ABOUT SHANNON
Shannon is the Director of Community and Global Engagement at the Hive, overseeing programs ranging from global design for social change to Environmental Analysis at Pomona College.
Since earning her Ph.D. and M.A. in anthropology from Stanford University and a B.A. in Anthropology and International Studies from the University of North Carolina, she has led research and applied conservation and public health teams in Africa, the South Pacific, and Southeast Asia via the Wildlife Conservation Society, San Diego Zoo, World Wildlife Fund, Stanford University, USAID, University of Wisconsin and, most recently, The Claremont Colleges. She loves eating the divine street food in Hanoi, exploring gorgeous countryside and coast on a bike or in the water, and learning about medicinal plants and holistic healing.
Shannon is the Director of Community and Global Engagement at the Hive
She guides teams in equity-based human centered design and systems innovation to craft inclusive, culturally appropriate behavior change approaches for health and environmental issues across the globe. She also directs communications, programming, and team building at the Hive and is a visiting professor in the Environmental Analysis program at Pomona College.
Since earning her Ph.D. in Anthropology from Stanford University and a B.A. in Anthropology and International Studies from the University of North Carolina, she led research and applied conservation and public health teams in Africa, the South Pacific, and Southeast Asia. She loves hearing deep and inspiring stories, eating the divine street food, exploring gorgeous countryside and coast by land and sea, and learning about medicinal plants and holistic healing.
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SUMMARY
Anthropologist, environmental social scientist, and human-centered designer with 15 years experience leading projects in applied qualitative and quantitative research and human-centered design to address conservation, public health and communications issues in Africa, South Pacific and North America. Available for consulting on using human-centered design and ethnography to design human-centered environmental and public health behavior change globally.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Anthropology
Stanford University
2008-2016
Honors
US Student Fulbright Grant
Morrison Institute for Population and Resource Studies Grant, Stanford University
O'Bie Shultz Dissertation Completion Grant, Stanford University
Marylin Yalom Research Research Fund, Stanford University
Graduate Research Opportunities Grant, Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences
National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Dissertation Improvement Grant
NSF Field School Program, Zambia
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, Honorable Mention
M.A., Anthropological Sciences
Stanford University
2005-2011
B.A., Anthropology, International Studies, Fine Arts
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1998-2001
Swahili Culture and Ecology Program, Kenya
School for International Training
2000
EXPERIENCE
Associate Director
Pomona College, Claremont, CA
The Hive
2017-Present
Postdoctoral Associate and Human-Centered Design Coach
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego, CA
2016-2017
Human-Centered Design Conservation Project Manager
National Geographic
Uganda
2015-2016
User-Experience Design Coach
Independent Consultant
San Diego, CA
2012-2016
Notable Clients
Bay Area Tropical Forest Network
Civic Innovation Lab
DefCult
Island Conservation
Google
Stanford University d.school
Stanford University Hospitals
Stanford University School of Education
The Focal Point
Senior Social Scientist
Wildlife Conservation Society
Papua New Guinea
2013-2014
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Stanford University
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
2006-2013
Classes
Environmental Change and Emerging Infectious Disease
Human-Centered Design for Conservation
Methods and Evidence in Anthropology
Sex and Gender in Anthropology
Social Anthropological Theory
Doctoral Research Scientist
Stanford University and University of Yaoundé
Yaoundé, Cameroon
2008-2010
Human-Centered Design Facilitator
Stanford University d.school
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
2011-2012
Lead Project Coordinator
International Union for Conservation of Nature
Climate Action Reserve
Cameroon and Los Angeles, CA
2015-2016
Social Science Consultant
World Wildlife Fund - UK
Cameroon
2009-2010
Urban Planner
CGL Companies
Washington, D.C.
2008-2010
Peace Corps Volunteer
Peace Corps
Bamendjo, Cameroon
2001-2003
LANGUAGE FLUENCY
English
French
Tok Pisin