that are being made about our natural resources,\u201d she said. \u201cI know the science side of things really well, but I also know there are some gaps between the science and the decisions being made. To be on the front lines of where the decision making happens will be a very valuable step in my career.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship, established in 1979, is a program of the National Sea Grant College Program. It matches qualified graduate students interested in ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources and the national policy decisions affecting those resources with hosts in the federal legislative or executive branches of government. The fellowship is named for the former dean of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Graduate School of Oceanography who also served as NOAA administrator.<\/p>\n


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\nBrandon Elsner of Yakima, Wash.,

\nLeigh Habegger of Winston-Salem, N.C.,

\nKerry Whittaker of Bridgewater, Mass.,\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 December 18, 2013 \u2013 Three graduate students at the 溏心vlog免费B站 have been named John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellows, which will enable them to spend a year working on marine policy issues in Washington, D.C. Brandon Elsner of Yakima, Wash., Leigh Habegger of Winston-Salem, N.C., and Kerry Whittaker […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58567,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}