Research Team and Stakeholder Partners
Research Team
Dr. Adam Daigneault is an Assistant Professor of Forest, Recreation, and Conservation Policy at the University of Maine’s School of Forest Resources. He received a PhD in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics from Ohio State University in 2006 and has spent the past decade developing quantitative models to assess the socio-economic impacts of environmental and land use policy on the natural resource sectors. Adam’s research has focused on a wide range of issues, including freshwater management, climate change mitigation and adaptation, invasive species control, and valuing ecosystem services. His work typically follows an integrated approach to address complex policy issues that have a direct impact on stakeholders. Prior to joining SFR, Adam was a Senior Economist at Landcare Research, New Zealand’s leading institute on terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity research and an Economist for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where he worked extensively on policy analysis relating to climate change, biofuels, and land use change.
Dr. Linda Silka is a social and community psychologist by training, with much of her work focusing on building community-university research partnerships. She has several decades of experience in leading community-university research partnerships on environmental, economic development, and environmental health issues. Linda was the former Director of the University of Maine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and is now Senior Fellow at the University of Maine’s George Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. Prior to moving to the University of Maine, she was a faculty member for three decades at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where she directed the Center for Family, Work, Community, served as the Special Assistant to the Provost for Community Outreach and Partnerships, and was Professor of Regional Economic and Social Development. Recent research partnerships she has facilitated include the NIEHS-funded Southeast Asian Environmental Justice Partnership and the New Ventures Partnership, the HUD-funded Community Outreach Partnership Center and Diverse Healthy Homes Initiative, and the Center for Immigrant and Refugee Community Leadership and Empowerment. Linda has written extensively on the challenges and opportunities of building research partnerships with diverse and has consulted internationally on how to build community-university research partnerships.
Dr. Sandra De Urioste-Stone, Assistant Professor of Nature-Based Tourism, School of Forest Resources
Dr. Mindy Crandall, Assistant Professor of Forest Management and Economics, School of Forest Resources
Dr. Aaron Weiskittel, Professor of Forest Biometrics and Modeling, School of Forest Resources & Director, Center for Research on Sustainable Forests