Sierra Hicks
Pronouns: they/them
Positions(s):
PhD Candidate, Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University; Graduate Fellow, Indigenous Data Alliance
Sierra (they/them) is an allied scholar holding a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State’s College of Engineering and an MS from the Penn State College of Engineering School of Engineering Design and Innovation. Currently, Sierra is a PhD candidate in the Natural Resources and the Environment section of Cornell’s Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment, and is authoring a dissertation on Tribal Data Governance for Environmental Stewardship. They’re also a “Knowledge & Data Governance Fellow” for the Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources, doing training/capacity building, convening staff workshops, supporting development of recommended data governance best management practices & coordinating the KDNR Data Sovereignty drafting and review committees. Through the The Environmental Data Science Innovation & Impact Lab (ESIIL), Sierra is the Principle Investigator (PI) of the “Wopasi Pazo: Sharing Findings from Looking at the Water & Writings on the Earth” Working Group developing Indigenous AI to process EIS/EAs towards Environmental Justice for the Sicangu Lakota.
Project(s):
Dissertation: “Tribal Data Governance for Environmental Stewardship”
Email: sh2337@cornell.edu