Collaborators
I maintain active collaborations with over 40 scientists from diverse disciplines in 7 different countries, including:
Current and Past Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
Current and past students (Masters and PhD) and postdoctoral fellows in our research group come from 13 different countries. Many now now work on environmental conservation, sustainable development, education, and/or research for non-governmental organizations, private companies, academic institutions, or government agencies around the world.
Lesly Aldana (Masters: REDD+ institutional capacity, Mexico)
Ekaterina Alexandrova (Masters: REDD+ safeguards)
Caroline Ammundsen (Masters: farmer attitudes towards wetland restoration)
Richard Berl (PhD: Biases shaping cultural transmission)
Sara Blank (Masters: non-compliance with fishery regulations in California)
Stephanie Blochowiak (Masters: development of monitoring program for Water Fund, Chiapas, Mexico)
Diana Butler (Masters: co-management in Peruvian protected areas)
Joshua Carrera (Masters: development of a monitoring program for the Water Fund, Chiapas, Mexico)
Marco Tulio Pacheco Coelho (Research Associate, Simulation modeling to investigate drivers of cultural diversification)
Meghan Collins (Masters: models of science informing aquaculture in New Zealand)
Abu Conteh (PhD: impacts of war on biodiversity conservation in Sierra Leone)
Dominique David-Chavez (PhD: Decolonizing environmental research)
Jenael Falcao (Masters: citizen science and environmental education, Mexico)
Jesse Festa (Masters: REDD+ market options CA-Mexico)
Hannah Haynie (Postdoc: Geography and Evolution of Natural Resource Management Systems)
Karla Hernández (Masters: TEK and community-based conservation)
Kristin Hoelting (PhD: Cultural ecosystem services knowledge in federal decision-making in the United States)
Pilar Jacobo (Masters: Gender and REDD+, Mexico)
Oria Jamar de Bolsee (Masters: commons governance and community-based conservation)
Patrick Kavanagh (Postdoctoral Fellow: geography of land tenure and subsistence strategies)
Amanda Leathers (Masters: conservation and development, Vanuatu)
Babs Lake (Masters: triggers & barriers to urban gardening)
Grace Leung (Masters: fair trade in Samoa)
Cintia Landa (Masters: TEK and community-based conservation)
Edy MacDonald (PhD: conservation-focused behavior change)
Ophélie Marek (Masters: ecotourism and community-based conservation, Mexico)
Matias Mastrangelo (PhD: diagnostic tools for land-use planning)
Joe McCarter (PhD & Postdoc: traditional ecological knowledge diversity and conservation)
Monica McWilliams (Honors: inclusive pedagogy in human dimensions of natural resource management)
John Parker (Masters: knowledge, attitudes and behaviors towards birds in urban New Zealand)
Kevin Pierce (Masters: co-management of Peruvian protected areas)
Katie Powlen (PhD: Drivers of protected area effectiveness in tropical forests in Mexico)
Emilio Rodriquez (Masters: participatory conservation governance in Peru)
Katharina Schlick (Masters: institutional linkages for collaborative conservation on Tibetan Plateau)
Stephanie Smith (Masters: ecotourism and community-based conservation, Mexico)
Terra Smith (Masters: citizen science and environmental education)
Kellie Stump (Masters: co-management of Peruvian protected areas)
Mohammed Swapan (Masters: impacts of shrimp farming)
Ruifei Tang (Masters/PhD: change and conservation of TEK)
Alyssa Thomas (PhD: non-compliance within recreational fisheries in New Zealand)
Justina Thorsen (Masters: development of monitoring program for Water Fund)
Alejandra Vasquez Vela (Masters: development of monitoring program for Water Fund)
Damon Yeh (Masters: commons governance and community-based conservation)
Lesly Aldana (Masters: REDD+ institutional capacity, Mexico)
Ekaterina Alexandrova (Masters: REDD+ safeguards)
Caroline Ammundsen (Masters: farmer attitudes towards wetland restoration)
Richard Berl (PhD: Biases shaping cultural transmission)
Sara Blank (Masters: non-compliance with fishery regulations in California)
Stephanie Blochowiak (Masters: development of monitoring program for Water Fund, Chiapas, Mexico)
Diana Butler (Masters: co-management in Peruvian protected areas)
Joshua Carrera (Masters: development of a monitoring program for the Water Fund, Chiapas, Mexico)
Marco Tulio Pacheco Coelho (Research Associate, Simulation modeling to investigate drivers of cultural diversification)
Meghan Collins (Masters: models of science informing aquaculture in New Zealand)
Abu Conteh (PhD: impacts of war on biodiversity conservation in Sierra Leone)
Dominique David-Chavez (PhD: Decolonizing environmental research)
Jenael Falcao (Masters: citizen science and environmental education, Mexico)
Jesse Festa (Masters: REDD+ market options CA-Mexico)
Hannah Haynie (Postdoc: Geography and Evolution of Natural Resource Management Systems)
Karla Hernández (Masters: TEK and community-based conservation)
Kristin Hoelting (PhD: Cultural ecosystem services knowledge in federal decision-making in the United States)
Pilar Jacobo (Masters: Gender and REDD+, Mexico)
Oria Jamar de Bolsee (Masters: commons governance and community-based conservation)
Patrick Kavanagh (Postdoctoral Fellow: geography of land tenure and subsistence strategies)
Amanda Leathers (Masters: conservation and development, Vanuatu)
Babs Lake (Masters: triggers & barriers to urban gardening)
Grace Leung (Masters: fair trade in Samoa)
Cintia Landa (Masters: TEK and community-based conservation)
Edy MacDonald (PhD: conservation-focused behavior change)
Ophélie Marek (Masters: ecotourism and community-based conservation, Mexico)
Matias Mastrangelo (PhD: diagnostic tools for land-use planning)
Joe McCarter (PhD & Postdoc: traditional ecological knowledge diversity and conservation)
Monica McWilliams (Honors: inclusive pedagogy in human dimensions of natural resource management)
John Parker (Masters: knowledge, attitudes and behaviors towards birds in urban New Zealand)
Kevin Pierce (Masters: co-management of Peruvian protected areas)
Katie Powlen (PhD: Drivers of protected area effectiveness in tropical forests in Mexico)
Emilio Rodriquez (Masters: participatory conservation governance in Peru)
Katharina Schlick (Masters: institutional linkages for collaborative conservation on Tibetan Plateau)
Stephanie Smith (Masters: ecotourism and community-based conservation, Mexico)
Terra Smith (Masters: citizen science and environmental education)
Kellie Stump (Masters: co-management of Peruvian protected areas)
Mohammed Swapan (Masters: impacts of shrimp farming)
Ruifei Tang (Masters/PhD: change and conservation of TEK)
Alyssa Thomas (PhD: non-compliance within recreational fisheries in New Zealand)
Justina Thorsen (Masters: development of monitoring program for Water Fund)
Alejandra Vasquez Vela (Masters: development of monitoring program for Water Fund)
Damon Yeh (Masters: commons governance and community-based conservation)