Maine

Students study Dr. Firdausi Qadri's fight against cholera, look into health inequalities around the world, and make projects that promote clean water, vaccines, and equal access to healthcare around...

Amanda Bryant
Teacher Fellow

Emily Bader is a health care reporter for The Maine Monitor, where she covers substance use, mental health, and access to care. She is passionate about combining data and human voices to tell powerful...

July 27, 2026

Annie Ropeik is a freelance contributor covering climate issues for The Maine Monitor. Based in Camden, Maine, she previously reported for Spectrum News Maine in Portland and spent about a decade as a...

Jeremy Gabrielson’s work at Maine Coast Heritage Trust focuses on conservation of natural places and responses to climate change. In addition to tidal marsh protection, he has a strong interest in...

Susan C. Adamowicz, Ph.D. has over 30 years’ experience in estuarine ecology and salt marsh restoration. As the Land Management Research and Demonstration biologist for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...

Jacob Aman directs the community and site-based stewardship programs at the Wells Reserve in Wells, Maine, managing priority habitat and species in cooperation with state and federal partners and...

Matt Byrne has covered crime and public safety for the Portland Press Herald since 2016, with a focus on accountability reporting and breaking news. It is his second beat since being hired at the...

Michael Shepherd is the politics and government editor at the Bangor Daily News, where he also covers state government and political campaigns. In 2012, he won the Bob Drake Young Writer's Award from...

Josh Keefe is a statewide investigative reporter for the Bangor Daily News in Maine. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Slate, Longform.org, and Newsweek/IBT, where he was a staff reporter...

Margaret Pearce is a cartographer and enrolled Citizen Band Potawatomi. She grew up on Seneca territory at Ga'shgöhsagöh (Rochester, NY) and now grateful to be a guest on Penobscot territory at...