Amanda Stubbs is a Research Advancement Administrator Sr at the Biodesign Institute. She has worked in research advancement at Arizona State University for six years, previously in the School of Life Sciences. She received a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2017, where she studied the effects of pesticides and concentrated animal feeding operations on freshwater systems. Currently a graduate student in ASU's English program, Amanda studies the environmental humanities and the intersects of science, philosophy, and literature.