Meet ENVX contributor Kara Scherer! Below you’ll find a brief bio, class level, and a digital scholarship (DS) site link, where you can read more about their work at Lewis & Clark College. Below this information are all ENVX posts featuring this contributor to date; click on any post title to view the full post. To return to all contributors, click here.
Class of 2017 | DS websiteAs a fourth year environmental studies major, my interests have included place-based education, community resilience, social capital and networking, and disaster preparedness. I am currently writing a thesis on examining if social media can play a role in creating networks that set communities up for resilience before a natural disaster occurs. In my free time, I enjoy traveling and experiencing new ideas and cultures that expand the boundaries of my comfort zone. I love hiking and being outdoors, and photographing everything I can along the way. |
Designing and creating a scholarly website is a skill that environmental studies majors are taught during their second semester in the program. It can be tedious and difficult to constantly work on and baby the site to meet professional expectations. Three ENVS class of 2017 seniors, Marielle Bossio, Perri Pond, and Kara Sherer, have gone the extra mile with … |
ENVS Program seniors take two semesters to complete a capstone project. The options for what students can study are limitless, as are their outcomes: some produce a thesis (see here for spring 2017 honors theses), while others produce alternative outcomes. As two examples of the latter, Marielle Bossio and Kara Scherer audaciously push the boundaries of envi … |
When you hear the word “environment,” what do you think of? For environmental studies scholars this question can get complicated, but many people picture beautiful green landscapes. Even a quick Google search for “environment” mostly turns up pictures of forests and fields. The only trace of human beings in these images comes from the occasional depiction of … |