Tracy M Kirkland, PhD

Experience

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  Global Greengrants Fund

  Jan 2005 - Oct 2005

  Communications Assistant
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  EnviroIssues

  Dec 2005 - Sept 2006

  Project Coordinator

  Scheduled and coordinated public outreach events for various regional transportation and environmental projects in Seattle, and throughout Washington State. Responsibilities included: • development of community outreach material, such as project information leaflets;• communication of project information to the public at informal community venues;• coordination and facilitation of meetings with clients, community members, and stakeholder groups.

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  Global Greengrants Fund

  Sept 2006 - Dec 2006

  Development Assistant
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  Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado

  Aug 2008 - May 2009

  Research Assistant

  Assisted in a qualitative examination of stakeholder values, beliefs, and attitudes of renewable energy development in southern Colorado. Scope of work included: sampling technique design; development of interview instrument; identifying, contacting, and interviewing key stakeholders; data management and analysis; co-producing research report for a government agency; and, presentation of research findings at a professional conference.

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  Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado

  Aug 2009 - May 2010

  Research Assistant

  Assisted in an examination of measurements of food security in rural South Africa from interview and survey data. Scope of work included: research design; descriptive and inferential statistical analysis in STATA; co-authoring manuscript in peer-reviewed journal; and, presentation of research findings at a professional conference.

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  Spark Insight Partners

  Aug 2014 - Jan 2015

  Applied Public Policy Fellow

  Conducted a program evaluation of a national farm-to-school program to address issues of food security and access to healthy foods in low-income schools. Scope of work included: identifying, contacting, and interviewing participants; data management and analysis; and, co-producing an evaluation report for the client.

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  University of Colorado Boulder

  Aug 2015 - now

  Instructor of record: Introduction to Sociology; Environment & Society; Classical Sociological Theory; Food & Society; Social Disparities in Health.

  • Assistant Teaching Professor

    Jan 2020 - now

  • Faculty Lecturer

    Aug 2015 - Dec 2019