Stevi Brown (Barrio)

Introduction and Principles: Process and integrate data into maps that communicate geographic ideas and concepts about the geography of the physical landscape and human social and policy issues; apply principles of geography, such as how coordinate systems are designed, how to manipulate map distortion, and what kinds of map symbols are best for various types of data layers.

GIS for Field Data Collection: design and deploy Esri Survey123 software for populating a GIS database with field observations and how to use the database of survey results to create maps and perform spatial analysis.

GIS with Remote Sensing Imagery:Interpret remote sensing imagery to monitor the environment, human infrastructure, and change; taught about light physics and how electromagnetic spectra may quantify impermeable surfaces, vegetation vitality, and forest types; utilize supervised machine learning to process images; Obtain satellite data online and work across multiple temporal, spectral, and spatial scales.

GIS: Mapping with ArcGIS Pro: creating geographic databases, conducting spatial analysis, and producing formal maps and charts. Other labs taught advanced techniques for joins, editing, overlay analyses, georeferencing, and geocoding, along with managing a wide variety of spatial and non-spatial data resources—from the US Census Bureau, online atlases, the National Land Cover Database (NLCD), and other public GIS data repositories.

GIS: Publishing Story Maps and Apps: utilize geographic data metrics and narrative text, photographs, video, and audio to contextualize and create web-map designs and interactive dashboards; Combine swiping, pop-ups, and time sliders in ArcGIS Online to interactively improve map content; Creation of story maps using Esri web applications, including dashboards, insights, community and business analysts, and experience builders.

Environmental Applications of Fungi

Medicinal Fungi: Hands-on experience with the following methods: sterile technique, culturing methods, molecular methods, bioinformatics for identification of fungi, bioassays for examining the biological activities of fungi, and extraction of fungal metabolites. Knowledge about the major classes of compounds responsible for the biological activities of fungi, methods of preparing mushroom-based medicines, properties of wild-harvested and cultivated mushrooms, fruiting body vs. mycelium, and extracts vs. powdered preparations; performed extensive library research to produce 10 medicinal mushroom monographs outlining the chemical and biological properties of each species while preparing a presentation about a medicinal mushroom to share with the class.

Fungi for Human Health: identify common species and develop fluency in mushroom identification terminology;hands-on basics of mushroom cultivation; and textiledyeing with mushroom pigments. Acquired skills to safely identify local mushrooms, including edible, medicinal, and poisonous species. Explore connections between fungi, humans, society, and the environment with an emphasis on the intersections of fungi and food justice; topics also appplied to traditional ecological knowledge systems as well as history, political economy, and equity issues within the fungal food system

Environmental Applications of Fungi: Understand knowledge base of how to use of fungi in agriculture and ecological restoration; explore topics like mycorrhizae for ecological restoration, mycopesticides for the control of pests and weeds, identification of fungal plant pathogens and the role of fungal endophytes in nutrient uptake, as well as, drought and salinity tolerance; introductions by local experts to real-world examples of restoring degraded landscapes using fungi; hands-on field and lab experiences to learn principles and practices of growing mushrooms, including outdoor and indoor cultivation methods; Fungal Isolation and DNA Sequencing techniques.

Botany: surveying the major groups of the Plant Kingdom, including bryophytes, seedless vascular plants, gymnosperms, and angiosperms, in relation to their evolution, identification, and overall lifecycle.

• Basic Principles of Behavior Analysis
• Applied Behavior Analysis
• Single-subject Design
• Behavioral Assessment and Observation
• Behavioral Interventions
• Behavioral Treatment of Autism
• Ethics in Applied Behavior Analysis
• Advanced Applied Behavior Analysis
• Internship in Applied Behavior Analysis
• Graduate Research
• Master's Thesis in Applied Behavior Analysis
• GPA: 3.98

• Psychological Statistics
• Abnormal Psychology
• Developmental Psychology
• Social Psychology
• Cognitive Psychology
• Psychology of Behavior and Learning
• Child Psychology
• Law of Psychology
• Neuroanatomy and Physiology
• Mental Health
• Psychological Tests and Measurement
• Family Studies
• Awarded Deans List
• President and Member of Central Neuroscience Club