JENNIFER FOLLSTAD SHAH portrait
  • Associate Director, Environmental & Sustainability
  • Associate Professor, Sch Of Environ,Society&Sustain
  • Associate Director, Environmental & Sustainability
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Professional Service

  • Riparian Protection Legislative Working Group. Role: Member. Invited by Utah Rep. Gay Lynn Bennion to serve on a working group tasked with drafting statewide legislation related to riparian buffer protections. 05/01/2023 - 03/01/2024
  • City of Cottonwood Heights. Role: Member. Parks, Trails & Open Space Committee. 01/01/2022 - present
  • Salt Lake City Redevelopment Agency. Folsom Corridor City Creek Daylighting Project Technical Advisory Committee. 07/02/2021 - present
  • City of Cottonwood Heights. Role: Chair. Parks, Trails & Open Space Committee. 01/01/2021 - 12/31/2021
  • City of Cottonwood Heights. Role: Vice-Chair. Parks, Trails & Open Space Committee. 01/01/2019 - 12/31/2020
  • Utah Department of Environmental Quality - Division of Water Quality. Role: Member. Jordan River TMDL Technical Advisory Committee. 01/18/2018 - present
  • Society for Freshwater Science. Role: Member. Public Information and Publicity. 05/20/2013 - 05/19/2016
  • Society for Freshwater Science. Role: Co-Chair. Public Information and Publicity. 05/20/2010 - 05/20/2013
  • Society for Freshwater Science. Role: Student Member. Executive Board. 05/20/2007 - 05/20/2009

Internal Service

  • Global Change and Sustainability Center Speaker Series - Nancy Grimm. Host, 02/2020 - 02/2020. University service.
  • College Council, Social and Behavioral Science. Member, 07/01/2019 - 12/31/2021. College service.
  • Center for Ecological Planning & Design. Steering Committee Member, 09/01/2017 - present. University service.
  • Global Change & Sustainability Center. Affiliate Faculty, 03/17/2016 - present. University service.
  • Sustainability Action Plan Committee: Grounds and Water. Member, 01/29/2016 - 12/31/2016. University service.
  • Environmental and Sustainability Studies Executive Committee. Member, 09/01/2015 - 12/31/2019. College service.

Community Partnership

  • Carbon Footprint of a Utes Football Game; ENVST 5559 capstone project conducted in partnership with the University of Utah Sustainability Office. 01/20/2020 - 04/20/2020
  • Water Filtration Device Education Program, ENVST 5559 capstone project conducted in partnership the University of Utah Learning Abroad Office. 01/20/2020 - 04/20/2020
  • Commencement Sustainability Pledge & Green Cord Program, ENVST capstone project conducted in partnership with the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. 01/20/2020 - 04/20/2020
  • Model Riparian Protection Ordinance for the Salt Lake Valley, ENVST 5559 capstone project conducted in partnership with the City of Cottonwood Heights and the Seven Canyons Trust. 01/20/2020 - 04/20/2020
  • Canal Lining for Municipal Water Efficiency, ENVST 5559 capstone project conducted in partnership with the Utah Rivers Council. 01/20/2020 - 04/20/2020
  • Creation of GIS Layers for Channel Stability, E. coli, & Benthic Macroinvertebrates within Red Butte Creek. Partnership with Salt Lake County - Watershed Planning & Restoration. 08/19/2019 - 12/20/2019
  • Alta Environmental Center - ENVST Student Service Projects. 08/15/2018 - 08/16/2018
  • Alta Environmental Center - ENVST Student Service Projects. 09/01/2017 - 12/31/2017
  • Alta Environmental Center - ENVST Student Service Projects. 09/01/2017 - 12/31/2017
  • Alta Environmental Center. 09/01/2014 - 12/30/2016

Outreach

  • Field ecology experience for students from the Salt Lake Center for Science Education (a public STEM middle school and high school) at the Bonderman Field Station at Rio Mesa. 11/07/2018 - 11/08/2018

Honors & Awards

  • Advancing Equity and Connecting Communities Award. College of Social and Behavioral Science, University of Utah, 03/22/2022
  • Beacons of Excellence Award. University of Utah, 08/16/2021
  • Superior Research Award - Career Line Faculty, Awardee. College of Social and Behavioral Science, University of Utah, 03/29/2021
  • Superior Research Award - Career Line Faculty. Finalist. College of Social and Behavioral Science, University of Utah, 04/01/2020
  • Superior Teaching Award - Career Line Faculty. College of Social and Behavioral Science, University of Utah, 02/25/2019
  • Sustainability Teaching Scholar (Wasatch Experience Trainee, 2016-2017). University of Utah, 12/31/2017
  • Scientific and Technological Achievement Award, Level III recognition in the category of Ecological Research . U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 06/2011
  • Bioinformatics Postdoctoral Fellowship. National Science Foundation, 01/2007
  • Best Student Oral Presentation. Soil Ecology Society, 05/2005
  • Graduate Research Opportunities Fellowship. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 01/2003
  • Integrative Education and Research Graduate Training (IGERT) Freshwater Sciences Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship. National Science Foundation, 08/2000

Affiliations

  • Global Change and Sustainability Center (GCSC), Affiliate Faculty, 02/01/2016 - present
  • Innovative Urban Transitions and Arid-Region Hydro-Sustainability (iUTAH), Member, 06/01/2015 - present

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