Shaila Childers

Your name and pronouns:
Shaila Childers (she/her/hers)

Senior thesis title and brief description:
Pacific Sand Lance Habitats and the Biogeomorphology of Shell Hash in the San Juan Channel Wavefield: An evaluation of physical properties governing nonuniform carbonaceous sediments in the San Juan wave field and its impacts on indigenous sand lance habitats.

What was your best memory from the school of Oceanography?
Working in groups to figure out problem sets for Ocean 285 and the TA Hillary staying late to help me figure out these problems with patience and understand. Hands down best TA experience!

What was your favorite oceanography class and why?
Marine Pollution: Rick Kiel, Randie Bundy

What has been your go to way to connect to your classmates remotely?
Zoom meetings, facetime

Favorite non-ocean body of water?
Lake Mowich, Rainier National Park