• Courtney Carothers

I recently completed my M.Sc. in Sustainable Resource Management. My first career was in leading expeditions as a wilderness guide, outdoor educator and natural history interpreter, both nationally and internationally. After working for six summers in Southeast Alaska, I decided to return to graduate school with the goal of offering something more substantive in rural and remote communities. I’m interested in community-based resource management, knowledge co-production and actionable science. I am currently a lighthouse keeper at Five Finger Lighthouse with my husband. In my free time, I enjoy wilderness travel, kayaking, reading and learning practical skills of all kinds.

My career goals include working with community leaders, multidisciplinary teams and boundary-spanning organizations at the interface of science, management and policy to support climate change adaptation and coastal community resilience.

• Human dimensions of coastal ecology

My research interests are in pairing Indigenous and local knowledge with Western science to inform resource management and support local governance. I am interested in the co-production of actionable science based in community-driven priorities for climate adaptation and resilience.

• EPSCoR Fire and Ice: Coastal Margins, Human Dimensions and Resource Use

• Education Program Coordinator, Whale Tales Symposium, Whale Trust Maui

• Community Science Fellow with American Geophysical Union's Thriving Earth Exchange program

• United States Arctic Research Consortium
• Northwest Association of Environmental Professionals