About Us
RISES Team
Simon Brewer, PhD (Co-PI)
Associate Professor, School of Environment, Society & Sustainability, University of Utah
Jason Brough
PhD Student, Department of Anthropology, University of Maine
Andrea Brunelle, PhD (Co-PI)
Professor, School of Environment, Society & Sustainability, University of Utah
Adrienne Cachelin, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Environment, Society & Sustainability, Unviersity of Utah
James Cawley
CEO, Centerstar Productions & Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation
Jessica Chaplain
PhD Student, Department of Communications, Univeristy of Utah
Kasey Cole, PhD, Researcher
Postdoctoral Fellow, Science Research Initiative in the College of Science, University of Utah
Danielle Enders, PhD (Co-PI)
Professor, Communication and Environmental Humanities, University of Utah
Undergraduate Researcher & Website Design/Support, Department of Anthropology, University of Utah
Kylee Haslam
Masters Student, School of Environment, Society & Sustainability, University of Utah
Emma Layon
Masters Student, School of Environment, Society & Sustainability, University of Utah
Weston McCool, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, California Polytechnic State University
Hailee McOmber
Masters Student, School of Environment, Society & Sustainability, University of Utah
Ishmael Medina, Researcher
PhD Student, Department of Anthropology, University of Utah
Darren Olsen
Senior Hydrologist, BIO-WEST
Izzy Osmundsen, Researcher
PhD Student, Department of Anthropology, University of Utah
Brad Parry
Tribal Council Vice Chairman, Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation
Bruce Pavlik
Director of Conservation, Red Butte Garden
Caitlin Quirk
Masters Student, Environmental Humanities, University of Utah
Rios Pacheco
Tribal Elder, Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation
Wendy Simmons Johnson
Regional Director, Chronicle Heritage
Jerry Spangler
Executive Director, Colorado Plateau Archaeological Alliance
Robert Thomas
Wetlands Scientist, BIO-WEST
Patty Timbimboo-Madsen
Tribal Cultural/Natural Resources Manager, Tribal Elder, Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation
Jennifer Watt, PhD (Co-PI)
Assistant Professor, School of Environment, Society & Sustainability, University of Utah
Partner Organizations
Undergraduate Researchers
Mary Bekker
Undergraduate Researcher, Department of Anthropology, Univeristy of Utah
Ana Chavez
Undergraduate Researcher, School of Environment, Society & Sustainability & Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Univeristy of Utah
Callum Dingley
Undergraduate Researcher, Department of Anthropology, Univeristy of Utah
Auriana Dunn
Undergraduate Researcher, Department of Anthropology, University of Utah
Jane Damstedt
Undergraduate Researcher, Department of Anthropology, Univeristy of Utah
Matthew Eisenberg
Undergraduate Researcher, Department of Anthropology, Univeristy of Utah