ABOUT
Lauren is currently an Affiliated Faculty at Emerson College in Boston, MA where she teaches Ecology and Conservation. Lauren holds a Master's of Environmental Management from the Yale School of the Environment, where she focused on stakeholder engagement, social theory, and wildlife ecology through a transdisciplinary framework. In 2021, Lauren was awarded the Leadership in Conservation Science scholarship at Yale. In 2017, Lauren graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies with a focus in Ecology and Conservation and a minor in Wildlife Biology from the University of Vermont.
Working across cultural contexts, Lauren has focused on human-human conflict mitigation in bear management in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem as well as anti-poaching, livelihood development, and adaptive capacity management in Botswana. Through her applied community work in Botswana, Lauren currently teaches conservation practices using an integration of sociology, ecology, anthropology, and policy sciences.
Lauren is currently an Affiliated Faculty at Emerson College in Boston, MA where she teaches Ecology and Conservation. Lauren holds a Master's of Environmental Management from the Yale School of the Environment, where she focused on stakeholder engagement, social theory, and wildlife ecology through a transdisciplinary framework. In 2021, Lauren was awarded the Leadership in Conservation Science scholarship at Yale. In 2017, Lauren graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies with a focus in Ecology and Conservation and a minor in Wildlife Biology from the University of Vermont.
Working across cultural contexts, Lauren has focused on human-human conflict mitigation in bear management in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem as well as anti-poaching, livelihood development, and adaptive capacity management in Botswana. Through her applied community work in Botswana, Lauren currently teaches conservation practices using an integration of sociology, ecology, anthropology, and policy sciences.
WHAT DO I DO?
2023
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Former Program Instructor for Round River Conservation Studies, teaching university students in collaboration with indigenous community members in the Botswana and British Columbia. 
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2022
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- Started working as Program Instructor for Round River Conservation in the Okavango Delta of Botswana and Taku, British Columbia. - Invited by Dr. Thomas Easley's Heartwood Podcast to speak on Conservation and Community Development in Botswana: A Conversation with Kaggie Orrick, Lauren Sadowski, and Dikatholo Kedikilwe. - Graduated with a Masters of Environmental Management from the Yale School of the Environment specializing in Ecosystems and Conservation Management. - Completed a 3-month research study on a biodiversity species assessment of the Pacific Northwest: Conservation Recommendations for the Pacific Northwest. - Completed 2 years of research on the social and wildlife relations in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Bearing the Burden: Multidisciplinary Integration in Human-Bear Coexistence. - Co-taught 3 graduate courses: Foundations of Natural Resources Policy and Management, Anthropology of Smallholder Stakeholders in Developing Countries, Society and Natural Resource Seminar: "A Reflexive Conversation." |
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2021
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- Awarded the MK McCarthy-RW Worth Scholarship for Leadership in Conservation Science. - Held Visiting Researcher position at the Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative to better understand human relations with grizzly bears in Jackson, WY. - Held year-long Research Assistant position for the Ucross High Plains Stewardship Initiative working with The Nature Conservancy Colorado in the developing a conservation and recreation management plan for Colorado's newest state park. 
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2020
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- Began graduate studies at the Yale School of the Environment. - Taught online course for Salem State University and Mass Audubon: Intro to Environmental Photography: Nature, Landscapes, and Wildlife. - Taught online workshop for the Seabrook-Hamptons Estuary Alliance: The Art of Great Photography. - Presented at Mass Audubon: Human-wildlife conflict mitigation and community development in rural Botswana. |
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2019
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- Collaborated with women's garden club to combat malnutrition and gain food security in a rural village in Botswana. - Designed environmental education for village primary school of 300 students in Botswana (see Teaching page). - Composed a conservation management plan for wildlife dispersal area of KAZA in Botswana. - Wrote Theory of Change proposal for preserving the ancient culture of the Khoisan people in a modern social-ecological system in Botswana. - Taught and designed student science programs for Mass Audubon. |
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2018
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Lead Ecologist and Student Coordinator for CARACAL in collaboration with Virginia Tech in Botswana. 
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2017
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Graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies with a focus in Ecology and Conservation and a minor in Wildlife Biology from the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. |
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2016
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Research student at EcoQuest Education Foundation in New Zealand in collaboration with University of New Hampshire. |
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2015
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Research student at Round River Conservation Studies in Botswana in collaboration with University of Botswana and Utah State University. |
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