Education

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

Carena is currently working as a research assistant with Dr. Gerard Kyle in the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Laboratory at Texas A&M University. She is a doctoral student in the Applied Biodiversity Sciences certificate program, which is an integrative graduate education and research initiative supported by the National Science Foundation.  

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT

Carena's Master's research was carried out under the supervision of Dr. Robert Manning at the University of

 Vermont. She worked in the Park Studies Laboratory and was involved with a number of visitor use studies aimed to inform recreation managers how to prioritize their decisions about resource, social, and management conditions at parks and related areas.

For an example of Carena's course work at the University of Vermont, please see the following URL for a detailed account of a recently completed field studies courses:

www.beyondthesidewalks.com/vermontfieldstudies

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

In spring 2007 Carena graduated with a B.A. from the School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University College, at Arizona State University. Her concentration areas were conservation biology and outdoor recreation management. The interdisciplinary studies program at Arizona State allows students to construct a unique curriculum and bridge together two fields of study. Carena elected to complete an interdisciplinary degree to better understand how to integrate the biological and social sciences to inform park and protected management.