Alison Bennett:
CLASS OF 1994
Clackamas High SchoolClass of 1994
Milwaukie, OR
University of ChicagoClass of 1998
Chicago, IL
Dale Ickes Junior High SchoolClass of 1990
Milwaukie, OR
Happy Valley Elementary SchoolClass of 1988
Portland, OR
Alison's Story
Life
Let's see, I finished college in Chicago in June of 1998, and joined the Peace Corps two weeks later. I served as an Agroforestry Extension Agent for two years in the wonderful village of Guzang in the Northwest Province of Cameroon. (Agroforestry is a sustainable farming method that involves planting nitrogen fixing shrubs and trees in the farm, and pruning them at appropriate times to provide a natural source of manure.) I returned home in 2000, and worked as a research associate managing an ecology lab at Indiana University for a year, before starting grad school as a student in the same lab. I currently s...Expand for more
tudy how a soil fungus that helps plants uptake nutrients and water changes the interaction between a plant and an herbivore. I bought a house here in Bloomington, have a wonderful chocolate lab named Lindsay for company, and plan on finishing in May of 2005.
UPDATE: Well, the May part was a bit off, but I'm finishing my PhD in late September of this year, and I have taken a post-doctoral position beginning in October at UC-Davis. Sunny California here I come!
UPDATE (5/28/06): California and the Bay Area are awesome! I love it out here, and so does Lindsay. I have a fantastic job, and I love the people in Cali!
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