Alana "Laney" Siegner
Education and training
University of California, BerkeleY 2014-2020
M.A./Ph.D. in Energy and Resources Group; GPA: 4.0
Graduate Certificate in Food Systems
Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning (earned Spring 2016)
NSF-InFEWS (Innovations in the Food-Energy-Water Nexus) Fellow (2017-18)
Graduate Student in Extension, UC Global Food Initiative Fellow (2016-2017)
Master’s thesis: Farm to School programs and Environmental Literacy (2016)
UC Berkeley Tiny House team- Project Co-founder and Water Systems Lead (2014-17)
Climate Engagement Program at UC Santa Cruz 2019-2020
Selected to participate in 4-day in-person training and year-long support cohort around climate change communications strategies for reaching diverse and broad audiences
Tufts University, Medford, MA 2008-2012
Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies and International Relations; GPA: 3.84
Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, NESCAC All-Academic Team
Freshmen Seminar Leader-“Sustainable Development: Lessons from Uganda”
IES Abroad, Granada, Spain Spring 2011
Universidad de Granada, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Employment/volunteer work
Berkeley Food Institute Graduate Student Researcher 2018-2019
Coordinate investigation of food access/food distribution among East Bay Urban Farms via surveys, interviews and focus groups
Create GIS mapping analysis of food access/distribution challenges
Graduate Student Instructor 2015-2019
Led discussion sections, mentored undergraduate students, and graded assignments for ESPM 163: Environmental Justice and ESPM 50AC: Introduction to Culture and Natural Resource Management
Assisted in course preparation and lectures for PH 290: Transforming the Food System
Science Writer, Earth Science Journal for Kids 2015-2017
Adapted peer-reviewed, open-source science articles related to climate change for student audiences with teacher resources, assisted in 2-year program evaluation data collection
Sustainable Agriculture Intern (Lopez Island, WA) Summer 2015, 2017
Accepted through Lopez Community Land Trust to serve as an agricultural intern at the Sweetbriar Farm and LIFE (Lopez Island Farm Education) program
Learned and implemented soil building techniques, composting, irrigation systems, intercropping, and integrated pest management practices
Revived and ran Stonecrest Farm vegetable and flower garden for farm stand and farmer's market sales (Summer 2017)
Environmental Education/School Garden Volunteer Work 2014-15
SEED (Students for Environmental Energy Development) Program Volunteer- taught energy science curriculum to Berkeley High School students
Volunteer instructor in Claremont Middle Schools garden program
Citizen Schools National Teaching Fellowship- 8GA 2012-2014
AmeriCorps position with an education non-profit in Boston Public Schools
College trips coordinator for 8th Grade Academy (8GA) program
Created and implemented High School Choice curriculum for MA and NY regions
Taught math to English Language Learners and students with special needs
Tufts Summer Scholars Program Summer 2011
Undergraduate research fellowship, funding to investigate clean water project and community development in rural Uganda
Engineers Without Borders 2008-2012
Local Outreach Chair, selected for travel team on assessment trip to Uganda for clean water project in May 2010; follow up trips in 2011 and 2012
Massachusetts Department of Environmental ProtectioN Summer 2010
Intern in the Drinking Water Program, Lead in Schools project
Skills/interests
Skills: Fluent in Spanish, tutoring and teaching experience, GIS mapping/spatial analysis, Microsoft Office, program evaluation, environmental facilitation, vegetable gardening
Interests: sustainable food systems, environmental education, climate change communication, green building practices, tiny house movement