Primary Research Interests
Sheri is a Rangeland Management Specialist with the USDA Agricultural Service at the Jornada Experimental Range in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She investigates strategies for sustainable agricultural systems with a current focus on circular economies, recycling manure in "manuresheds", cattle ranching with local heritage genetics and precision ranching technologies, and building adaptive value chains from desert pasture to dinner plate. Sheri also leads a multidisciplinary effort to develop and widely apply indicators of sustainability and resilience on farms and ranches with the Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Network, so tradeoffs of any agricultural management strategy can be understood.
Professional Experience
- 2015-2019 - Post-doctoral Research Animal Scientist, USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, NM
- Spring 2015 - Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
- 2008-2015 - Graduate Student Researcher, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
- 2009-2010 - Student Trainee, USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service, Petaluma, CA
- 2000-2008 - Fundraiser, National Audubon Society, New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Emeryville, CA
Education
- 2015 - Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
- 2010 - M.S., University of California, Berkeley, Range Management
- 2000 - B.A., Connecticut College, Environmental Studies
Synergistic Activities
- Co-Project Director, Sustainable Southwest Beef Coordinated Agricultural Project
- Co-Lead, LTAR Manureshed Project
- Lead, LTAR Indicators Working Group
- Past Chair, Rangeland Ecology Section, Ecological Society of America
- California Certified Associate Rangeland Manager, California-Pacific Section, Society for Range Management and California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection
