Lama BouFajreldin

Lama BouFajreldin earned a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in human dimensions of natural resources and environmental science. Following completion of her degree, she held appointments as an associate research scientist at the Prairie Research Institute’s (PRI) Illinois Natural History Survey and Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, located at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. At PRI, Lama conducted human dimensions research to help inform natural resource management. There she coordinated the River Restoration Technical Advisory Group of the Eastern Tallgrass Prairie and Big Rivers Landscape Conservation Cooperatives and led human dimensions research to help enhance strategic planning for the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Landscape Conservation Cooperative.

Most recently, Lama was a teaching assistant professor in the Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC). AT UNC,  Lama taught undergraduate courses on Principles of Sustainability and Social Science Research Methods in addition to capstone courses.