Riley Elise Sunday

1909 Tours St. #3, Pittsburgh, PA 15212

814-404-8958
riley.sunday2012@gmail.com
riley-sunday.weebly.com
Education

Chatham University
Master’s of Arts in Food Studies…………………………………………………..Anticipated Graduation May 2019

Kansas State University-Olathe

Master’s of Science in Horticulture: Specialization in Urban Food Systems
Attended………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………July 2016 – December 2016

The Pennsylvania State University

Bachelor’s of Arts in Geography: Nature-Society Option……………………………………………………...…Graduate, 2016
Minor: International Agriculture
Cumulative GPA: 3.60

State College Area High School……………………………………………………………………………..……….……………..Graduate, 2012

State College, PA
GPA: 4.2

Collège Saint François Xavier 1……………………………………………………………………………………………………..Graduate, 2012

Verviers, Belgium

Languages Spoken: French (Advanced), Spanish (Fundamental)

Awards and Recognition

Gamma Theta Upsilon Geography Honors Society……………………………………………………………………………….Present

Ambassadrice de Liège………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Present
 Educating U.S. citizens about the Province of Liège, Belgium
 Educating the Province of Liège about life in the United States
Deans List…………………………………………………..Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016
Earth and Mineral Sciences Scholarship recipient……………………………………………………………..…Fall 2012, Fall 2015
Rotary Youth Exchange Student of the Year…………………………………………………………………….…………...……2011-2012

Food Systems Work Experience

Allegheny County Conservation District………………………………………………..……………………October 2017 - Present

Position: Urban Agriculture Graduate Fellow
Responsibilities Include:
 Conducting and Analyzing soil lead tests
 Engaging in collaborative outreach efforts to empower citizens to reduce exposure risk and remediate
future urban agricultural sites
 Collaborating with law makers and institutions to improve policy for urban agriculture and environmental
health in Pittsburgh, PA

Family Restoration Services...............................................................................................................................April 2017- August 2017

Position Title: Youth Garden Educator
Responsibilities Included:
 Developing and Implementing garden curriculum
 Planning and organizing garden activities (planting, harvesting, bed design)
 Teaching emotionally disabled youth garden and farm skills

Chartreuse Bistro Farm to Table………………………………………………………………………………………..February- May 2017

Position Title: Server
Responsibilities Included:
 Promoting Organic, locally sourced, and sustainably produced food products to customers
 Familiarizing self and customers with cooking terminology and unique food products
 Studying wine and wine culture

International Organic Food Systems Intern……………………………………………………………………….…………..Summer 2016

Position Title: Community Engaged Partner
Responsibilities Included
 Learning and practicing organic farm techniques
 Teaching and improving foreign language communication skills
 Building global competency

Bee Tree Berry Farm………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Summer 2015

Position title: Volunteer
Responsibilities included
 Practicing organic pest management
 Harvesting produce
 Breeding organic strawberry plant varieties

Community Food Systems Intern……………………….………………………………………………………………………..….Summer 2014

Position Title: Apprentice
Responsibilities included
 Coordinating food bank donation deliveries
 Planting and harvesting crop varieties
 Overseeing value-added production

Additional Work Experience

Graduate Research Assistant (Chatham)……………………………………………………………………………………………….…Present

 Assisting in research design and implementation
 Developing Agroecology Demonstration Garden Master Plan and future uses
 Serving as a Teaching Assistant for Graduate Level Agroecology Course

Graduate Research Assistant……………………………………………………………………………August 14, 2016 – December 2016

 Executing research trials for various grant projects
 Developing research parameters and experiments for SARE grant

Penn State Berkey Creamery……………………………………………….…………(July 2010-July 2011, August 2012-May 2016)

Position title: Student Supervisor
Responsibilities include
 Managing and delegating shift tasks
 Training new employees
 Supervising customer-employee relations

Undergraduate Geography Research Assistant………………………………………………………….Fall 2015 and Spring 2016

 Georeferencing historical and contemporary maps of New York City
 Analyzing contemporary urban vulnerabilities to natural disasters through historical perspectives
Penn State Outdoors School Counselor…………………………………………………………………………………………….Spring 2015
 Coordinating outdoor activities with elementary aged children
 Providing pathways for youth outdoor exploration through hands-on experience

Conferences and Speaking Engagements

Three Rivers Urban Soil Symposium (TRUSS)………………………………………………………………………………...October 2018

 Vacant Lots in the Urban Landscape: A case study of soil quality for urban agriculture in the City of
Pittsburgh
Agriculture, Food, Human Values Society/ Association for the Study of Food and Society/ASFS ….…....June 2018
 Agroecology and Community Collaboration: an example of teaching soil health and urban agriculture
through authentic decision making cases
 A Roundtable on Fermentation: Practice, Preservation, and Pedagogy
Farm Walks and Kitchen Talks Hoophouse Convergence……………………………………………………………….…..July 2018
 Soil Health and Remediation for Pittsburgh Urban Ag

Programs and Software

 ArcMap2010: Mapping
 SPSS: Statistical Analysis
 Minitab: Statistical Analysis
 InDesign: Publishing, Professional Formatting
 Microsoft Office
o Word
o Excel
o Powerpoint

Clubs and Service

Produce to People Volunteer (Greater Pittsburgh Area Food Bank)

 Organizing and distributing donated produce to the Pittsburgh community

Penn State Global Brigades

 Attending weekly meetings
 Completing volunteer projects in the State College Community

Student Farm Club

 Organizing community outreach
 Planning the Sustainable Food Systems Minor at Penn State

Undergraduates in Geography
 Promoting Geography awareness
 Coordinating Geography inspired activities for primary and secondary students

Penn State Powerlifting Club

 Attending 5 days a week practices
 Competing in club and national competitions