Sierra Gladfelter

Sierra Gladfelter is a Senior Associate for the for The Resilience Adaptation Feasibility Tool (RAFT), funded project within the Institute for Engagement and Negotiation. She coordinates an interdisciplinary core team representing three universities and manages logistics throughout the RAFT’s 18-month community-based resilience planning and implementation process. Prior to joining IEN in March 2019, Sierra spent five years doing applied research on international resilience initiatives and their capacity to address the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities in Nepal, Zambia, and India, as the recipient of a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and a Fulbright-Nehru Research Fellowship. She received a Master’s in Geography and a Certificate in Development Studies from the University of Colorado-Boulder and also holds a B.A. in Anthropology from Temple University.