Cori Sharp
- Ph.D. Student
- Dual Major
- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
- College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
BIOGRAPHY
Cori Sharp is a first year PhD student working in the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability. Her research involves applying the metacoupling framework to better manage the conservation of wildlife, with a special focus on bats in North America. Her love of wildlife and diverse ecosystems stems from her childhood growing up in Alaska, Hawaii, Arizona, as well as a few other states. She graduated from Arizona State University Online in May of 2025 with a dual B.S. in Biology and Anthropology, where she focused her research on wildlife conservation and human and wildlife interactions. Cori’s research experiences range from studying chimpanzee behavior in Tanzania to conservation projects in Madagascar and Antarctica. She also did some volunteer work close to her home in the Pacific Northwest, where she worked with Conservation Northwest studying and tracking the growing wolf population in Washington state. In her free time, she loves traveling and tries to go to a new country every year with her husband. She officially made it to all seven continents after her research trip to Antarctica in December of 2023, which was a major personal goal achieved for her. She also enjoys hiking with her husband and her two dogs and curling up with her cat to read a good book. Cori has always been passionate about protecting endangered species, and knows that truly understanding policy is the best way to make a real impact on wildlife management; for that reason, she is incredibly excited to officially be a part of the ESPP community!