BIOGRAPHICAL

Address

Department of Natural Resources
118 Fernow Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: (607) 255-7778
Fax: (607) 255-0349
E-mail: saw44@cornell.edu
Hompage: http://www.dnr.cornell.edu/saw44
Curriculum Vitae: Full Text Version

Current Position

Assistant Professor of Environmental Social Science
Department of Natural Resources
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853

Areas of Expertise

Environmental governance; multifunctional agricultural and forest development; institutional analysis of innovation

Education

1996, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Environmental Studies; Land Resources

1991, M.A. University of Virginia; Urban and Environmental Planning; Land Use

1986, B.A. University of Vermont; major in English, concentration in Chemistry

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

• 2001- present Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University
• 2003 - present, Visiting Scholar (summers), SYKE, Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki
• Summer 2001, Visiting Researcher (summer), Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki, Finland
• 1996-2001, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Berkeley
• 1998-2000, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Toulouse
• 1992-1995, Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Department of Rural Sociology
• 1991, Policy Intern, Agency for International Development, Arlington, Virgina.
• 1986-1987, Assistant Manager, Contract Packing, West Lynn Creamery, Lynn, MA. ($100,000,000/yr food service firm)

RESEARCH

External Funding

• National Science Foundation, Biocomplexity in the Environment, Dynamics of Coupled Human and Natural Systems. Understanding linkages between human and biogeochemical processes in agricultural landscapes. Co-PI with Laurie Drinkwater (PI, Cornell), Mark David(Co-PI, UIL), John Westra (Co-PI, LSU), Sig Snapp (Co-PI, MSU), Suzie Greenhalgh (Co-PI, World Resources Institute). $1,600,000. 2005-2008.
• Finnish Academy of Sciences, Law and Biodiversity Initiative. Law, forests and biodiversity: an analysis of policy instruments for sustainability, Co-Investigator with Michael Hilden, PI, Finnish Environment Institute). EU 300,000. 2005-2008.
• The Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation. Development of biodiversity conservation capabilities: an institutional analysis of actors and practices. Co-Investigator with Mikael Hilden (PI, Finnish Environment Institute) and Eeva Primmer (co-investigator, Finnish Environment Institute ). EU 45,800, 2005-2008.
• Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station. Inter-organizational networks for cross-boundary land management: assessment and development of organizational and territorial competencies. Principal Investigator, $45,000, 2006-2008.
• Cornell University Einaudi Center for International Studies, Graduate workshop on Development, Governance and Nature. Chair with Ron Herring (Co-Chair, Government, Cornell). Up to $6000 per year, 2003-present.
• Cornell University Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell Social Sciences Institute, Polson Institute for Global Development, Academy of Finland and University of Helsinki. Workshop on projectification, governance and sustainability: North American-EU comparison and synthesis. Principal Investigator with Stefan Sj?blom (Co-PI, University of Helsinki and Sarah Skerratt (Co-PI, Scottish Agricultural University), $25,000, October 21-24, 2007. http://sockom.helsinki.fi/forum/eng/CornellWorkshop.html
• Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station. Organizational dimensions of working landscapes: resources for stewardship enterprises. Principal Investigator with Louise Buck (co-PI, Cornell). $61,000, 2004-2006.
• Northeastern States Research Cooperative. University of Vermont School of Natural Resources. Institutional arrangements for working forests. Principal Investigator with Ceclia Danks (Co-PI, UVM). $42,439, 2003-2005.
• Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station. Associational forestry in the U.S.: organizational alternatives in non-industrial private forest management for environment, economy and community. Principal Investigator. $30,000, 2002-2005.

External Funding Secured Prior to Cornell Appointment

NB: as a Post-Doctoral Fellow and a graduate student, I was not eligible for PI status. My contribution to each proposal is specified below.

• USDA-National Research Initaitive, Program on Rural Development. Claiming rural places: the impacts of migrations and markets on resource access and control. Co-investigator with Sally Fairfax, Louise Fortmann, Lynn Huntsinger, and Nancy Peluso (Principle Investigators, UC-Berkeley). $245,000, 1998-2001. (I was a co-author of the proposal, and my CV was included as part of the research team)
• USDA-National Research Initiative, Program on Markets and Trade. Quality measurement and risk sharing in contracts for fruit and vegetables. Ethan Ligon (Principal Investigator). $140,000, 1998. (I was a contributor to proposal, and my CV was included as part of the research team)
• Giannini Foundation Award, UC-Berkeley. Research Conference: Knowledge generation and transfer: implications for agriculture in the 21st century. $30,000, 1998. (I wrote the proposal and organized and hosted an academic conference leading to publication of an edited volume)
• USDA-Economic Research Service, Markets and Trade Economics Division. Assessing the market for agriculture economic information. David Zilberman (Principal Investigator, UC-Berkeley). $150,000, 1997-1999. (I wrote the proposal and executed the project)
• USDA-National Research Initiative, Farming Systems Division. USEPA, USDA-NRCS, Ciba-Geigy, Farm Foundation, Leopold Center, American Society of Agronomy, DowElanco. Privatization of information and technology transfer in U.S. agriculture: research and policy implications. $35,000. 1995. (I wrote the proposal and organized and hosted an academic conference leading to publication of an edited volume)
• USEPA Agriculture Policy Branch, Soil and Water Conservation Society. Environmental implications of farmers' alternative sources of fertilizer and pesticide recommendations. Co-investigator. Peter Nowak (Principal Investigator, UW-Madison). 1994. $30,000. (I wrote the proposal and completed the research which was published as my doctoral dissertation)

Proposals to be submitted

• USDA National Research Initiative, Agricultural Prosperity for Small and Medium Sized Farms. Social and spatial determinants of transitions to organic agriculture: Toward an integrated infrastructural perspective for sustainability. PI. Leland Glenna (PI, PSU), Clare Hinrichs (Co-PI, PSU), Amy Traeger (Co-PI, PSU) and Ryan Galt (Co-PI, UC-Davis). $390,000 requested.

PUBLICATIONS

(* co-author is a graduate student, ** co-author is an undergraduate student)

Refereed Articles

• *Melo, C. and S. Wolf. In press. Eco-certification of Ecuadorian bananas: Prospects for progressive North-South linkages. Studies in Comparative International Development 42(3).
• *S. Wolf and J. Klein. 2007. Enter the working forest: Discourse analysis in the northern forest. Geoforum 38(5):985-998.
• *Klein, J. and S. Wolf. 2007. Toward multifunctional landscapes: Cross-sectional analysis of management priorities in New York's northern forest. Rural Sociology 72(3):391-417.
• *Wolf, S. and S. Hufangl-Eichiner. 2007. External resources and development of forest landowner collaboratives. Society and Natural Resources 20(8):675-688.
• *Brown, C., S. Wolf and J. Lassoie. 2007. Participation in co-management in community forests in Cameroon. Progress in Development Studies 7(2):135-155.
• *Young, R. and S. Wolf. 2007. Toward a pragmatic program for urban ecology (response to critics of our 2006 Urban Ecosystem article).Urban Ecosystems 10(3):349-354.
• *Wolf, S. and E. Primmer. 2006. Between incentives and action: A pilot study of biodiversity conservation competencies for multifunctional forest management in Finland. Society and Natural Resources 19:845-861.
• *Young, R. and S. Wolf. 2006. Goal attainment in urban ecology research: A bibliometric review 1975-2004. Urban Ecosystems 9:179-193.
• Just, D., S. Wolf, and D. Zilberman. 2006. Effect of information formats on information services: Analysis of four selected agricultural commodities. Agricultural Economics 35:289-301
• *Melo, C. and S. Wolf. 2005. Empirical assessment of eco-certification: The case of Ecuadorian bananas. Organization and Environment 18(3):287-317.
• Allaire, G. and S. Wolf. 2004. Cognitive models and institutional hybridity in agrofood innovation. Science. Technology and Human Values 29(4):431-458.
• Just, D., S. Wolf, and D. Zilberman. 2003. Principles of risk management service relations in agriculture. Agricultural Systems 75(2-3):199-213.
• Just, D., S. Wolf, S. Wu, and D. Zilberman. 2002. Consumption of economic information in agriculture. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 84(1):39-52.
• Wolf, S., B. Hueth, B., E. Ligon. 2001. Policing mechanisms in agricultural contracts. Rural Sociology 66(3):359-381.
• Wolf, S., D. Zilberman and D. Just. 2001. Between data and decisions: The organization of agriculture economic information systems. Research Policy (30):121-141.
• Hueth, Brent, E. Ligon, S. Wolf, and S. Wu. 2000. Incentive instruments in CA fruit and vegetable contracts: Input control, monitoring, measuring, and price risk. Review of Agricultural Economics 21(2):374-389.
• Fairfax, S., Fortmann, L., Hawkins, A., Huntsinger, L., Wolf, S. 1999. Federal forests are not what they seem: Formal and informal claims to federal lands. Ecology Law Quarterly 25:630-646.
• Wolf, S. And P. Nowak. 1999. Institutional failure and agro-environmental management. Research in Social Problems and Public Policy 7: 293-310
• Wolf, S. and D. Zilberman. 1999. Public science, biotechnology, and the industrial organization of agrofood systems. AgBioForum 2(1): 37-42.
• Wolf, S. and S. Wood. 1997. Precision farming: environmental legitimation, commodification of information, and industrial coordination. Rural Sociology (62)2:180-206.
• Wolf, S. and F. Buttel. 1996. The political economy of precision farming. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 78:1269-1274.
• Wolf, S. and P. Nowak. 1996. A regulatory approach to atrazine management: evaluation of Wisconsin's groundwater protection strategy. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 51(1):94-100.
• Wolf, S. and P. Nowak. 1995. Development of information intensive agrichemical management services in Wisconsin. Environmental Management 19(3):371-382.
• Wolf, S. 1995. Cropping systems and conservation policy: the roles of agrichemical dealers and independent crop consultants. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 50(3):263-269.
• Wolf, S. and T. F. Allen. 1995. Recasting alternative agriculture as a management model: the value of adept scaling. Ecological Economics 12:5-12.

Books

• Wolf, S. and D. Zilberman (eds.). 2001. Knowledge generation and technical change: Institutional innovation in agriculture. Kluwer Academic Press, Norwell, MA. 371 pp.
• Wolf, S. (ed.). 1998. Privatization of information and agricultural industrialization. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 299 pp.

Book Chapters

• Wolf, S. 2006. Commercial restructuring of collective resources in agrofood systems of innovation. Pp. 91-121 in The New Political Sociology of Science: Institutions, Networks, and Power; S. Frickel and K. Moore (eds.). University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, WI.
• Wolf, S. and D. Zilberman, 2001. Introduction. Pp. xi-xxii in Knowledge Generation and Technical Change: Institutional Innovation in Agriculture, S. Wolf and D. Zilberman (eds.). Kluwer Academic Press, Norwell, MA
• Wolf, S. and D. Zilberman. 2001. Institutional dimensions of knowledge system design and analysis. Pp. 357-366 in Knowledge Generation and Technical Change: Institutional Innovation in Agriculture, S. Wolf and D. Zilberman (eds.). Kluwer Academic Press, Norwell, MA.
• Wolf, S., D. Zilberman, S. Wu and D. Just. 2001. Institutional relations in agricultural information systems. Pp. 233-266 in Knowledge Generation and Technical Change: Institutional Innovation in Agriculture, S. Wolf and D. Zilberman (eds.). Kluwer Academic Press, Norwell, MA.
• Wolf, S. 1998. Introduction. Pp. xvii-xxv in Privatization of Information and Agricultural Industrialization, S. Wolf (ed.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
• Wolf, S. 1998. Privatization of crop production information service markets. Pp. 151-182 in Privatization of Information and Agricultural Industrialization, S. Wolf (ed.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
• Wolf, S. 1998. Institutional relations in agricultural information: Transitions and consequences. Pp. 3-22 in Privatization of Information and Agricultural Industrialization, S. Wolf (ed.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Articles/Chapters in Review

• *Ohl, Brian, S. Wolf and W. Anderson. A modest proposal: Rationalization of global ecological footprint. Revise and resubmit, Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy.
• *Hufnagl-Eichiner, S. and S. Wolf. External resources and organizational development: An ecological perspective on forest landowner cooperation. To be resubmitted to Organization and Environment.
• **Shapiro, D. and S. Wolf. Institutional assessment of the multifunctionality of culinary agritourism enterprises. To be submitted to Agriculture and Human Values.
• Wolf, S. Professionalization of agriculture and distributed innovation for multifunctional landscapes and territorial development, Special section of Agriculture and Human Values, S. Wolf and J. Harrison, eds. Spring 2008. http://devsoc.cals.cornell.edu/cals/devsoc/rssmtg.cfm
• Wolf, S. Network forms in natural resources management and policy: A co-evolutionary analysis. Chapter in Maxwell Conference on Organization and Environment, S. Brechin (ed.). Syracuse University, May 2007. http://cepa.maxwell.syr.edu/pages/111.html.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Published conference proceedings

• S. Wolf and E. Primmer. 2004. Biodiversity conservation competency acquisition among Finnish forest management service providers. Proceedings of Conference on Policy Instruments for Safeguarding Forest Biodiversity - Legal and Economic Viewpoints, Helsinki, Finland. http://www.metla.fi/tapahtumat/2004/forest-biodiversity/kotisivu-en.htm
• Allaire and S. Wolf. 2002. Professional networks in innovation processes. Proceedings of 4th Triple Helix Conference, Copenhagen Business School.
• Wolf, S. and P. Nowak. 1995. The status of information-based agrichemical management services in Wisconsin's agrichemical supply industry. In Proceedings of Site-Specific Management of Agricultural Systems Conference. American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI. pp. 909-920.
• Nowak, P. and S. Wolf. 1995. Site-specificity in agriculture: hard or soft paths for Wisconsin agrichemical supply dealers. In Proceedings of 1994 Wisconsin Fertilizer, Ag Lime and Pest Management Conference, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Cooperative Extension. pp. 146-160.
• Ferber, D., S. Wolf, P. Nowak. 1994. Using GIS to analyze agrichemical dealer practices and agrichemical use. In Proceedings of GIS/LIS '94, Annual Conference and Expo, Phoenix, AZ. Pp. 282-294
• Wolf, S., H. Hartley, R. McCallister, P. Nowak. 1993. Impacts of atrazine restrictions on weed management in corn. In Proceedings of Agricultural Research to Protect Water Quality, Soil and Water Conservation Society, Minneapolis, MN. Pp. 166-168.

Extension publications

• S. Wolf, J. Klein, S. Hufnagl-Eichiner, L. Buck. 2006. Taking stock and looking ahead: Benchmarking New York State maple sugar production. (Statistical compendium profiling sugarbush management, maple production and marketing and enterprise management). Pp. 132. http://maple.dnr.cornell.edu/pubs/maple%20sugar%20report.pdf.

Editorials

• Wolf, S. 1997. Commentary: The perils of privatization. AgConsultant, 53(4): 26.
• Wolf S. 1992. Institutional/sociological links between sustainable agriculture and wildlife need further examination. Editorial in American Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 7(1 & 2):68-69.

Reports

• Wolf, S., D. Just, S. Wu and D. Zilberman. 1998. Foundations of agricultural economic information networks. Report for USDA-ERS Commercial Agriculture Division. 109 pp.
• Purvis, A., S. Wolf, and S. Batie. 1996. Privatization of technology and information transfer in U.S. agriculture: toward a policy research agenda. Texas A&M University, Center for Biotechnology Policy and Ethics. Pp. 96-1.
• Haimes, Y., J. Pet-Edwards, S. Wolf. 1991. Risk management through waste minimization. Center for Risk Management in Engineering Systems. University of Virgina. 271 pp.

PRESENTATIONS

Invited Presentations

• Construction of multifunctional landscapes: Institutional analysis of innovation. Keynote address, Fairness and Welfare in Rural-Urban Relations. Ruralis Institute, Mikkeli, Finland. Dec. 8-10, 2005.
• Hybrid governance in technical systems. Environmental Synergies Seminar of Helsinki University of Technology and Finnish Graduate School in Environmental Social Science. February 1, 2002.
• Natural resource conservation in U.S. agricultural policy: path dependency in institutional innovation. Finish Environmental Institute Seminar, Developments in Future Alternatives of Finnish Agriculture: Dimensions and Scales of Sustainability. Helsinki, February 5, 2002.
• Natural resource conservation in U.S. agricultural policy: developments at the intensive and extensive margins. University of Oulu (Finland). February 6, 2002.
• Assessment of ecological management competencies in Finnish local forest management associations. University of Oulu (Finland). February 7, 2002.
• The 'market' for agricultural economic information. USDA Economic Research Service Workshop. Washington, DC. November 20, 1997.
• The role of private sector service providers in pesticide decision making. EPA Pesticide Regulatory Education Program. University of California - Davis. July 15, 1997.
• Institutional roles in agricultural production information service markets. Annual Meeting, American Society of Agronomy, Crop and Soil Science Society, Soil Science Society of America. Indianapolis, IN. November 3-8, 1996.
• Conflict of interest in agrochemical consulting markets. Annual Meeting, Entomological Society of America. Louisville, KY. December 1996.
• Public and private information channels in agricultural production systems. Extension Agricultural and Natural Resource Program Leaders. Kansas City, KS. January 1996.
• Public and private information channels in agricultural production systems. Annual Meeting, National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants. Orlando, FL. January 1996.
• GIS as a research tool in applied economics. American Agricultural Economics Association, Annual Meeting Learning Workshop. Indianapolis, IN. August 1995.
• Private sector technology and information transfer in U.S. agriculture. Annual Meeting, Brookside Laboratories, Silver Lake, WI. August 1995.
• Privatization of information transfer. National IPM Coordinators Workshop. Washington, D.C. March 1995.

Invited presentations at Cornell University

• An institutional approach to linking ecological and social subsystems in managed ecosystems. Biogeochemistry and Environmental Biocomplexity Seminar Series. Cornell University. Nov. 3, 2006.
• Transgenics and agro-environments. Panel Discussant at Transgenics and the Poor: Science, Regulation and Development Strategy Conference. Cornell University. Nov. 7, 2003. http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/conf/2003/gmopoverty/
• Community environmental governance. Paper presented to Environmental Policy Section of Finnish Environment Institute. SYKE, Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland. June 9, 2003.
• Non-profits and open space conservation symposium. Cornell University S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Business. April 23, 2003.
• Knowledge systems. Panel presentation at Infrastructure and Conservation Seminar. Rural Livelihoods and Biological Resources Pre-dissertation Workshop. Cornell University. April 1, 2003.
• Collective structures in natural resources management theory and practice. Social Capital and Civic Community Workshop. Cornell University and University of Turin. September 13-15, 2002.

Conference Presentations (no published proceedings)

• Wolf, S. Professionalization of U.S. agriculture: Toward accountability, adaptive capabilities and territorial development. Annual Meeting, Rural Sociological Society. Santa Clara, CA. August 2007.
• Wolf, S. The sky is, indeed, falling: Carbon, carbon everywhere. Annual Meeting, Rural Sociological Society. Santa Clara, CA. August 2007.
• Wolf, S. and E. Primmer. Between incentives and action: a pilot study of biodiversity conservation competencies for multifunctional forest management in Finland. Poster in the European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy Meeting: Actions for the 2010 biodiversity target in Europe- how does research contribute to halting the biodiversity loss? Helsinki, Finland. November 16-19, 2006. http://www.epbrs.org/epbrs_next%20meeting.html
• Primmer E. and S. Wolf. Kannustimista toimintaan: suomalaisen mets?talouden biodiversiteetin turvaamisen edellytysten tarkastelu (Between incentives and action: an assessment of biodiversity conservation competencies for forest management in Finland.) Ideasta innovaatio, innovaatiosta k?yt?nt?. Ymp?rist?my?nteisten innovaatioiden edist?minen yrityksiss? ja yhteiskunnassa. A Network for Research on Governance for Sustainability workshop. Helsinki, Finland. Nov. 11, 2006.
• Shapiro, D. and S. Wolf. Culinary agritourism and sustainable rural development. National Extension Tourism Conference. University of Vermont, Burlington, VT. Sept. 10-13, 2006. http:/www.esf.edu/NET2006/
• Wolf, S. and L. Drinkwater. Understanding linkages between human systems and biogeochemical processes at multiple: Managing the nitrogen conservation cascade. Integrated Approaches for Agroecosystem Management in the 21st Century. Ecological Society of America. Memphis, TN. Aug 10, 2006.
• Wolf, S., L. Buck, W. Anderson and S. Hufnagl-Eichiner. Multifunctionality, conservation enterprises and theories of innovation: A statistical analysis of NY maple syrup. Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Louisville, KY. August 10-13, 2006.
• S. Wolf. Construction and analysis of natural resource conservation competencies. Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Louisville, KY. August 10-13, 2006.
• Primmer, E. and S. Wolf. 2003. Development and testing of an institutional approach to forest policy and management. Poster presented at XIII World Forestry Congress Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. September 2003.
• Wolf, S. Sociological and economic research on agricultural contracts. Paper presented at Rural Sociological Society/American Agricultural Economics Associations Joint Annual Meeting. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. August 2003.
• Wolf, S. Forest and agricultural eco-certification as a process of innovation in extended networks. U.S. Society for Ecological Economics Annual Meeting. Saratoga, NY. May 2003.
• Danks, C., S. Wolf, K. Fligger, and J. Klein. Institutional arrangements for working forests. Northern Forest Research Cooperative Conference. Nov. 13, 2003. Burlington, VT. http://www.uvm.edu/snr/nsrc/.
• Wolf, S. Associational forestry in Finland. Forest owner cooperation: Balancing ecology and economics. Community Forestry Resource Center. Northampton, MA. Nov 2, 2002
• Wolf, S. Rethinking the role of professions in knowledge society, Leader of Track #5 of 4thTriple Helix Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark. November 2002.
• Wolf, S. Institutional analysis of private forestry in the U.S. Chair, Researcher/Practitioner Panel, Rural Sociology Society Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. August 2002.
• Wolf, S. Environmental governance assessment: innovation in non-industrial forest management in Finland and USA. International Conference: Nature Conservation on Private Land. European Forestry Institute. Lahti, Finland. June 12-15, 2002.
• Wolf, S. Evolution of U.S. agro-environmental policy: a knowledge-based perspective. Presentation at 9th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management. Bloomington, IN. June 2-5, 2002.
• Hueth, B., E. Ligon and S. Wolf. Contracting practices in CA fruit and vegetable markets. Workshop on Contracting Practices in Agriculture, USDA-ERS. Washington, DC. May 23, 2000.
• Wolf, S. Water resources and U.S. agriculture. Presented at 5th Universit? d'?t? de l'Innovation Rurale. Marciac, France. Aug. 11, 1999.
• Allaire, Gilles and S. Wolf. Governance in information system: Local-global linkages. Les Journees de la Proximit?. Toulouse, France. May 19-20, 1999.
• Wolf, Steven and David Zilberman. Agricultural information networks. Impact analysis and decision strategies for agricultural research, NC-208. Tucson, AZ. Feb. 26-27, 1999.
• Hueth, Brent, Ethan Ligon, Steven Wolf, and Steve Wu. Contracts and quality management in produce markets. Food Distribution Research Society Conference. Monterey, CA. October 28, 1998.
• Wolf, S. The impact of agriculture's industrialization on the environment, technology, and the rural community. American Agricultural Economic Association. Salt Lake City, UT. August 2-5, 1998.
• Wolf, S., P. Nowak, R. McCallister. Methodological and institutional barriers to farm practices assessment. IPM Data Needs Assessment Panel, Third National IPM Symposium/USDA-ERS Methodological Workshop. March 1996.

TEACHING

• Environmental Governance, NTRES 331/631/Bio&Soc 331/S&TS 331 (spring), Institutional analysis and modern historical survey of the status of state, market and community in environmental policy. Graduate section meets separately.
• Environmental Strategies, NTRES 431 (spring). Research seminar and practicum focused on critical analysis of market-oriented approaches to natural resource conservation.
• Contributor to B. Knuth's Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Processes (NTRES 430), Washington, DC case studies on Conservation Reserve Program, Endangered Species Act, and incorporation of environmental management systems (EMS) into National Forest management and planning.

ADVISING

Undergraduate Advising

Advisor for Student Organizations

• Faculty Advisor, Society for Natural Resources Conservation, 2005-2007 http://www.rso.cornell.edu/snrc/
• Faculty Advisor, Cornell Men's Squash, 2007 - present

Undergraduate Research

• Kjirsten Alexander. 2007. Honors thesis co-supervisor, Human Ecology. Profit Priorities and Cost Distribution: Sociocultural ecological impacts of Chilean forest management
• Joshua Perlman. 2007. Independent research. Land Use Change on the Urban Fringe: Exploratory Research on Suburban Growth and Its Implications for Adaptive Capacity
• Dana Shapiro. 2006. Honors thesis supervisor, Natural Resources. Culinary Agritourism in Sustainable Rural Development
• Mathew Gonser, Ava Goodale and Julia Raybould. 2004. Independent research. Environmental practice on campus: green purchasing for responsible forest management

Graduate advising

Graduate Field Memberships

• Natural Resources
• Development Sociology
• Cornell Institute for Public Affairs
• Conservation and Sustainable Development

Post-Doctoral Research Associates

• Ryan Galt, Ph.D. UW-Madison, Geography 2006-2007 - Accepted a position in August 2007 as Assistant Professor, Department of Human and Community Development & Agricultural Sustainability Institute, University of California, Davis

Support for Visiting Scholars

• Faculty Liaison for Prakash Mathema (Nepal), Hubert Humphrey Fellow, 2003-2004
• Host for Sebastian Godenhjelm, Ph.D. student, Department of Public Administration, University of Helsinki, Swedish School of Social Science, fall, 2007

Graduate Majors - Current

• Stefanie Hufnagl-Eichiner, Ph.D. Natural Resources, expected May 2008
• Andrew Lesser, MPS, Natural Resources, expected January 2008

Graduate Majors - Completed

• Robert Young, Ph.D. Natural Resources, 2007. Crossing boundaries in urban ecology: Pathways to sustainable cities
• Jeff Klein, M.S. Natural Resources, 2005. The politics, management priorities and discourse in the Northern Forest
• Brian Ohl, M.P.A. CIPA, 2005. Utilizing ecological footprinting methodology to achieve global sustainability and equity
• Cristian Melo, M.S. Natural Resources, 2004. Empirical assessment of eco-certification schemes in Ecuadorian banana production

Graduate Minors - Current

• Charlotte Acharya, M.S. Natural Resources, expected 2007
• Andrea Davalos, Ph.D. Natural Resources, expected 2007
• Li Maobiao, M.S. Natural Resources (on leave)
• Eeva Primmer, Ph.D. Forest Economics, University of Helsinki, expected 2008
• Sam Simkin, Ph.D. Natural Resources, expected 2008
• Krisztian Varsa, M.S. City and Regional Planning, expected 2008
• Hao Zhuang, M.S. Natural Resources, expected 2008

Graduate Minors - Completed

• Jacques Pollini, Ph.D. Natural Resources, 2007
• Carolyn Peach-Brown, Ph.D. Natural Resources, 2005
• Jennifer Gerbasi, MPS. Natural Resources, 2002

SERVICE

Committee Assignments, Cornell University

• DNR Teaching and Curriculum Committee, 2002-present
• Co-Director, Program on Governance, Nature and Development: Rural Livelihoods and Biological Resources, Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell University (with Ron Herring, Government). 2003-present
• Biology and Society faculty, 2003-present
• Biology and Society, Curriculum and Policy Committee, 2005-present
• Faculty Steering Committee, Community and Rural Development Institute, 2006-present
• Natural Resources, Graduate Admissions Committee, 2007-present
• Natural Resources, Seminar Committee, 2007-present
• Faculty Senate ad hoc committee on University Strategic Corporate Alliances, 2004
• Chair, Natural Resources Seminar Committee, 2004-05
• DNR Strategic Planning Committee, 2005

International Collaborations

• Visiting Researcher, Finnish Environment Institute, Policy Instruments Division, 2004-present
• Visiting Research Fellow, Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki, http://sockom.helsinki.fi/forum/eng/VisitingResearchforum.html, 2006-present

Reviewer

• Agriculture and Human Values
• Conservation Biology
• Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
• Environmental Biosafety Review
• Environment, Development and Sustainability
• Environmental Management
• Journal of Rural Studies
• Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
• Northern Journal of Applied Forestry
• Research Policy
• The Review of Agricultural Economics
• Rural Sociology
• Rural Studies
• Society and Natural Resources
• Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy
• Society and Natural Resources
• USDA National Research Initiative, Agricultural Systems and Markets and Trade
• USDA National Research Initiative, Rural Development
• USDA National Research Initiative, Prosperity for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

Professional Society Leadership Positions

• Co-Chair, Natural Resources Research Group, Rural Sociological Society, 2006-2008
• Ad-hoc program advisory committee, Agriculture and Food Research Interest Group, Rural Sociological Society, 2007
• Publications Committee, Rural Sociological Society, 2007-present

Editorial Boards

• Associate Editor, Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research (Rutledge, premiering 1/09), 2007-present
• Editorial Board, Agriculture and Human Values (Springer Netherlands), 2005-present