Visiting Faculty, B.A. in Liberal Studies (completion program)
Summary of Education and Relevant Experience
B.A., West Chester University; M.S., University of Washington.
Cynthia Updegrave specializes in environmental history, urban land use issues, restoration ecology and environmental justice. Updegrave is an experienced botanist with biogeographic, ecological and cultural knowledge of the diverse ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest. Her scientific research has focused on Pacific Northwest seismic history, ecology and the bio-geographical aspects of regional floras. She is an expert in historical ecological research methods applied to restoration ecology. Updegrave brings creative leadership to service, outreach and relationship building in communities.
T’ilub Shidib Duwamish Youth Singing Feet Dance Group, member
Canoe Carver Family, Ainu Canoe Project 2010-2011 member
Papers and Presentations
"Indicators to Determine Community Environmental (In) Justice Impact,” — Community Indicators Consortium 2009 International Converence, Bellevue, WA, October 2009. Presented with Linn Gould, Just Health Action
“Does Place Matter? The Role of Place in Public Health," — Curriculum for the Bioregion, Works in Progress Conference, Tacoma, WA, March 2009. Presented with jenny McFarland.
“Fourteen Hundred Years of History at the Duwamish River Mouth," — GSA Cordilleran Section: Quaternary and Tertiary Records of Past Environments, Bellingham, WA, May 2007.
“The Earth Charter: A Place-based Educational and Research Project,” — Community College Women’s Conference, Edmonds Community College, March 2007.
“Native Stories About Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes and Scientific Paleoseismic Methods,”
— Tribal: Reservation-based/Community Determined Program, The Evergreen State College, February 2007. Co-presented with Ruth Ludwin.
“The Earth Charter and Critical Place-based Inquiry,”
— The Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education: Teaching for a Sustainable Future, The Evergreen State College, Tacoma Campus, November 2006.
“A 2000 Year Vegetation History at the Mouth of the Duwamish River: A Record of Uplift on the Seattle Fault,”
— The Biology Department Graduate Research Symposium, University of Washington, November 2006.
“Engaging Students in Issues of Health and Justice,”
— Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Inaugural Conference, Tempe, AZ, October 2006. Co-presented with Linn Nelson, Kate Davies and Jean MacGregor.
Publications
Leopold, Estella B., Alan C. Yen, and Tracy Fuentes, Cindy Updegrave, Katie Maier and Marie McMasters Is the Arcto-Tertiary Geoflora Theory Valid? (Submitted), Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Updegrave, Cynthia Fourteen Hundred Years of History at the Duamish River Mouth, GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 39, No. 4, 2007.
Leopold, Estella B., Alan C. Yen, and Cindy Updegrave, Katie Maier, Tracy Fuentes and Marie McMasters Biogeography of Seldovian Plant Taxa, Past and Present, along the Pacific Rim (Abstract). Bering Land Bridge Conference (NSF Sponsored), Sept. 23, 1997, Florissant, Colorado.
Leopold, Estella B., Cynthia Updegrave and Katie Maier Pollen and Spores Characteristic of Eocene Sediments at Republic, Washington. Washington. Geology, Vol. 24, No. 2, June 1996.
Leopold, Estella B., Alan C. Yen, and Cindy Updegrave, Katie Maier, Tracy Fuentes and Marie McMasters Is the Arcto-Tertiary Geoflora Theory Valid? (Abstract) Pacific Division, AAAS Annual Meeting, Missoula, Montana, 1992. Best graduate student paper award.
Awards and Recognition
Faculty Teaching Award, University of Washington College of Architecture and Urban Planning, 2005
Contact Information
B.A. in Liberal Studies (completion program)
206-268-4400 E-mail
