OSARA Board


	OSARA Board of Directors

			*Dr. Christopher Anderson, President & Treasurer* National Coordinator, Chilean Temperate and Subantarctic Forest Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research Network, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Santiago, Chile Visiting Professor, University of Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile Dr. Anderson obtained his Ph.D. in ecology from Institute of Ecology (now the Odum School of Ecology) at the University of Georgia in 2006. He has worked on various research and education projects both in the United States and Chile. Awards for his research include a U.S. Department of State Fulbright Scholarship, a U.S. Department of Defense Boren Fellowship, a National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Award and the University of Georgia Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring Award. He is currently the national coordinator of the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity's LTSER network, and he continues his investigation of invasive species in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_B._Anderson


			Andrew H. Holton, J.D., Secretary Assistant Director for Research, Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Mr. Holton is a cum laude graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he served on the Wisconsin Law Review. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. in History and received the Frank Porter Graham Award, the university’s highest award for undergraduate service achievement. He previously has worked as a program officer for the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation and several other not-for-profit organizations before becoming the assistant director for research at the Southern Politics, Media and Public Life Program. He is currently also a founding member and director of the Emerging Tar Heel Leadership Network, which strives to integrate young people with policy-making in North Carolina by creating discussion venues and developing leadership skills. www.southnow.org/about/staff


			Dr. Eugene C. Hargrove, Director Professor and Past Chair, Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas Dr. Hargrove is considered a founder of the field of environmental ethics. He started and edits the journal Environmental Ethics. In addition, to authoring numerous books and articles, Dr. Hargrove began the Center for Environmental Philosophy, a non-profit organization based in Denton, Texas. www.phil.unt.edu/faculty/vech.php


			Ms. Michelle Moorman, Director Doctoral Student, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, North Carolina Since she was young, Michelle has had an appreciation of the great outdoors, especially the creeks and lakes where she spent her childhood. This passion led her to major in Geography and Recreation Administration at UNC-Chapel Hill. Subsequently, while working for the U.S. Geological Survey, her interests became focused in the arena of water science and stream ecology. She recently received a M.S. in Marine Science at North Carolina State University, and her thesis studied the impact of invasive beavers and trout on native fish in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve. Now, she is continuing her studies in a Ph.D. program with a multi-disciplinary focus on evaluating science, the perceptions of science by the general public, and tools that can be used to engage youth in the scientific process and outdoors