Ruckelshaus Institute Fellowships

 

Robert Dreher

Senior Conservation Fellow, 2022

Robert Dreher, a conservation policy professional, is the inaugural Visiting Senior Conservation Fellow in the University of Wyoming’s Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources. He will guest lecture in classes, meet with students, give a public talk and engage with select faculty research projects during the academic year. Additionally, he will help researchers develop and communicate their scholarship to be more relevant in decision-making, policy and practice.

Dreher has extensive experience and knowledge in conservation policymaking and environmental law, and he has served in various senior leadership positions. He worked with several federal agencies and nongovernmental organizations (NGO), including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice; and Defenders of Wildlife.

 

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John Burrows

William D. Ruckelshaus Fellow, 2022

The Ruckelshaus Institute welcomes John Burrows as the first William D. Ruckelshaus Fellow with our Collaborative Solutions Program. The purpose of the fellowship is to foster the creative and impactful work of scholars and practitioners engaged in environmental and natural resources policy and management to generate creative work broadly related to collaboratively engaging Wyoming communities and decision makers. Burrows is facilitating a stakeholder assessment to gauge Wyoming community needs around changing economic, energy, and environmental conditions.

Burrows holds a bachelor of arts in environmental studies with honors as a Morehead-Cain Scholar at UNC Chapel Hill and a masters of environmental management from Duke University. His work knits together responsible use of resources with conservation.

In his current role as a conservation advocate with the Wyoming Outdoor Council he has, among many other projects, collaborated closely with the Ruckelshaus Institute on a statewide public process for renewable energy siting. He brings to our institute deep awareness of the complexity of environment and natural resource challenges in our region, skills at collaborative process and community engagement, and enthusiasm for both theoretical and applied approaches.

 

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Hilary Byrne 

Ruckelshaus Institute Communication Fellow, 2018

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of Vermont (2011)

Biography

Hilary is a storyteller and post-production mastermind who has worked for some of the top action sports production companies, including Brain Farm and Teton Gravity Research. She has produced content for Red Bull Media House, National Geographic, Outside Television and was the lead editor of Unicorn Picnic’s acclaimed ski film, "Pretty Faces." She is also a photographer, videographer, and editor, giving her a complete understanding around all facets of film production. 

 

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June Glasson

Ruckelshaus Institute Communication Fellow, 2018

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cornell University (2002)

Biography

June Glasson is an artist and designer who lives in Laramie, Wyoming. She was born in Oyster Bay, New York in 1979, and received her BA/BFA from Cornell University in 2002. She is the recipient of the 2010 New York Foundation for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship, and the 2015 Wyoming ArtsCouncil Biennial Fellowship. Her paintings have been exhibited at the Nicolaysen Museum in Casper, Wyoming, The National Portrait Gallery in London, Nature Morte Gallery in Berlin, and various New York and US galleries. Glasson's work has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, New American Paintings, The Paris Review, Guernica Magazine, People Magazine, Domino, Asymptote Magazine, SAND Journal, Diner Journal, and the film, "Our Idiot Brother." She is also the co-founder of the Wyoming Art Party and The Art & Action Project.

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