People

Graduate Students

• Robert Beazer

  Program: PhD Candidate; Doctorate of Engineering and Applied Science - Idaho State University

  Research Area/Focus: Development of a decision support tool for transmission siting and planning, connecting public opinion and permitting processes to geospatial and environmental information.

  beazrobe​@isu.edu

• Madelaine Bowman

  Program: Masters of Arts in Political Science - Idaho State University

  Research Area/Focus:  Development of an open-source GIS application to optimize utility-scale solar project siting

  bowmmade​@isu.edu

• Rebecca Jacobsen

  Program: Public Administration - Boise State University

  Research Area/Focus: State of the State/Region

  BeckyJacobsen​@boisestate.edu

• Chris Juchau

  Program: Business Administration - Boise State University

  Research Area/Focus:  Economic impacts of small modular nuclear reactors

  ChristopherJuchau​@boisestate.edu

• Cassandra Koerner

  Program: Public Administration - Boise State University

  Research Area/Focus: Carbon Capture & Sequestration: Pore Space Study

  CassieKoerner​@boisestate.edu

• Christian Samples

  Program: Public Administration - Boise State University

  Research Area/Focus:  Development of an open-source GIS application to optimize utility-scale solar project siting

  ChristianSamples​@boisestate.edu

• Kathryn Thorpe

  Program: Public Administration - Boise State University

  Research Area/Focus:   Regional electricity transmission planning:  Organizational, procedural, and regulatory barriers

  KateThorpe​@boisestate.edu