International Baccalaureate, United World College of the American West
BA Biology, Concentration in Environmental Studies, Swarthmore College
Doctoral student, Environmental Anthropology, University of Washington.

• NSF IGERT Fellow
• Ford Foundation Community Forestry Research Fellow
• NSF DDIG
• James Fellow, UW Anthropology
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, honorable mention
• Graduated with Distinction, Swarthmore College.

"Three Questions about the Epistemic Pay-off of Community-Based Participatory Research." Invited paper presented at the Expanding Interdisciplinarity: from Campus to Community conference, Seattle, WA, June 2008.

Scale Matters: Salmon Habitat Restoration and Social Complexity in the Skagit Valley. Keynote address presented at the E3 Education-Environment-Economy Washington Regional Summit, Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen, WA, March 2008. (Invited paper also presented at The Water Center's 18th Annual Review of Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, February 2008 and at the Joint Workshop on British Columbia and Washington State: Trans-boundary Issues for the 21st Century: Case Study on the Columbia-Okanagan Highlands, Vancouver, BC, September 2006.) Audio recording

Speaker, UW Science Studies Network Panel on Collaborative Practice/Interdisciplinary Practice, University of Washington, Seattle, WA February 2008. (Presentation & audio recording available online at: Blogspot)

Speaker, Graduate and Professional Education Week Student Panel: "Interacting on Interdisciplinarity: Opportunities and Successes," University of Washington, Seattle, WA, March 2007

Hinckley, T., R. Smith, S. Breslow, and E. Flores, "Transboundary Educational Experiences: Foundations for Learning and Research." Paper presented at the Canadian Studies Graduate Professional Development Symposium, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, March 2007.

Research Collaborators from the University of Washington, Sichuan University and Jiuzhaigou National Park (too many to list), "The Future of Jiuzhaigou: Learning from the Past. Summary of 2007 Research Collaborations." Poster presented to the Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve directors and staff, Jiuzhaigou, China, June 2007.

Breslow, S., "The UW's Multinational Collaborations on Challenges to the Environment (MCCE) IGERT: An Experiment in Interdisciplinary and International Graduate Education." Paper presented to the University of Washington IGERT Meeting, Seattle, WA, August 2007.

Hinckley, T. S. Breslow, E. Flores, S. Harrell, and R. Smith, "Building Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Awareness in Conducting Environmental Research: Use of Canada-US Transboundary Experiences." Poster presented (by Hinckley) at the Ecological Society of America/Society for Ecological Restoration Joint Meeting, San Jose, CA, August 2007.

Breslow, S. and A. Robbins, "Building Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Awareness in Future Environmental Leaders: An Experiment in Doctoral Education." Poster presented at the 2007 NSF IGERT Project Meeting, Arlington, VA, May 2007.

Freeburg, Adam, Sara Breslow, Julie Combs, Emma Flores, Steve Harrell, Tom Hinckley, Joanne Ho, Joyce LeCompte-Mastenbrooke, Eric Nassau, Alicia Robbins, Haldre Rogers, Patrick Shamberger and Lauren Urgenson, MCCE IGERT: An Experiment in International Interdisciplinary Graduate Education. AAAS, Pacific Division 88th Annual Meeting, Boise State University, Boise, ID June 17 - 21, 2007 New Humanities and Science Convergences. III: The Greening of the Disciplines (Awarded AAAS Pacific Division Rita Peterson Award in Science Education).

"An Anthropological Critique of the Science-Policy Paradigm; Toward Participatory Research" 2005

Farmers’ Perceptions of Salmon Habitat Restoration Measures: Loss and Contestation, 2001.

• IGERT Skagit-Fraser group member, with students in geology and engineering; led to plans to do comparative work in the Fraser Valley and research contacts at University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University; sparked interest in cross-boundary, field-based workshops
• Member of “Southern Africa” IGERT research delegation to travel September 2005
• Coordinated Anthropology-Fisheries Discussion Group and Environment and Society Interdisciplinary Forum, UW