Faculty and Staff
We are a transdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Maine who are collaborating with other scientists and practitioners from government and non-profit institutions to offer a novel training program that foregrounds collaboration, ontological and epistemological diversity, and stakeholder empowerment.
Christine Beitl
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
Environmental governance, anthropology, human ecology
Kristina Cammen
Associate Professor
School of Marine Sciences
Ecological genomics, marine mammal science
Sudarshan Chawathe
Associate Professor
School of Computing and Information Sciences
Computer science, data integration, data science, scientific data management
Chaofan Chen
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science
Jessica Jansujwicz
Assistant Research Director
Maine Sea Grant
Human dimensions of natural resources, Community-based conservation
Tora Johnson
Initiative Co-Director
Sunrise County Economic Council
Geospatial analysis, environmental social science
Heather Leslie
Professor
School of Marine Sciences
Ecology, conservation science, coupled social-ecological systems science
Darren Ranco
Professor
Native American Programs
Native American Studies, Indigenous research methods
Hillary Smith
Assistant Research Professor
School of Marine Sciences
Common-pool resources, gender and environment, sustainable food systems
Michelle Staudinger
Associate Professor
School of Marine Sciences
Climate change, fisheries ecology, biodiversity
Joshua Stoll
Associate Professor
School of Marine Sciences
Environmental social science, fisheries and ocean governance, food systems
Tony Sutton
Assistant Professor
Native American Programs
Environmental social science, fisheries and ocean governance, food systems
Tracy MacKeracher
NRT Program Coordinator
School of Marine Sciences
Wellbeing, lobster fisheries, social-ecological systems