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Vatasha Henri Dorsey9913 Miranda Drive Raleigh, NC 27617 919.264.9584 vdorsey1@eagles.nccu.edu

Education

B.S. Environmental Science, North Carolina Central University (Durham NC) 12/10/11

Biology and Political Science concentration

B.A. Political Science, North Carolina Central University (Durham NC) 12/10/11

Institutional Distinction

Magna Cum Laude 122 Community Service hours completed 3.53/4.00 GPA

Honors/Awards

U-Thesis: The Greening of GrandStrategy: International Environmental Health as a National Security Threat

Ronald E. McNair Scholarship (UNC-CH)

Carolina Research Scholar (UNC-CH)

Wickersham Scholar (Triangle Institute for Security Studies TISS, Duke University)

Deans List (Fall 2009-Spring 2011)NC Department of Transportation Merit Scholarship

Relevant Advanced Coursework (GPA: 3.92/4.00)

Physical Sciences: Environmental Sampling and Analysis, Principles of Toxicology, Principles of BiostatisticsGIS, Physical Geography, Environmental Health, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Biology, Organic

Chemistry, Environmental Physics, Environmental Modeling and Systems Dynamics, Water Quality and Control

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Writing/Speaking: Advanced Writing Composition, Technical Writing, Public Speaking, Scope Method and

Writing

Technical: Intellectual Property and Patent Law, Principles of Macroeconomics

Political Science: Environmental Politics, Black Politics, State Government, International Organization, Middle

Eastern Politics, American Foreign Policy, Theory, Problems of Contemporary Government, Behavioral Research

Methods in Political Science

Research Interests

Environmental exposure sciences (respiratory, cancer)

o Toxicology/Environmental Epidemiology Focus: PM 2.5, engineered nanoparticles (AgNp)

International environmental security/global health

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Research Experience

Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute (BBRI), North Carolina Central University

Research Assistant-Statistical Genetics and Bioinformaticso Gene Wide Association Studies (GWAS) PI: Clarlynda Williams-Devane, PhD

Project Involvement/status: Minor, ongoing Duties: SNP, CNV analysis: Triple-negative breast cancer rates and infer possible

linkage to environmental factors and stressors

Center for Research on Invasive Species and Small Populations (CRISSP), University of Idaho

Research Intern-(Summer NSF REU 2011)o Project Involvement/Status: High, completed:Developing and Testing an Approach for

Assessing Histological Sections of the Pyloric Stomach in Mature and Kelt Steelhead Trout

o Duties: Developed histological technique Analyzed over 500 histological samples using compound microscope Dissected three steelhead morts and extracted GI tract for analysis Calibrated and developed technique for interpreting microscope camera feed

Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEINT), Department of Civil and Environmental

Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University

Assistant (January 2011-August 2011)o Involvement/Status: High, ongoingo Duties:

Characterization of silver nanoparticles (AgNp) Created stock solutions and analyzed supernatant fluid using ICP-MS. Created fruit fly food with supernatant stock solutions for fruit fly toxicity to AgNp

studies.

Department of Environmental, Earth and Geospatial Sciences, North Carolina Central University

Environmental Science Lab (December 2010-Present)o Involvement/Status: Intermediate, ongoingo Duties:

Collected approximately 20 seasonal air samples using PM 2.5 scale filtration Used the EPA-TO11A Method along with HPLC instrumentation to determine the

concentration of formaldehyde within the ambient air samples.

Upper Level elective course- Environmental Modeling and Systems Dynamics (Spring 2011)o Project: Predicting the Hydraulic Conductivity of a Saturated Porous Media-A Modeling

Perspective

Professional Organizations

Society of Toxicology, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, Phi Alpha Delta

Professional and Leadership Experience

Political Science Club (Vice-President, 2010-2011), Model United Nations, Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity

(Secretary, 2009-2010; Vice President, 2010-2011)

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Conference Talks

Local

North Carolina Honors Association Annual Meeting, Fayetteville State University; Fayetteville, North Carolina(September 28-29, 2007)

NCCIIE Model United Nations Conference; Durham, NC (March 26-29, 2009) Third Annual Graduate Research Symposium, North Carolina Central University School of Graduate Studies

Durham, NC (April 1-3, 2009)

Duke International Security Conference, Duke University; Durham, NC (October 16-18, 2009) UNC-Chapel Hill Research Symposium, UNC-Chapel Hill; Chapel Hill, NC (July 30, 2010) CST (College of Science and Technology) Research Symposium, North Carolina Central University; Durham, NC

(April 1-2, 2011)

Regional

First Annual Middle East Symposium, Georgia College and State University; Milledgeville GA (April 18, 2009)National

National Association of African-American Honors Programs, University of Maryland at Eastern Shore; PrincessAnne, Maryland (November 1, 2007)

18th Annual UMBC National McNair Scholars Research Conference, University of Maryland at BaltimoreCounty; Baltimore, MD (September 17-18, 2010)

19th Annual National McNair Research Conference and Graduate Fair, University of Wisconsin at MilwaukeeDelevan, WI (November 5-7, 2010)

41st Annual Meeting of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS), Raleigh, NC (March 18- 21, 2011)

American Fisheries Society 141stAnnual Meeting, Seattle, WA(September 4-8, 2011)Skills

Software: SAS, STELLA (systems dynamics modeling), ARC GIS, Golden Helix SNPS

Laboratory: Chromatography (HPLC/GC), DLS, ICP, PM monitor/PQ200 (air quality), ACEA (cell assay),

Tissue culture

Methods: EPA TO-11A, Histological assessments-(GI Tract, liver, spleen)

Certifications (In Progress)

Associate Environmental Professional (AEP), National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) NC Environmental Education, Office of Environmental Education and Public Affairs HAZWOPER 40 Hour