About the HDRU's Alumni:
Post-doctoral:
Sandra Jonker, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Postdoctoral Fellow.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Decker Graduate Students:
Tania Schusler: MS 2001, PhD 2007.
Thesis title:
Exploring Social Learning in the Development of Collaborative Natural Resource Management.
Dissertation title:
Youth-adult Partnerships Creating Positive Environmental Change.
Current Position: Environmental Issues Educator, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
E-mail: tms23@cornell.edu
Thesis title:
Exploring Social Learning in the Development of Collaborative Natural Resource Management.
Dissertation title:
Youth-adult Partnerships Creating Positive Environmental Change.
Current Position: Environmental Issues Educator, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
E-mail: tms23@cornell.edu
Kirsten Leong, PhD 2007.
Dissertation title:
Biological Resource Management in a Changing World: Capacity for Local Community Participation in Wildlife Management Planning for National Parks
Current Position: Project Manager, Human Dimensions of Biological Resource Management,
Biological Resource Management Division, National Park Service
E-mail: kirsten_leong@nps.gov
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Dissertation title:
Biological Resource Management in a Changing World: Capacity for Local Community Participation in Wildlife Management Planning for National Parks
Current Position: Project Manager, Human Dimensions of Biological Resource Management,
Biological Resource Management Division, National Park Service
E-mail: kirsten_leong@nps.gov
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Daniela Raik: MS 2004.
Thesis title:
Capacity Needs for Community-Based, Collaborative Deer Management: Insights for Effective Intervention.
Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate, Cornell University
E-mail: dbr23@cornell.edu
Thesis title:
Capacity Needs for Community-Based, Collaborative Deer Management: Insights for Effective Intervention.
Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate, Cornell University
E-mail: dbr23@cornell.edu
Marina Michaelidou: PhD 2002.
Dissertation title:
Moving Beyond Colonial Perspectives in Conservation: Sustaining Forests, Wildlife, and Mountain Villages in Cyprus.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Dissertation title:
Moving Beyond Colonial Perspectives in Conservation: Sustaining Forests, Wildlife, and Mountain Villages in Cyprus.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Lisa Chase: PhD 2001.
Dissertation title:
Democratizing Wildlife Management: Designing Effective Stakeholder Involvement Strategies.
Current Position: Natural Resource Specialist, University of Vermont Extension; Director, Vermont Tourism Data Center
E-mail: lisa.chase@uvm.edu
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Dissertation title:
Democratizing Wildlife Management: Designing Effective Stakeholder Involvement Strategies.
Current Position: Natural Resource Specialist, University of Vermont Extension; Director, Vermont Tourism Data Center
E-mail: lisa.chase@uvm.edu
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Lisa Pelstring: MS 1999.
Thesis title:
Stakeholder Outreach and Citizen Task Forces: An Examination of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Public Participation Relating to Deer Management.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Thesis title:
Stakeholder Outreach and Citizen Task Forces: An Examination of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Public Participation Relating to Deer Management.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Shawn Riley: PhD 1998.
Dissertation title:
Integration of Environmental, Biological, and Human Dimensions for Management of Mountain Lions. (Puma concolor) in Montana.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University
E-mail: rileysh2@msu.edu
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Dissertation title:
Integration of Environmental, Biological, and Human Dimensions for Management of Mountain Lions. (Puma concolor) in Montana.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University
E-mail: rileysh2@msu.edu
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Jody Enck: PhD 1996.
Dissertation title:
Deer-Hunter Identity Spectrum: A Human Dimensions Perspective For Evaluating Hunting Policy.
Current Position: Research Associate, HDRU, Cornell University
E-mail: jwe4@cornell.edu
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Dissertation title:
Deer-Hunter Identity Spectrum: A Human Dimensions Perspective For Evaluating Hunting Policy.
Current Position: Research Associate, HDRU, Cornell University
E-mail: jwe4@cornell.edu
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Cynthia Loker [Jacobson]: MS 1996.
Thesis title:
Human Dimensions of Suburban Wildlife Management: Insights From Three Areas of New York State.
Current Position: Wildlife Planner, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Ph.D. Candidate, Cornell University
E-mail: cal7@cornell.edu
Thesis title:
Human Dimensions of Suburban Wildlife Management: Insights From Three Areas of New York State.
Current Position: Wildlife Planner, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Ph.D. Candidate, Cornell University
E-mail: cal7@cornell.edu
Josh Winchell: MS 1996.
Thesis title:
The Influence of Change-Agent Image on the Adoption of Conservation Practices by Farmers in Western New York.
Current Position: Spokesman, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C.
E-mail: joshua_winchell@fws.gov
Thesis title:
The Influence of Change-Agent Image on the Adoption of Conservation Practices by Farmers in Western New York.
Current Position: Spokesman, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C.
E-mail: joshua_winchell@fws.gov
Richard Stedman: MS 1993.
Thesis title:
Expanding the Concepts of Hunters and Hunting: A Social Worlds Analysis.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, HDRU, Cornell University
E-mail: rcs6@cornell.edu
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Thesis title:
Expanding the Concepts of Hunters and Hunting: A Social Worlds Analysis.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, HDRU, Cornell University
E-mail: rcs6@cornell.edu
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Roland Shanks: MS 1992.
Thesis title: The Role of Environmental Paradigms in Communication Between NYS Bureau of Wildlife and NYS County Legislators.
Thesis title: The Role of Environmental Paradigms in Communication Between NYS Bureau of Wildlife and NYS County Legislators.
Knuth Graduate Students:
Meredith Gore: PhD 2006.
Dissertation title: Risk Perception and Outreach Intervention Evaluation Associated with Human-Black Bear Interactions.
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University
E-mail: gorem@msu.edu
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Dissertation title: Risk Perception and Outreach Intervention Evaluation Associated with Human-Black Bear Interactions.
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University
E-mail: gorem@msu.edu
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Krystyn Tendy: MPA 2006.
Thesis title: Environmentalism and Non-Governmental Organizations: A Case Study of the Clean Water Act Using Hyperpolitics.
Current Position: Law student at Fordham University School of Law
E-mail: kt99@cornell.edu
Thesis title: Environmentalism and Non-Governmental Organizations: A Case Study of the Clean Water Act Using Hyperpolitics.
Current Position: Law student at Fordham University School of Law
E-mail: kt99@cornell.edu
Kirk Sinclair: PhD 2005.
Dissertation title: Geographic Data Intervention to Support Private Woodland Management.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Dissertation title: Geographic Data Intervention to Support Private Woodland Management.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Seng Ly Kong: MS 2002, PhD 2005.
Thesis title: Resource Preservation Versus Public Use: A Content Analysis of General Management Plans for National Park/Preserve Units in Alaska.
Dissertation title:
Extension and Community-Based Fishery Co-Management in the Great Lake Tonle Sap, Cambodia.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Thesis title: Resource Preservation Versus Public Use: A Content Analysis of General Management Plans for National Park/Preserve Units in Alaska.
Dissertation title:
Extension and Community-Based Fishery Co-Management in the Great Lake Tonle Sap, Cambodia.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Ana Cordova: PhD 2003.
Dissertation title: Factors Affecting the Variability of Large Scake and Urban Dry Sanitation Programs: An Assessment Based on Mexican Experiences.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Dissertation title: Factors Affecting the Variability of Large Scake and Urban Dry Sanitation Programs: An Assessment Based on Mexican Experiences.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Brooke Zanetell: MS 2000, PhD 2003.
Thesis title: Assessing the Feasibility of Community-Based Management of a Rural Venezuelan Fishery.
Dissertation title:
Stakeholder Collaboration and Discourse: Delphi-Generated Global and Local Visions for Water Resource Management.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Thesis title: Assessing the Feasibility of Community-Based Management of a Rural Venezuelan Fishery.
Dissertation title:
Stakeholder Collaboration and Discourse: Delphi-Generated Global and Local Visions for Water Resource Management.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Melissa Anthony: MS 2001.
Thesis title: Gender Differences and Citizen Participation in Wildlife-Related Decision-Making Processes.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Thesis title: Gender Differences and Citizen Participation in Wildlife-Related Decision-Making Processes.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Noel Gurwick: MS 1998.
Thesis title: Property Theory, Property Rights, and Landowner Beliefs, Views of New York State Wetlands Owners and Permit Applicants About Land Ownership and Wetlands Regulation.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Thesis title: Property Theory, Property Rights, and Landowner Beliefs, Views of New York State Wetlands Owners and Permit Applicants About Land Ownership and Wetlands Regulation.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Sheila Fleming: MS 1997.
Thesis title: Factors Influencing Resident Support and Opposition to Local Greenways.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Thesis title: Factors Influencing Resident Support and Opposition to Local Greenways.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Bruce Lauber: PhD 1996.
Dissertation title: Moose on the Loose: Fairness and Decision-Making in the Adirondacks.
Current Position: Research Associate, HDRU, Cornell University
E-mail: tbl3@cornell.edu
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Dissertation title: Moose on the Loose: Fairness and Decision-Making in the Adirondacks.
Current Position: Research Associate, HDRU, Cornell University
E-mail: tbl3@cornell.edu
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Danielle Dixon: MS 1996.
Thesis title: Commitment to Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Education Among Educators in the New York Lake Ontario Basin.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Thesis title: Commitment to Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Education Among Educators in the New York Lake Ontario Basin.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Rob Van Brunt: MPA 1993.
Thesis title: Policy Analysis of the Endangered Species Act.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Thesis title: Policy Analysis of the Endangered Species Act.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Andrea Kollman: MPA 1992.
Thesis title: Evaluation Criteria for State-Local Government Interaction Regarding Solid Waste Management in New York State.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Thesis title: Evaluation Criteria for State-Local Government Interaction Regarding Solid Waste Management in New York State.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Betsy Landre: MS 1991.
Thesis title: Evaluating Public Involvement in Remedial Action Planning for Great Lakes Areas of Concern.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Thesis title: Evaluating Public Involvement in Remedial Action Planning for Great Lakes Areas of Concern.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Cary Oshins: MS 1991.
Thesis title: The Adoption of Municipal Yard Waste Composting Programs by County Governments in Upstate New York: Reasons and Barriers.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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Thesis title: The Adoption of Municipal Yard Waste Composting Programs by County Governments in Upstate New York: Reasons and Barriers.
Current Position:
E-mail: Unavailable
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