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Assistant Professor of Practice
Oregon Sea Grant, Oregon State University Extension Service
Lincoln County, Oregon

CAREER OBJECTIVES
Improve communications between industry, managers, and natural and social scientists through an intimate knowledge and understanding of diverse perspectives. Work with an interdisciplinary team to advance the understanding of policy makers and the public in the fields of marine resource sustainability, conservation management, environmental science, environmental policy, and socioecological systems. Plan, implement, and manage resource conservation and management programs, ensuring that such programs are designed to mutually benefit human and natural systems.
 
EDUCATION
2014     PhD, Ecology, University of California, Davis (UCD)                                                                                 
             Department of Environmental Science and Policy (DES)
             Certificate in Conservation Management
2009     MBA, American Military University                                                                                                      
             Emphasis: Entrepreneurship             
2002     BSci, Environmental Science, Duke University                                                                                     
             Emphasis: Ecology
 
ACADEMIC WORK HISTORY
2019–Present   Assistant Professor of Practice, Oregon State University/Sea Grant, Newport, CA
  • Marine Extension Agent for Lincoln County, Oregon, focusing on commercial fisheries, marine resource management, and coastal land use
  • Foster cross-boundary communication and coordination amongst marine industry, researchers, and managers
  • Improve understanding and management of coastal and nearshore marine resources, including commercially valuable marine species, aquaculture, energy development, and tourism assets
 
2015–2019      Research Scholar, Center for Ocean Solutions (COS), Monterey, CA
  • Actively engage in the development and implementation of COS research projects, including strategic planning, Palau National Marine Sanctuary implementation, and small-scale fisheries signature initiative (40 hrs/wk)
  • Work directly with Stanford faculty and COS external partners to advance our knowledge of local, national, and international marine resources and resource management
  • Co-design and implement COS Educational initiatives, including biennial Ocean Policy Course.
  • Supervise and mentor COS Early Career Fellows, Research Assistants, and interns
 
2014               Teaching Assistant, UCD: Theories of the Policy Process; Environmental Policy
  • Primary TA for two courses with 90 undergraduate students (20 hrs/wk)
  • Led three discussion sections, mentoring students on material and providing input into presentations and writing assignments
 
  2013–2014    Teaching Assistant, UCD: Career Discovery Group, Science and Society
  • Section facilitator for full year course, responsible for independently designing and leading discussion group of seventeen students (20 hrs/wk)
  • Educated and mentored underrepresented and first generation college students on college and career resources
 
2013               Teaching Assistant, UCD: Coastal and Ocean Policy
  • Single TA for course with 70 undergraduate students (20 hrs/wk)
  • Met with students weekly to provide extended instruction on course materials, exam prep, and assistance with writing assignments
 
2011–2012      Graduate Student Researcher (GSR), UCD
  • Research funding provided by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation (20 hrs/wk)
  • Single GSR working with three UC Davis faculty members (Dr. Mark Schwartz, Dr. James Sanchirico, Dr. Mike Springborn) to develop a manuscript (Sanchirico et al. 2013) and online resource on improving monitoring in conservation programs
 
2009–2011      Conservation Management Fellow, GSR, UCD
  • Full-time GSR as member of Conservation Management Fellowship program, funded by the Packard Foundation (40 hrs/week)
  • Worked with three other graduate students to research, design, and deliver a climate change vulnerability assessment to Point Reyes National Seashore. Developed manuscript on process and results (Hameed et al. 2013).
 
NON-ACADEMIC WORK HISTORY
2017–Present   Executive Officer, Commander Naval Forces Korea Det B, Alameda, CA
  • Executive Officer (second in command) for CNFK Detachment Bravo (Approximately10 hrs/wk)
  • CNFK provides readiness, training, and planning capabilities in support of Naval Forces in Republic of Korea
 
2014–2015      California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) Fellow
  • Science, Technology, and Policy Fellow, assigned to the California Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water (40 hrs/wk)
  • Responsible for analyzing legislature referred to the Committee and briefing Committee Members on legislative analysis
  • Analyzed and briefed legislation and other policy items related to natural resources, water, and environmental quality to Committee Chair, Senator Fran Pavley
 
2013–2017   Officer-in-Charge, Mobile Tactical Operations Center (MTOC), San Jose, CA
  • Senior officer responsible for Naval Reserve Mobile Tactical Operations unit, San Jose, CA (Approximately10 hrs/wk)
  • MTOC provides expeditionary, mobile support to Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance (MPR) forces.
 
2009–2013      Officer-In-Charge, Maritime Civil Affairs (MCA) Detachment, San Jose, CA
  • Senior officer responsible for Naval Reserve MCA unit, San Jose, CA (Approximately10 hrs/wk)
  • MCA provides assistance to foreign nations at the request of their government; personally served as Fisheries and Marine Resources Subject Matter Expert. MCA personnel undergo extensive cultural awareness training, public affairs and media training, and country/regional studies.
 
2007–2009      Global Force Management, US Fleet Forces Command, Norfolk, VA
  • Directed sourcing efforts in support of international military and humanitarian operations, resulting in the deployment of hundreds of Sailors, fostering global relations, security, and growth (40 hrs/wk)
 
2007               Admiral’s Aide, OPNAV N8, Pentagon, Arlington, VA
  • Coordinated schedules of more than 19 Admirals and Senior Executives, fostering compromises amongst disparate groups and focusing input of divergent stakeholders towards a common goal (70 hrs/wk)
 
2004–2007      Naval Flight Officer, Reconnaissance Squadron 2 (VQ-2), Rota, Spain and Whidbey Island, WA
  • Instructor and Mission Commander for Reconnaissance aircraft EP-3 (70 hrs/wk)
 
2002–2004      Naval Flight Officer, Training Commands
  • 40 hrs/wk
 
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2018     NCEAS/Future Earth PEGASuS Grant
  • $185,680 awarded for “Managing Ocean Change and Food Security: Implementing Palau’s National Marine Sanctuary”; multi-disciplinary working group focused on developing economically and ecologically sustainable policies for Palau’s National Marine Sanctuary and local fisheries
2014     John A Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
  • Offered a Marine Science Policy Fellowship with the Executive branch of the Federal government; one year placement with an Executive committee or Agency to act as a marine science advisor
2014     California Council on Science and Technology Policy Fellowship
  • Accepted a Science Policy Fellowship with the California state government; one year placement within the Legislature to act as a science and technology advisor in the development of state laws and regulations
2014     People’s Choice Award, UCD Interdisciplinary Graduate and Professional Student Symposium
2013     Switzer Foundation Fellowship
  • $15,000 awarded, to be applied towards research and school-related expenses; training at annual fellowship retreats; position in Switzer Network as a Switzer Fellow
2009     Packard Conservation Management Fellowship
  • Two years of funding by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation; certificate program with emphasis on human and natural dimensions of conservation and resource management
 
PUBLICATIONS
Finkbeiner, Elena M., Fiorenza Micheli, Nathan J. Bennett, Adam L. Ayers, Elodie Le Cornu, and Angee N. Doerr. 2017 Exploring trade-offs in climate change response in the context of Pacific Island fisheries. Marine Policy, doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2017.09.032
Le Cornu, Elodie, Angee N. Doerr, Elena M. Finkbeiner, Don Gourlie, and Larry B. Crowder. 2017. Spatial management in small-scale fisheries: A potential approach for climate change adaptation in Pacific Islands. Marine Policy, doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2017.09.030
Doerr, Angela. 2014. Condos, culture, and conflict: the social and ecological impacts of artificial habitat use in The Bahamas. PhD dissertation, University of California Davis. Ann Arbor: ProQuest/UMI. (Publication No. UMI 3646277.)
Doerr A., S. Cardenas, S. Jardine, H. Yoon, S. Bucaram, and J.N. Sanchirico. 2013. Territorial Use
Rights in Fisheries (TURFs). In: Shogren, J.F., (ed.) Encyclopedia of Energy, Natural Resource, and Environmental Economics, Volume 2, pp. 232-242. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Hameed, S.O., K.A. Holzer, A.N. Doerr, J.H. Baty, and M.W. Schwartz. 2013. The value of a multi-faceted climate change vulnerability assessment to managing protected lands: Lessons from a case study in Point Reyes National Seashore. Journal of Environmental Management, 121:37-47.
Sanchirico, J.N., M.R. Springborn, M.W. Schwartz, and A.N. Doerr. 2013. Investment and the policy process in conservation monitoring. Conservation Biology, doi: 10.1111/cobi.12187.
 
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREP
Doerr, A., L. Wedding, M. Squibb, H. Berkowitz, C. Closek, S. Green, L. Hazen, M. Cameron, J. Leape, and F. Micheli. Emerging frontiers in ocean data science. In Prep for Nature Ecology & Evolution
Wedding, L.M.1, E. Finkbeiner, S. Green, M.A. Cameron, A. Doerr, M. Cox, B. Crona, M. de la Torre Cruz, S. Maxwell, F. Micheli, and L.B. Crowder. Advancing marine social-ecological systems research through data science. Submitted to Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
Doerr, A., E. Finkbeiner, L. Wedding, L. Hazen, E. Hartge, and F. Micheli. A typology of fisheries: Addressing threats to small-scale fisheries through a framework for scalable solutions. In Prep for Marine Policy.
 
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES
2019     Invited Seminar Speaker, UC Davis Bodega Marine Lab
2019     Moderator, Inspire Session at Ecological Society for American Annual Meeting 2019
             Title: First Year on the Job: Tips and Traps
2018     Oral Presentation at Ecological Society for American Annual Meeting 2018
             Title: A typology of fisheries: Addressing threats to small-scale fisheries through a framework for scalable solutions
2017     Instructor and Facilitator, Center for Ocean Solutions 2017 Ocean Policy Course
2017     Invited Guest Lecturer, Marine Ecology, California State University, Monterey Bay
             Title: Science to Policy; or: The long strange path to here
2017     Moderator, Career Workshop at AAAS Annual Meeting 2017
             Title: Pathways for Scientist Participation in Policymaking
2016     Oral Presentation at Western Society of Naturalists 2016
             Title: Increasing State Capacity to Engage Marine Resource Stakeholders
2015     Oral Presentation at Western Society of Naturalists 2015
             Title: Institutional norms, failure, and conflict in the Bahamian spiny lobster fishery
2014     Invited Guest Lecturer, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University
             Title: Ecological impacts of lobster condos on the marine environment of The Bahamas
2014     Exit Seminar, upon completion of PhD, UCD
             Title: Condos, culture, and conflict: the social and ecological impacts of artificial habitat use in the Bahamian spiny lobster                 fishery
2014     Oral Presentation at Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 2014
             Title: Condos and conflict: Sociopolitical implications of condo use in the Bahamian spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) fishery
2014     Oral presentation at Interdisciplinary Graduate and Professional Student Symposium
             Title: Ecological impacts of lobster condos on Bahamian marine species
2014     Oral presentation at the Graduate Student Symposium in Ecology
             Title: Condos and Conflict: Socioeconomic impacts of condo use in the Bahamian spiny lobster fishery
2013     Oral presentation at Aquaculture Association of Canada 2013
             Title: Increasing international food security: the role of the United States Military
2013     Oral presentation at Interdisciplinary Graduate and Professional Student Symposium
             Title: Socioeconomic impacts of condo use in the Bahamian spiny lobster fishery
2011     Oral presentation at International Conference for Conservation Biology
             Title: Climate change vulnerability assessment for a national park in California: Evaluating community-level vulnerability
2011     Poster presentation at Society for Human Ecology 2011
             Title: A Community-Level Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Point Reyes National Seashore Managers
2011     Oral presentation (with co-authors) at George Wright Society 2011
             Title: How Climate Change Threatens Communities: A Management Question at Point Reyes National Seashore
2011     Oral presentation at Futures of Wild Marin
             Title: Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment: Point Reyes National Seashore
 
UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
2018-Present    Vice Chair, Early Career section, Ecological Society for America (ESA)
2015-Present    International Network of Next-Generation Ecologists (INNGE) Working Group
2014                  Ecology Group Graduate Student Selection Committee, UC Davis, CA
2013–2014        Guardian Scholars Program, UC Davis, CA
2010–2014        Graduate Ally Coalition, UC Davis, CA
2009–2014        Ecology Graduate Student Association, UC Davis, CA
2009–2013        Society for Conservation Biology, UC Davis, CA
2009–2013        Graduate Group of Ecology Sustainability Committee, UC Davis, CA
2009–2013        UC Davis Graduate Student Association, UC Davis, CA
 
CERTIFICATIONS
2018                 Top Secret clearance (five year renewal)
2011                 Conservation Management Program, UC Davis
2011                 Scientific Diver, UC Davis
2011                 Master Diver, NAUI
2011                 Rescue Diver, PADI
2010                 Maritime Civil Affairs Officer, U.S. Navy
2009                 Graduate Ally, UC Davis
2008                 Sexual Assault Victim Intervention (SAVI) Advocate, U.S. Navy
2005                 EP-3 Instructor, U.S. Navy
2004                 P-3/EP-3 Navigator, U.S. Navy
2003                 Naval Flight Officer, U.S. Navy