Current projects:

Understanding the Experiences of Community Members Living Near Tiger Reserves. This study aims to explore how individuals in communities near tiger reserves perceive tiger conservation efforts and associated socio-environmental changes in their community.

Forestland Owners’ Perceptions of Ecosystem Services. This project is exploring how non-commercial forest management is related to landowners’ perceptions of ecosystem services, social systems, and relationships with land management support programs, to inform future conservation and land management strategies.

Environmental Impacts & Tourism Resiliency along Alabama’s Gulf Coast. This study will employ qualitative tourism stakeholder interviews to generate a deeper understanding of how tourism professionals perceive potential threats and adaptation strategies.

Utilizing Remote Sensing Data to Evaluate AmeriCorps Programs’ Environmental Outcomes. This evaluation will utilize remote sensing technologies such as satellite imagery, paired with field sampling data, to evaluate ecosystem characteristics on a broad scale and assess the impact that AmeriCorps members have in enhancing ecosystem attributes.

Alabama’s Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan. This project is synthesizing outdoor recreation supply data (what resources, opportunities, and settings exist) with outdoor recreation demand data (collected via surveys, focus groups, and public meetings) to understand the priority needs for outdoor recreation in the state.

Past projects:

Before-After, Control-Impact Evaluation of AmeriCorps Ecosystem Management Projects.

Environmental Education Programs within a Homeschool Community.

Decision-making by Tourism Communities in a Post-disaster Context.

Public Land Management Agencies & their Partnerships Before, During, and After COVID-19.

COVID-19 Restrictions & Recreation Behavior.

Preservation and Adaptation Priorities at a National Seashore.

Climate Change Impacts to North Shore, Minnesota Visitors.

Efficacy of Education on Aquatic Invasive Species Management in the Great Lakes.

Forest Service Personnel’s Motivation to Engage in Partnerships.