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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
\nChair of the Sustainability & Environmental Studies Department<\/em><\/p>\n

Contact Information<\/h2>\n

Draper Building, 314
\nCPO 2025
\nEmail: giftn@berea.edu<\/a>
\nPhone: 859-985-3362[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”26″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Spring 2022<\/h2>\n

Office Hours<\/h3>\n

Mon\/ Wed\/ Fri: 10:30 – 11:30 a.m., 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
\nIn-person<\/p>\n

Class Schedule<\/h3>\n
    \n
  • APS\/SENS 215 (Mon\/Wed\/Fri: 9:20 am – 10:30 am)<\/li>\n
  • GSTR 210 X (Mon\/Wed\/Fri: 2:40 pm – 3:50 pm)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Degrees<\/h2>\n
      \n
    • A.B. Biology, Harvard-Radcliffe<\/li>\n
    • M.S. Crop Science, University of Kentucky<\/li>\n
    • Ph.D. Crop and Soil Science, Cornell University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Honors and Awards<\/h2>\n
        \n
      • Buhl Professor of the Humanities, 2010-2011, Chatham University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Courses Taught<\/h2>\n
          \n
        • ENG 280<\/li>\n
        • Ecology<\/li>\n
        • Ecological Weed Management<\/li>\n
        • GSTR 210<\/li>\n
        • MAT 108<\/li>\n
        • SENS 100<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Special Interest<\/h2>\n
            \n
          • Vegetable gardens<\/li>\n
          • Biking and hiking<\/li>\n
          • Horses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Affiliations<\/h2>\n
              \n
            • Association of Environmental Studies and Science (journal editorial board)<\/li>\n
            • Agronomy Society (Agronomy Journal Associate Editor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Papers and Publications<\/h2>\n
                \n
              • Raven, Hassenzahl, Hager, Gift, and Berg. 2015. Environment.<\/em> Wiley, Hoboken, NJ.<\/li>\n
              • Black, B., Hassenzahl, D.M., Stephens, J., Gift, N, and Finewood, M.
                \n2013. Encyclopedia of Climate Change Volumes 1 \u2013 4.<\/em> ABC-Clio,
                \nSanta Barbara, CA.<\/li>\n
              • Gift, N.\u00a0<\/em>Spring 2011. Good Weed, Bad Weed: Who\u2019s Who, What to do, and Why Some Deserve a\u00a0Second Chance<\/em>. St. Lynn\u2019s Press, Pittsburgh, PA.<\/li>\n
              • Gift, N. 2009.\u00a0A Weed by Any Other Name: The Virtues of a Messy Lawn, or Learning to Love\u00a0the Plants We Don\u2019t Plant.<\/em>\u00a0Beacon Press, Boston, MA.<\/li>\n
              • Traw, B. and N. Gift. 2010. Environmental Microbiology: Tannins and the microbial\u00a0decomposition of leaves on the forest floor.\u00a0The American Biology<\/em>
                \nTeacher<\/em> 72: 506-512.<\/li>\n
              • Gift, N., R.R. Hahn, and J. Mt Pleasant. 2008. Quackgrass managed as a cover crop\u00a0in herbicide-resistant silage corn.\u00a0Weed Biology and Management 8(3)<\/em>: 154-160.<\/li>\n
              • Gift, N. and M. Krasny. 2003. The great fossil fiasco: teaching about peer review. The American Biology Teacher<\/em> 65: 270-278.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                Biography<\/h2>\n

                I am a native of Lexington and thrilled to be back in southern Appalachia after many years away. I live in a tiny house and brag often about my two daughters, now in college.<\/p>\n

                Community Service<\/h2>\n
                  \n
                • Chair of the Board of the Kentucky Environmental Foundation<\/li>\n
                • Board Member: Pine Mountain Settlement School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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