Olivia G. VanBuskirk, M.S.

Olivia is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability at the University of Oklahoma and research assistant at the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program. Her research focuses on climate adaptation and environmental justice in cities, and she plans to pursue a career in research and policy. Olivia earned her M.S. in Geography and Environmental Sustainability at the University of Oklahoma in summer 2022. Her thesis focused on how floodplain managers make decisions using weather and climate information. She also received B.S. degrees in Meteorology and Geographic Information Science from Central Michigan University in 2020.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivia-vanbuskirk

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Erica Kronenberger

Erica graduated with her M.S. in May 2024 from the Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability at the University of Oklahoma (OU DGES). She is now a Lab Manager in the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Lab at Purdue University.
Before her Masters, she worked as a Research Associate for the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program (SCIPP), where she organized the first-ever SCIPP Climate Adaptation Summer Academy, which brought 20 undergraduate students from the South-Central U.S. to Norman to learn about climate adaptation strategies and careers within the discipline. Erica earned a B.A. in Environmental Sustainability from OU DGES in 2021. Her primary research interests include climate adaptation, sustainability, and climate justice.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericakronenberger/