Expertise
I have been working in the environmental field for over 20 years. I am an interdisciplinary scholar seeking opportunities to collaborate in social science and conservation research especially related to stewardship, recreationist behavior and management, communication, and resilience in bioregions.
Currently my research interests are in these areas: Communities of practice and networks, communication infrastructure and knowledge transfer, public land stewardship, recreational user behavior and influence, strategic planning and assessment and education and messaging.
Expertise: Socio-ecological systems, co-adaptive management, collaboration and trust, knowledge transfer, communities of practice and social networks, communication theories, landscape ecology, recreation governance and ethics, environmental education, conservation behaviors and psychologies, organizational management, strategic planning, and assessment. Subjects: stewardship, large contiguous bioregions, alpine zone, trail systems, public open space, bikes, urban forestry. Methods: Surveys, interviews, mixed method approaches, case studies, grounded theory, participatory action research.