Advisory Council

Andrew Elott

Research Assistant

2015 - 2015

B.A. candidate in History, concentration American History, 2017

Biography

I will be working with Todd Holmes on the California Coastal Commission Project. We will be mapping the history of the Commission in order to uncover and understand how the institution has changed overtime and how it has shaped environmental policy both in California and the broader American West.

Growing up in Portland, Oregon, I have always enjoyed exploring the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest. My family has taken road trips all over Oregon, Washington, and California, so I have a lot of experiential knowledge of the West but I am excited to approach the region through a more academic lens this summer working on the Coastal Commission Project. In my spare time, I love to play and watch soccer, hike, and walk my dog.

Upcoming Events

Eccles Family Rural West Conference

Fourth Annual Conference – University of Montana in Missoula

This year’s conference will be focused on defining people and place in the rural American West, through panels addressing public health and access, housing and homelessness, natural resource use and allocation, and Indian policy.

The California Local Governance Summer Institute @ Stanford

Professional Seminar for Western Local Government Officials

This week-long summer institute at Stanford University is open to city managers, county executives, regional directors, and other senior local government officials from throughout the West. They will have the opportunity to exchange and acquire tools for improving local government performance and ways of enhancing prospective analytical capacity to innovate and anticipate societal change.