2019 Urban Riparian Symposium Session Presenters

Dr. Peter Allen, Amy Hays, & Edith Marvin

Dr. Peter Allen, Baylor University

Baylor Sciences Building, Room E416

Research Areas: Hydrological and Surface Processes- Engineering Geology, Hydrology – Fluvial Geomorphology, Human-environment interactions, Quantitative geomorphology/ Quanternary environments

Education:Ph.D., Southern Methodist University

Amy Hays, Noble Research Institute

Hays plans, oversees and manages all aspects of the adult outreach and education programming for Noble Learning. The adult education team supports the agricultural content and practices taught or shared by the Institute, and in particular, Producer Relations and Agricultural Systems. Adult education serves producers by providing progressive learning, differentiated instruction, and informative programming to enhance efforts in the Southern Great Plains in support of land stewardship and beneficial agriculture practices.

Hays specializes in designing adaptive learning environments, generational learning styles, agriculture advocacy, social media outreach and stylized learning. In addition to working with the consultation staff, she assists external agencies and organizations in designing outreach programs and professional development programs on educational engagement for formal and nonformal learners. She also manages the Lloyd Noble Scholars in Agriculture program.

Hays joined the Noble Research Institute in 2015 after serving a combined 21 years at Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and Texas Parks and Wildlife.

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EDUCATION

Master of Science in Rangeland Ecology and Management, Texas A&M University, 2000
Bachelor of Science in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, 1994

Edith Marvin, North Central Texas Council of Governments

Edith Marvin serves as the Director of Environment and Development for the North Central Texas Council of Governments. Mrs. Marvin has over 25 years of private and public sector experience in the field of engineering and development in areas including residential, commercial, utility, roadway, environmental, and stormwater design and construction. She graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering.