She was named USU Graduate Student Teacher of the Year in 2022, and she is in the process of coauthoring an undergraduate textbook. “It was a lot of learning in a short period of time, but that helped me grow faster than if I was just reading a textbook on my own.”īorhara did more than just stay ahead of her students. “I was studying things one week and then teaching a chapter on them the next,” Borhara said. That was fortunate, because Borhara was also expected to teach an undergraduate climate science class at the same time. However, Wang gave Borhara the materials and guidance to catch up in the field, and within only a couple months, Borhara felt she could make it in her new major. Instead of studying rocks under a microscope and doing chemical analyses, Borhara needed to learn computer programming to manage massive amounts of atmospheric and oceanic data. The work of being a climate scientist is very different from geology. “We talked, and from that very first day when I met him, I knew that under his advising, I would be able to make it through a new field, and I had the confidence that I could put the pieces of my life back together.” “He was the first person who really listened to me,” Borhara said. But then she met Professor Simon Wang in the Plants, Soils and Climate Department. And then I entered a field where I had no experience at all, not even basic knowledge.”Īt first, Borhara wasn’t sure if she wanted to continue in higher education. “All I did for 10 years was work to have a future in geology. level than at an undergraduate level,” Borhara said. “It’s different changing majors at the Ph.D. Three years into the program, however, she decided to switch majors. Originally from Tanzania, Borhara earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Ohio before coming to USU with plans to continue her focus on earthquake sciences. in climate science, and instead of studying the inner workings of the Earth, she’s made a significant contribution to understanding how global warming will affect El Niño and La Niña in the Pacific - and by extension, much of the planet. Now she is preparing to graduate with a Ph.D.
Krishna Borhara came to Utah State University with a master’s in geology and the expectation that she’d be earning a doctorate in the same field.
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