Affiliated Faculty & Students

Community and Natural Resources Institute

Faculty

betsy brunner
Elizabeth Brunner

Areas of Expertise:
Social Media, Environmental Protest, Energy, Science Communication, Images

courtney flint
Courtney Flint

Areas of Expertise:
Natural Resource Sociology, Community Sociology & Engagement

jessica schad
Jessica Schad

Areas of Expertise:
Rural Communities, Natural Resource Sociology

kristen vinyeta faculty member
Kristin Vinyeta

Areas of Expertise:
Climate Change, Fire Politics, Land Management, Tribal Sovereignty, Environmental Justice

jennifer givens faculty member
Jennifer Givens

Areas of Expertise:
Environmental Sociology, Climate Change, Global and Transnational

roslynn mccann faculty member
Roslynn McCann

Areas of Expertise:
Climate Change Communication, Permaculture, Clean Air Marketing, Local Food Systems

michael lyons faculty member
Michael Lyons

Areas of Expertise:
U.S. Climate Change Policy


mehmet soyer
Mehmet Soyer

Areas of Expertise:
Energy Development, Land Use Controversy, Environmental Inequality

matthew whitaker
Matthew Whitaker

Areas of Expertise:
Animal Studies; Environmental Criticism

 sarah klain
Sarah Klain

Areas of Expertise:
Renewable Energy, Restoration, Ecosystem Services, Environmental Values

gustavo ovandomentejo
Gustavo Ovando-Montejo

Areas of Expertise:
GIS, Remote Sensing, Landscape Ecology

anna miller
Anna Miller

Areas of Expertise:
Outdoor Recreation, Climate Adaptation, Social-Ecological Systems

Lawrence Culver
Lawrence Culver

Areas of Expertise:
Climate, Cities, Recreation, Tourism, History

 jacob freeman
Jacob Freeman

Areas of Expertise:
Collective Action, Population ecology, Antifragility

 Jennifer Peeples

Jennifer Peeples

Areas of Expertise:
Environmental Communication, Visual Communication, Toxins, Energy, Rhetoric

Michaelann Nelson
Michaelann Nelson

Areas of Expertise:
Environmental Rhetoric, Southwest Literature, Colorado River Literature

Lisa Gabbert
Lisa Gabbert

Areas of Expertise:
Folklore, Cultural Approaches, Landscape, Sense of Place, Narratives, Place Names

charles waugh
Charles Waugh

Areas of Expertise:
Ecocriticism, Environmental Justice, Nature Writing

Seth Archer
Seth Archer

Areas of Expertise:
Environmental History


Chris Conte
Chris Conte

Areas of Expertise:
History, Landscape, Africa, U.S. West


Mollie Murphy

Mollie Murphy

Areas of Expertise:
Toxins, Gender, Science Communication

 Nichelle Frank
Nichelle Frank

Areas of Expertise:
Environmental History

 

 

 

Students

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Edem Avemegah

Edem Avemegah

Graduate Student | Environment and Community

edem.avemegah@usu.edu

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Zubair Barkat

Zubair Barkat

Graduate Student

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Madison Fjeldsted

Madison Fjeldsted

Undergraduate Research Fellow

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Leonard Henderson

Leonard Henderson

Graduate Student | Environment and Community

leonard.henderson@usu.edu

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Bailey Holdaway

Bailey Holdaway

Research Technician

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Kristen Koci

Kristen Koci

Graduate Student | Environment and Community

kristen.koci@usu.edu

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Kwaku Opuku-Ware

Kwaku Opuku-Ware

Graduate Student

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Caitlyn Rogers

Caitlyn Rogers

Research Assistant

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Casey Trout

Casey Trout

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Sarah Wilson

Sarah Wilson

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