Congrats to 2025 HC graduate Alexis Merker! Alexis earned an H.B.S in fisheries, wildlife, and conservation sciences and completed her thesis, “Community, Conflict, and Enabling Conditions: A Qualitative Analysis of Oregon's Marine Reserve System to Inform Adaptive Management,” under the mentorship of Dr. Jenna Sullivan-Stack, research associate in the Department of Integrative Biology. This summer, Alexis is serving as a Summer Scholar with Oregon Sea Grant, working with the Oregon Coastal and Ocean Information Network (OCOIN) to promote long-term collaboration among policymakers, managers and researchers involved in coastal and marine projects. After the internship, Alexis plans on attending graduate school to pursue her interests in the human dimensions of marine mammal or marine ecosystem conservation.