Hannah Carroll

Current Position:

Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Ecology at Western Colorado University

Bio:

I grew up in a small town in southwest Missouri. I received my BS in Environmental Science from University of Washington-Tacoma, with a thesis project focused on marine larval ecology. I earned my PhD from Iowa State University with co-majors in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB), and Environmental Science (ENVS). My dissertation research focused on plant communities at regional to sub-continental scales and how they have interacted with climate over geologic time. I was awarded the Graduate Research Excellence Award for my dissertation research, as well as the Graduate Teaching Excellence Award for my role in leading the Environmental Science Undergraduate Learning Community at Iowa State University.

As an IRACDA@UCLA postdoctoral fellow and Center for Diverse Leadership in Science Early Career Fellow, I am co-mentored by Aradhna Tripati and Nathan Kraft. My current research applies cutting-edge big data techniques to the calibration of paleoclimate signals and development of plant functional ecology as a new paleoclimate tool that can serve as an early warning system for events that can harm human health.
I am passionate about undergraduate science education, and my teaching interests center around evidence-based teaching methods aimed at promoting equity and inclusion in STEM. My goal is to become faculty at a university that values high-quality undergraduate education, where I can indulge my love of teaching and mentoring while engaging in cutting-edge research.