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Heather’s research focuses on community-based natural resource management and how to better conduct research with and for underserved rural communities.
While at Stanford, Heather's research projects have included studying the sustainability of rural water supply systems in Bolivia, and most recently, her dissertation focuses on factors that are associated with participation in grassroots community groups working to restore and protect rivers and streams in Appalachia. Specifically, she is considering the relationships between the extent and form of an individual’s watershed group participation and his or her sense of place, perceived self efficacy, and watershed group efficacy.
Heather continues to enjoy teaching and since 2003 has been a teaching assistant (TA) for classes as diverse as Fluid Dynamics, Water and Sanitation Planning in Developing Countries, and an interdisciplinary research design class for first year E-IPER PhD students. For the latter class, in 2007, Heather received the Centennial Teaching Assistant Award that recognizes TAs at Stanford with records of outstanding teaching.