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Degree program:<\/strong> M.A.M.A Background:<\/strong> B.A. Environmental Policy, Minors Political Science and Multimedia Journalism, Loyola University Chicago<\/p>\n\n\n\n Profile:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Avery Elowson is a Master of Arts in Marine Affairs (MAMA) student at the University of Rhode Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Avery earned her Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Policy with minors in Political Science and Multimedia<\/p>\n\n\n\n Journalism from Loyola University Chicago. Although originally from Arizona, she now calls Vermont and<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chicago home. Despite growing up in landlocked states, Avery has said from a very young age she wanted to<\/p>\n\n\n\n be both a marine biologist and the president. The Marine Affairs department is a happy medium between her<\/p>\n\n\n\n love of the ocean and the policies that keep it a healthy and thriving place for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While at Loyola Chicago, Avery was introduced to the Indigenous ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer, who sparked<\/p>\n\n\n\n her interest in Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Indigenous Ecological Knowledge (IEK). She<\/p>\n\n\n\n enjoys learning about the ways in which indigenous peoples interact with the environment and the differences<\/p>\n\n\n\n from the western views of science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Avery knew she wanted to travel the world since the first time she picked up a map. After finishing undergrad,<\/p>\n\n\n\n she joined the Peace Corps, where she served as a primary school teacher in Guyana, South America. During<\/p>\n\n\n\n her time in Guyana, Avery taught grades 3-6 about environmental stewardship and environmental literacy. It<\/p>\n\n\n\n was there that she truly dove into environmental inequity in the Caribbean and the unique challenges smaller<\/p>\n\n\n\n communities face due to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Avery is working towards combining her knowledge of equity and traditional knowledge to create a research<\/p>\n\n\n\n project focused on environmental inequities and climate solutions based on traditional knowledge in small<\/p>\n\n\n\n island nations. She hopes to work internationally again, but this time as an advocate for small nations in their<\/p>\n\n\n\n fight against climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In her free time, Avery loves spending time outside, whether it is at the beach with friends, skiing with family in<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vermont, or camping in the National Parks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Degree program: M.A.M.AYear accepted: 2026Advisor: TBDResearch Interests: Environmental Equity, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Adaptation and Mitigation Background: B.A. Environmental Policy, Minors Political Science and Multimedia Journalism, Loyola University Chicago Profile: Avery Elowson is a Master of Arts in Marine Affairs (MAMA) student at the University of Rhode Island. Avery earned her Bachelor of Arts in Environmental […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":809,"featured_media":13379,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[233,238],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-graduate-students","category-ma"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/809"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13334"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13383,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13334\/revisions\/13383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Year accepted:<\/strong> 2026
Advisor:<\/strong> TBD
Research Interests:<\/strong> Environmental Equity, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Adaptation and Mitigation<\/p>\n\n\n\n