Home  About  Chapters  Policy  Publications  Join  Jobs  Donate  Blog  A Stanford Roosevelt fellow presents work on stem cell research at the Berkeley-Stanford Policy Workshop News from the National Office Post-Election Center TI Launched Roosevelt LiveBlogs the Presidential Debate On Campus Midwest Regional Fall Policy Workshop Blum speaks at Vermont Campus Compact conference Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." — Franklin Roosevelt    Samantha Staley School: Stanford University Member of: Center on the Environment and Energy Contact info: Login Email:  samj16(AT)gmail.com Policy interests: International development, Sustainability Sam is an undergraduate in the Earth Systems program at Stanford University. Her interest is in environmental economics, environmental education, and in applications of GIS, specifically in community-based mapping projects for conservation and land-use decisions. She has done previous field work with the Environmental Science Education and Research Foundation of Idaho to examine the effects of wildfire and grazing on the Snake River Plain. She has also worked for the Center for Ecotourism and Sustainable Development and US AID to examine the impacts of the cruise industry in the Caribbean and support sustainable reinvestment efforts after Hurricane Ivan in Grenada. Her passion for environmental issues stems from her childhood in the Idaho outdoors, and she has since been lucky enough to spend several months living, backpacking, and mountaineering in the wilderness of Patagonia.   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 2100 M St NW Suite 610 / Washington, DC 20037 || (202) 833-1359