Paige Kouba, PhD

I completed my PhD at UC Davis, studying how climate and fire shape California forests from leaves to landscapes. While teaching undergraduate ecology courses and leading grad student orientation trips, I developed a lot of questions about building transformative learning communities. Now, as an NSF FUTURE in Biology postdoc with Drs. Erika Zavaleta, Roxanne Beltran, and Robin Dunkin at UC Santa Cruz, I'm researching how peer and mentor networks form in field-based educational settings, and how positive community-building experiences can support marginalized students in STEM.

How to pronounce my name: page (like in a book); koba (rhymes w/ boba)