Melanie Boling, Boling Expeditionary Research & Imagery Beyond Borders.
Melanie currently serves as the Special Initiatives Officer for Harvard Veterans Alumni Organization and is building Harvard Veterans Mental Health Initiative.
Melanie is the Outreach and Media Director for the Pacific Northwest Chapter of The Explorers Club.
In 2021, Melanie opened her Expeditionary Behavioral Neuroscience Research and Consulting Company, Boling Expeditionary Research.
Melanie specializes in Psychopathology in Extreme Environments. Her focus is the Effects of Climate Change on Brain and Behavior.
Future Field Research includes observing and investigating the Effects of Climate Change on Brain and Behavior on Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of The Marshall Islands; Island of Moloka’i, Hawai’i; North Sumatra, Indonesia; Makah Nation, Pacific Northwest; and the Amazon Rainforest.
Experience
Founder, Extreme Environments Field Research Scientist, Boling Expeditionary Research.
Founder, Photojournalist, Imagery Beyond Borders.
Outreach and Media Director, The Explorers Club Pacific Northwest Chapter.
Founder. CEO. Director of Research & International Development, Peer Wild.
Special Initiatives Officer, Harvard Veterans Mental Health Initiative, Harvard Veterans Alumni Organization.United States Air Force Veteran, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
NATO Stabilization Force Protection Officer, Department of Defense
Trauma-Informed Yoga Educator, E-RYT, RCYT.Reiki Practitioner
Expeditionary Wilderness First Responder.
Future Academics
PhD Candidate, Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Washington.
Current AcademicsGraduate Certificate, Human Behavior: Neuropsychology Harvard Extension School,’23
Graduate Certificate, Biology: Neurophysiology. Harvard Extension School, ‘24
Wilderness Remote Emergency Medical Technician, NOLS ‘23.
Ongoing Academic ResearchAbnormal Human Behavior in Extreme Environments.
Reducing Allostatic Load in PTSD with Psychedelic Medicines.
Dopamine Control and the Psychological Field Kit.
Ongoing Wildlife Research
Coastal Rainforest Wolves of the Pacific Northwest.
Ongoing Environmental Research
Holistic Cultural Practices of Temperate and Tropical Rainforests.
Effects of Climate Change on Brain and Behavior.
Undergraduate Academics
Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; Emergency Management, University of Maryland.
Marine Biology; Oceanography, University of Hawai’i.
Fine Arts, Southern Illinois University.
Air Traffic Control, Air University.
Culinary Arts, Hotel & Recreation Management, Mortuary Affairs, Air University.
Photojournalism, New York Institute of Photography
Conflict Journalism; Ethics; Trauma and Journalism, Poynter News University.
Certifications & Licenses
Wilderness REMT, Emergency Medical Technician from the National Registry of EMTs (NREMT), Medical Care Person in Charge (MCPIC), and Healthcare Provider CPR/AED (ECSI), Expected 2023, NOLS
Wilderness First Responder, WFR, National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS).
Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher, E-RYT, Yandara Yoga.
Registered Trauma-Informed Children’s Yoga Educator, RCYT-95, Yoga Ed.
Qualified Youth Leader, The Mountaineers.
National Geographic Society Educator.
The Boling Family and Founders of Peer Wild, est. 2017, “Empowering kids to find and use their voice through heart-centered storytelling and stewardship of your own backyard.”
The Boling Family at Hale Koa Military Resort, Waikiki Beach, O’ahu, Hawai’i.
The Boling Family at Point Defiance, Tacoma, Washington.
Melanie Boling in Sacred Valley of the Peruvian Andes outside of Cusco, Peru.
United States Air Force Veteran Melanie Boling at Higher Ground Ranch Rodeo in Sun Valley, Idaho.
Airman Melanie Boling during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Baghdad, Iraq, 2003.
Melanie Boling on expedition in British Columbia, Canada.
Melanie Boling, E-RYT and RCYT specializing in Trauma-Informed Yoga on the day of graduation in North Bali, Indonesia.
Melanie Boling in El Yunque National Park on the island of Puerto Rico.
Melanie Boling and Expeditionary Service Dog River Roux at Machu Picchu in the Peruvian Andes Mountains.
Expeditionary Service Dog River Roux and Melanie Boling near Machu Picchu, Peru.
Melanie Boling at Hot Spring National Park, Arkansas.
Melanie Boling and Expeditionary Service Dog River Roux, Honolulu, O’ahu. Hawai’i.
Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran Melanie Boling with her horse Remy in Sun Valley, Idaho.
Melanie Boling on the island of Molokai, Hawai’i.
Melanie Boling on expedition in the buffer zone of the Leuser Ecosystem.
PC: PWB
Melanie Boling in Olympic National Park, Washington.
My Happy Place. Olympic Mountains, Washington State, USA.
Melanie Boling, E-RYT looking toward the sunrise over Bali Island, Indonesia.
Hawai’i is where my heart is and forever it shall be. Captured by my amazing daughter, Mia B.
Melanie Boling at Base Camp in Kaua’i, Hawai’i, USA.
Field Research Neuroscientist, Melanie Boling in the Quinault Rainforest of Olympic National Park, Washington.
Melanie Boling capturing the beauty of El Yunque, Puerto Rico.
United State Air Force OEF and OIF Combat Veteran, Melanie Boling at Pavco Flight School, Gig Harbor, Washington.
E-RYT, Melanie Boling, above the clouds on Big Island, Hawai’i.
Melanie Boling at Goonies Beach on the Oregon Coast.
Extreme Environments Neuroscientist, Melanie Boling at Olympic National Park, Washington.
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