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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Education Director | Entomologist specializing in pollinators

  • Education

    • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

      2009 - 2013
      Bachelor of Science Biology, General 3.00

      Activities and Societies: Eco House Focused-Interest Community for Sustainable Living founding member and house leader, The Gardens gardener, Focus the Nation SIUE Vice President and Co-founder, Student Organization for Sustainability, Chemistry Club Cougars Volunteering for Science Specialization: Ecology, Evolution and EnvironmentThesis: The colonization of green infrastructure by cavity-nesting bees and wasps

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

      2013 - 2015
      Master of Science (M.S.) Entomology 3.61

      Activities and Societies: Entomology Graduate Student Association Public Outreach Events Thesis: Wild bee community structures in managed prairies across MissouriMember of Harmon-Threatt LabAttended a week-long identification course in bee species of the Tall Grass Prairie Ecosystem, taught by Michael Arduser in Washington University in St. Louis

  • Experience

    • Bob Evans

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2009
      Server and Hostess

    • Ruby Tuesday

      Jan 2010 - Jan 2013
      Server

    • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

      Aug 2011 - May 2012
      Research Assistant

      Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities ProgramRe-Evaluating Green Roof Coverage of Various Green Roof Establishment Methods

    • Focus the Nation

      Aug 2012 - May 2013
      Intern

      "Empowering a generation to power a nation"Focus Coordinator and InnovatorCreated a new, recognized Student Organization called Focus the Nation SIUESupported the Center for Spirituality and Sustainability towards the renewable energy transformation Recognized at The Center for Spirituality & Sustainability’s 9th Annual Leadership Awards Dinner for being a student advocate for sustainability

    • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

      Aug 2012 - May 2013
      Research Associate

      Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities ProgramEvaluating cavity nesting bees on green roofs and ground-level habitatInternational collaboration with Scott MacIvor, PhD candidate, York University M.Sc. in Applied Science, Biology

    • Saint Louis Zoo

      Aug 2012 - Jul 2013
      Intern

      Pollinators/Art/Urban Agriculture/Society/and the Environment (P.A.U.S.E.) Program$86,000 from Museums Connect Grant, Year-Long ProgramDesigning Gardens, Sculpture, Art Exhibits and Public OutreachInternational Collaboration with the Saint Louis Zoo, Tohono Chul Park of Tuscon, AZ, and Museums of KenyaStudents voted for me to represent the P.A.U.S.E. team in Nairobi, Kenya during the summer of 2013

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

      Aug 2013 - Dec 2015
      Teaching Assistant

      Taught students of School of Integrative BiologyTeaching: IB 104 – Animal Biology LabTeaching: IB 105 – Environmental Biology DiscussionConducted a guest lecture in Spring 2014

    • The Field Museum

      May 2016 - Sept 2016
      Ecological Technician

      A Monarch’s View of the CityCollected native and ornamental plant species composition, milkweed abundance, and monarch butterfly population data throughout the Chicagoland region for the first study to estimate the amount of habitat in cities available to Monarchs and other pollinators and how much potential there is to create more habitat

    • Naperville Park District

      Apr 2017 - Nov 2017
      Bee keeper

      Maintained three honey bee hives Assisted with the community garden plots

    • Bike A Bee

      Apr 2018 - now
      Education Director

      Urban Beekeeping with about 50 hivesServices:Educational workshopsNative bee education sessionsHoney bee education sessions Pollinator garden/habitat consultationsPollinator surveysHive contractsHive toursHive consultationsFarmer's Market salesHoney ExtractionMaintained a strong partnership with the Hive Chicago's Beekeeping Supply Store and The Chicago Honey Co-opManaged beekeeping contracts with community gardens, The Academy for Global Citizenship, Suder Elementary, The Chicago Park District, The Plant, The Big Delicious Planet, and The Gary Comer Youth CenterTaught 1,000's of people throughout the Chicagoland region and beyond in classrooms, virtually, and in the field. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Mandated Reporter Online Training

      Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
      May 2020

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Brittany Buckles
      Lists of Teachers Ranked as Excellent University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ranked by students as Outstanding, Fall 2014, 2015,Ranked by students as Excellent, Spring 2015