Trisha Shrum

Trisha Shrum

Ph.D. Public Policy 2016
Assistant Professor at University of Vermont College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Trisha Shrum

Trisha is a behavioral and environmental economist who uses modeling and experimental methods to better understand human behavior related to environmental policy, climate change, and natural resource management. She co-founded a non-profit organization called DearTomorrow which arose from her research on climate change behavior. She brings her experience as a social entrepreneur to the courses she teaches on Community Entrepreneurship. She graduated from the University of Kansas with a bachelor's degrees in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Science and with a minor in Economics. She went on to work on climate change and energy policy as a research fellow at the Kansas Energy Council. She also holds a Masters in Environmental Science from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

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