Visiting Scholar Guest Speaker

Join us for Brain Biters Club for the first visiting scholar of the fall semester! Brain Biters Club's purpose is to organize and implement a visiting scholar interview series on a monthly bases with a goal to advance professional and academic insights, spread new ideas and connect our community.

Catherine Cummings is the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Outreach Specialist for Iowa State University Extension & Outreach and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. She holds a B.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology from SUNY New Paltz, a M.S. in Animals and Public Policy, and a M.S. in Wildlife Sciences from Auburn University. Before starting her position with ISU Extension and the DNR in May 2024, Catherine was a graduate research assistant in the Conservation Governance Lab at Auburn University. As a research assistant Catherine studied the human dimensions of CWD to gain understanding about how hunters and state wildlife agencies respond to and manage CWD. In Catherine's current role she focuses on hosting many outreach events to serve as a CWD resource for communities across Iowa. She attends events including county fairs, archery festivals, and hunter education courses to provide one on one conservation about CWD. Catherine also runs the CWD incentive hunt in Allamakee County and assists the Iowa DNR wildlife staff with CWD sample collection during the hunting season.

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