Advisor: Professor Sutter • Sierra Standish is pursuing a PhD in the Department of History at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her interests include public lands, the history of science, agricultural history, conservation history and the modern U.S. in transnational perspective.
Sierra completed a MA at Colorado State University that investigated connections between the biology of the sugar beet and development of a Latino community in northern Colorado. Her dissertation reconstructs a Cold War-era network of ecologists of mediterranean-type ecosystems. The project is supported by a National Science Foundation Dissertation Research Improvement grant.
Prior to PhD studies, Sierra worked on historical projects for the National Park Service, California State Parks, and Historitecture.com.