Teaching
Undergraduate Level Courses:
WLE 461 – Human Dimensions of Wildlife and Fisheries Management
Instructor, Department Wildlife, Fisheries and Conservation Biology, University of Maine
Sustaining and managing fish and wildlife depends on people, which means that wildlife professionals must understand people and their relationship to fish and wildlife. The rapidly growing science of human dimensions provides insight about people, including the who, what, where, when and why for all those interested in or affected by natural resource decisions. Human dimensions information is important for understanding how people can participate in natural resource decisions. The field is diverse and includes work on issues of values and demographics; the culture of wildlife management; working with communities; legal and institutional factors wildlife conflicts and disease; wildlife viewing, privatization, and trade; communication; education; and decision-making. This course examines theory and methods and practice related to human dimensions of fish and wildlife, considering both individual and sociocultural responses to wildlife.
Term Fall; 3 Credits; Grading Letter; Level Undergraduate
WLE 470 – Wildlife Policy and Administration
Instructor, Department Wildlife, Fisheries and Conservation Biology, University of Maine
This course examines wildlife law, policy and politics from multiple perspectives and provides an introduction to legal frameworks of fish and wildlife management in the United States (with coverage of U.S. and state constitutions, key wildlife statutes, administrative regulations, and case law). To better understand the conflicts and tensions in wildlife and fish management, the political context of wildlife management from a policy perspective will be discussed. The Endangered Species Act will be the focus of this class as it is a way to investigate challenges and opportunities related to conservation of species.
Term Spring; 3 Credits; Grading Letter; Level Undergraduate
Graduate Level Courses:
Advanced Theory and Methods in Human Dimensions of Wildlife
Social Science Applied Multivariate Statistics