The team is the lifeblood of this whole operation. We love hearing from people interested in joining us! If you are interested in studying for a graduate degree with Rachelle, please see the information below.
If you are a potential partner, post-doc, or undergraduate, please send Rachelle an email.
If you are a potential partner, post-doc, or undergraduate, please send Rachelle an email.
For those interested in graduate work, a note from Rachelle:
Thank you for your interest in joining my group! Graduate students are one of my favorite parts of working in academia. Grad school is a challenging, exciting process – a time of freedom, new ideas, growth, and (probably) rough spots. I take it seriously and look for students who will do the same.
Recruitment for the 2023-24 academic year is already complete.
If you are interested in graduate school starting in fall of 2024, please read on. Funding is a very important part of graduate school. At UVM, we cannot support graduate students without a specific funding source. Some students come with their own funding (e.g., from NSF), but the majority are supported by UVM projects and grants, combined with Teaching Assistantships. At the moment, neither the Workshop nor I have funding available to support graduate students in the coming years (if I receive any of the funding for which I have applied, I will post positions on this page). If you are interested in working with me and do not have another source of funding, you can consider applying for a Gund PhD fellowship. Details on this process are here. If you would like to pursue this option with me as an advisor, please see and follow the "two tips and thoughts" below. If it seems like a fit, please then email me with specific proposal ideas.
Two tips and thoughts:
Thank you for your interest in joining my group! Graduate students are one of my favorite parts of working in academia. Grad school is a challenging, exciting process – a time of freedom, new ideas, growth, and (probably) rough spots. I take it seriously and look for students who will do the same.
Recruitment for the 2023-24 academic year is already complete.
If you are interested in graduate school starting in fall of 2024, please read on. Funding is a very important part of graduate school. At UVM, we cannot support graduate students without a specific funding source. Some students come with their own funding (e.g., from NSF), but the majority are supported by UVM projects and grants, combined with Teaching Assistantships. At the moment, neither the Workshop nor I have funding available to support graduate students in the coming years (if I receive any of the funding for which I have applied, I will post positions on this page). If you are interested in working with me and do not have another source of funding, you can consider applying for a Gund PhD fellowship. Details on this process are here. If you would like to pursue this option with me as an advisor, please see and follow the "two tips and thoughts" below. If it seems like a fit, please then email me with specific proposal ideas.
Two tips and thoughts:
- Finding an advisor for graduate school is about fit. Please take some time perusing this website and our publications. If you are not finding that perusal interesting, that may be a sign that we’re not a good fit! I ask that you read at least one of my publications before contacting me about graduate work. If you find this unbearable or boring, that's a sign that working with me probably won't work out. The closer your interests are to mine, the better I will be able to support and help you to create and maintain a vibrant graduate school experience.
- Think through precisely why you want a graduate degree, and what type of graduate degree. I am a deeply interdisciplinary scholar, so students who work with me are likely to be interdisicplinarians. I love this; for me it works wonderfully. But it’s a particular choice within academia. I feel like it’s a wonderful way to creatively address problems, but it might make it more difficult to find an academic job when you finish (although I think this is changing).
Applying to UVM:
To work with me here at UVM, you need to apply to the Graduate College to be admitted as a student in the Rubenstein School. The Rubenstein School graduate program webpage has all you need to know about the UVM application process; note that one necessary step is contacting the Rubenstein Graduate Student Coordinator if you decide to apply. In your application essay, please clearly state your interest in working with me, and note any communication we have had.
Thank you again for your interest in interdisciplinary environmental research and our little sliver of that field. I hope that this site is interesting and helpful to you!
Rachelle
