December 31, 2017

CURRICULUM VITAE  

KRISTEN C. NELSON  

Professor  Department of Forest Resources and 

Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences,  

University of Minnesota 1530 N. Cleveland Ave, St Paul, MN 55108-6112 

nelso468@.umn.edu, 612.624.1277   

TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS  

I contribute to an interdisciplinary understanding of environmental change and dynamic human systems. Specific areas of interest in human dimensions of natural resources include: environmental risk assessment and multi-stakeholder deliberation; environmental dispute resolution; human dimensions of wildfire preparedness, homeowner decision making and biogeochemical cycles in forested urban ecosystems, social networks and multifunctional agricultural systems, community participation in natural resource planning and knowledge formation; conservation and sustainable development.  

EDUCATION  

PhD. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, School of Natural Resources and Environment, 1994. specialization: environmental sociology 

M.S. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, School of Natural Resources, 1985. specialization: environmental conflict management/policy dialogues. 

B.A. St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1977. specialization: environmental ethics, ecology, environmental education  

  

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE  Professor, H. T. Morse Faculty in Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching  

Department of Forest Resources (60%) and Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology (40%), College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS), University of Minnesota. 

 Graduate faculty member, Natural Resource Science and Management (NRSM), Conservation Biology (CB), Water Resource Sciences (WRS), Sustainable Agriculture Minor, Risk Analysis for Introduced Species and Genotypes Minor. 

 Co-coordinator, Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) undergraduate major, 2006-2011, 2016. 

 Teaching: graduate advisor, undergraduate advisor, and four courses in natural resources problem 

solving and planning, conflict management, human behavior and environmental law, and sustainable development for undergraduate and graduate programs.  Research on Social Systems: environmental risk assessment and genetically modified organisms; multi-stakeholder dialogues and new governance; community preparedness for wildfire; homeowner landscape preferences and defensible space behavior; social networks in multi-functional agriculture; homeowner decision making and biodiversity-biogeochemical cycles of urban ecosystems; non-timber forest products-livelihood and lifestyle in Northern Minnesota; local response to environmental quality initiatives – low-input vegetation, anticipatory governance, water quality and equity; conservation and social well-being; pollinator lawns for public lands; honeybee conservation, management and social networks. 

 Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA., 1997-1999. Teaching: 

advising undergraduate courses in environmental problem-solving, sustainable development in Latin America, environmental movements, 1997-1999. Research: local response to global environmental initiatives- climate change, carbon mitigation projects, biodiversity management in Pennsylvania State Forests, Green Party state organizations.  

 Principal Investigator, Rural Sociology, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), San Cristóbal de Las 

Casas, Chiapas, México, 1994-1996. Teaching: graduate advisor, graduate courses in rural sociology, qualitative methods, participatory research. Research: socioeconomic analysis of community forestry projects; comparative study of farmer/scientist research methodologies in sustainable development; community participation in natural resource management; agricultural technology generation. 

 Principal Investigator, Rackham Pre-doctoral Scholar, 1991-92.  Associated Investigator, Social Science Team, Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza 

(CATIE), Nicaragua. Lead socio-economic investigations of farmer perceptions, knowledge systems, and the generation and transfer of technology. Co-investigator of integrated pest management technologies for the control of white fly (Bemisia sp.) and the Complex of Lepidopteran insects with on-farm experiments and on-farm validation plots, 1990-91.  

 Lecturer, Issues of Race and Gender in Natural Resources. School of Natural Resources, Undergraduate 

and graduate course, 1989.  Teaching Assistant for the School of Natural Resources and the Department of Biology, University of 

Michigan, 1983-84 and 1987-88 and 1993.  Research Assistant, principal investigator Dr Peter Grant (Princeton University). "Evolutionary and 

Behavioral Studies of Geospiza conirostris (Large Billed Cactus Finch)" on Isla Genovesa, Galapagos, Ecuador, January - May 1986.   

 Coordinator, Student Faculty Research Community, Residential College, University of Michigan, Designed 

the research workshops, guided and evaluated the social science senior research projects, 1984-85.  

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Research Assistant, Environmental Conflict Project, School of Natural Resources, principal investigators Dr P. Bidol, Dr J. Wondolleck, and Dr J. Crowfoot, 1984-85.   

 Research Staff, North American Farm Alliance, Developed a report for N.A.F.A. members that provided a 

structural analysis of U.S. agriculture and the farm crisis in America, 1983.  Documentation Team Member, Infant Formula Action Committee. Documentation of the social and 

economic consequences of infant formula feeding in the third world and inner-city communities of the United States, 1979-81. 

 National Organizer, INFACT, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Developed educational campaigns on breast 

feeding, workshops on the infant formula problem in the U.S. and the Third World, seminars on citizen organizing, and media campaigns, 1979-81. 

 Director, Koinonia Environmental Resource Center, Highland Lake, N.Y., Taught residential 

environmental education classes for elementary students, designed workshops for adults, developed a resource center of visual, audio, and literary materials, 1979. 

 Internship, Environmental Protection Agency, Division of Ocean Dumping and Oil Spills, Washington 

Office, Creation of the Division's Library for Benthic Studies of Toxicity and Oil Spill Damages, 1978. 

 GRANTS AND AWARDS 

 Specialty Crops Research Initiative (USDA). Increasing Low-Input Turfgrass Adoption through Breeding, 

Innovation, and Public Education. PD: Eric Watkins, Co-PDs: K.C. Nelson, S. Bonos, N. Anderson, S. Bauer, B.S. Bushman, B. Clarke, A. Hegeman, J. Honig, B. Horgan, B. Huang, P. Koch, A. Kowaleswski, W. Meyer, J. Murphy, A. Patton, S. Shekhar, C. Yue, and N. Zhang. ($5,485,292), 09/01/2017–08/31/2021. 

National Science Foundation (NSF-Collaborative Research, #NSF 16-521) MSB-FRA: Alternative future for the American Residential Macrosystem, PI and Co-PIs Minnesota Sub-Contract: Hobbie, S., Cavender-Bares, J., and K.C. Nelson (Nelson $255,155), PI Full Grant: Goffman, P. ($3,571,724), 2017-2020.  

National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) #2015-08722, Validating, refining, and encouraging the implementation of honey bee Best Management Practices to improve colony health, PIs and CoPIs: D, vanEngelsdorp, J. Deen, J. Engelsma, K. C. Nelson, R. Sagili, J. Skinner, M. Spivak, D. Tarpy, K. Traynor, S. Tubene, J. Wilkes, J. Wilson. 6/2016-5/2020. 

Environment and Natural Trust Fund (ENRTF), LCCMR-MN, Bee Pollinator Habitat Enhancement – Phase 2, PI and CoPIs: Spivak, M., E. Watkins, K. C. Nelson, and M. Pulscher. 6/2015-5/2018.  

University of Minnesota, Office of Vice President for Research. The mental health of green space: Leveraging big data and new models for planning smart cities. Serendipity Grant, Keeler, B. and K.C. Nelson. 5/2015-5/2016.  

USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station. The Future of Urban Forests in a World of Rapid Change and Great Uncertainty: Innovative Perspectives from Futures Research. D. Bengston, M. Dochery, K.C. Nelson, 07/01/2014–06/30/2015.  

Specialty Crops Research Initiative. Germplasm improvement of low-input fine fescue in response to consumer attitudes and behaviors. PD: Eric Watkins, Co-PDs: K.C. Nelson, S. Bonos, B. Clarke, B. Horgan, B. Huang, J. Kerns, W. Meyer, J. Murphy, C. Yue. 2012–2017. 

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Initiative for Renewable Energy and Environment. Understanding drivers of whole-household energy conservation in Minnesota using the Twin Cities Household Ecosystem Project. Baker, Coggins, and Nelson. 2011-2014. 

National Science Foundation. Collaborative Research: Ecological Homogenization of Urban America. Lead PI: Peter Goffman, Co-PIs Minnesota Team- Hobbie, S., J. Cavender-Bares, K.C. Nelson. 2011-2014. 

Institute on the Environment Discovery Grant. Connecting People, Land, and Water in Urban Ecosystems. PIs: Hobbie, S., L. Baker, K.C. Nelson, C. Schively-Slotterback, (nine senior personnel) University of Minnesota, 2011 - 2014. 

Long-term Ecological Research: Social Science Supplement. Explaining vascular plant diversity in household yards: the role of socioeconomic factors, values, and land-management practices. PIs: Cavender-Bares, J., K.C. Nelson, S. Hobbie, National Science Foundation, 2010 - 2012. 

Minnesota Futures Symposium. Urban Ecosystems and Human Well-Bing: Implications for Global Survivability. PIs: Baker, L., S. Hobbie, K.V. Cadieux, K.C. Nelson, P. Novak, C. Schively-Slotterback, University of Minnesota, 2009 - 2010. 

Minnesota Futures Symposium. Rural Design: A New Interdisciplinary Field of Inquiry and Practice for Addressing Rural Needs, PIs D. Thorbeck and S. Streng; Co-Investigators: J. Guernsey, N. Jordan, K.C. Nelson, K. Pelican, S. Roos, T. Sokolski, and A. Ziebarth, University of Minnesota, 2009 - 2010.  

National Science Foundation: Dynamic Coupled Natural-Human Systems. Collaborative Research: Human choice and biogeochemical cycling in urban ecosystems. PIs: Baker, L., S. Hobbie, J. King, J. McFadden, and K.C. Nelson, 2009 - 2013. 

Long-term Ecological Research: Social Science Supplement. Altering behavior to change consumption choices (and household biogeochemical cycles) along an urban to exurban gradient. PIs: Hobbie, S., K.C. Nelson, J. King, L. Baker, and J. Corney. National Science Foundation, 2009 - 2010. 

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. From Debate to Dialogue on ATV Use in Minnesota: Decision Frames from Stakeholder Insights, PIs: Nelson, K.C., S. Asah and D. Bengston, 2008 - 2009.  

National Science Foundation: Dynamic Coupled Natural-Human Systems. $941,829.40. Understanding the importance of weak-tie networks in complex human-environment systems: ecosocial feedback in multifunctional agriculture. PIs: Jordan, N, S. Manson, and K.C. Nelson, 2007 - 2010. 

National Science Foundation: Dynamic Coupled Natural-Human Systems. Integration of human choice into models of biogeochemical cycling in urban ecosystems. PIs: Baker, L., S. Hobbie, J. King, J. McFadden, and K.C. Nelson, 2007 - 2009. 

National Science Foundation, IGERT: Risk Analysis for Introduced Species and Genotypes, PIs: Andow, S. Gladowich, A. Kapucinski, and R. Newman, 2007 - 2011, Nelson senior faculty member. 

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Assessment of Sprinkler Systems: Post Ham Lake Fire Evaluation, PIs: Nelson, K.C. and J. F. Johnson, 2007.  

USDA Joint Fire Science Program. Community wildfire protection plans: enhancing collaboration and building social capacity: Comparative Community Study. PIs: P. Jakes, D. Williams, K.C. Nelson, A. Cheng, V. Stutevant, S. Burns, and P. Williams, 2005 - 2008.  

Swiss Development Council. GMO Guidelines Project: Phase II Tools and Comparative Implementation. PIs: Hilbeck et al including K.C. Nelson, 2005–2008. 

USDA Forest Service. Public discourses about wildfire and fire management: A computer content analysis. PIs: K.C. Nelson, 2004 - 2005.  

National Science Foundation, Biocomplexity Program. Coupled Biogeochemical Cycles in Urban and Agricultural Ecosystems: Role of Hydrology, Stoichiometry, Spatial Linkages, and Human Behavior. PIs: P. Brezonick, L. Baker, D. Mulla, S. Hobbie, and K.C. Nelson, 2003 – 2005. 

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Save the Tiger Fund, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Phase I & II: Padumpur: The Social, Economic Assessment of Citizen Initiated Resettlement Project. PIs: K.C. Nelson, D. Smith and N. Dhakal, 2003 – 2006.  

USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Preparedness in Minnesota, PI: K.C. Nelson, 2003 - 2005. USDA Forest Service. Metropolitan Trout Streams: Urban Residents’ Perceptions and Management of 

Unique Urban Resources. PIs: K.C. Nelson, D. Bengston and L. Preus, 2003 - 2005.  USDA Forest Service. Neighborhood Associations: The Influence of Social Contracts on Homeowner Fire 

Preparedness. PI: K.C. Nelson, 2002- 2005. Minnesota DNR Division of Wildlife. Urban Wildlife and Greenway Homeowners. PI: K.C. Nelson, 2001- 

2002. USDA Forest Service. Community partnerships: Landscape level strategies to reduce the risk and loss from 

catastrophic fires. PI: K.C. Nelson, 2002 –2005. USDA Forest Service. $22,000. Public Perceptions of Defensible Space and Prescribed Fire in the 

Wildland-Urban Interface. PI: K.C. Nelson, 2001- 2005. USDA Forest Service. Public Policy for Managing Urban Growth and Protecting Open Space. PIs: K. C. 

Nelson and D. Bengston, 2000- 2001. USDA-IPM Grant Program. Learning Groups: Transformative Agroecology. PIs: Jordan, N., S. White and 

K.C. Nelson, 2000-2002. University of Minnesota Grant in Aid of Research, Artistry, and Scholarship. Environmental Services in 

Community Forests: Carbon Mitigation and Participation in Mexico and Nicaragua. PI: K.C. Nelson, 2000 –2001. 

 Grants and Fellowships prior to 2000 (K .C. Nelson sole investigator) Research and Professional Development Grant ($5,000) 1997-98 Rockefeller Social Science Fellowship ($141,000) 1994-96 Pre-doctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan ($25,000) 1991-92   Fulbright Scholar ($18,000) 1990 Organization of American States Dissertation Scholar ($13,000) 1990-91 Organization for Tropical Studies Scholarship 1989 Institute for the Development of Alternative Agriculture 1988 Research Partnership Grant 1988-89 Continuing Education for Women Scholar 1988 School of Natural Resources Award 1987 Behavior and Environment Student Recognition Award 1985 Rackham Thesis Award 1985  Grants Submitted and Not Funded 2017 Environment and Natural Trust Fund (ENRTF), LCCMR-MN, A multi-pronged approach toward 

reducing nitrogen inputs and loss in urban landscapes, PI and CoPIs: Trappe, J., E.Watkins, K. C. Nelson. ($286,156) 6/2018-5/2021.  

EPA-STAR (#EPA-G2016-STAR-A1) Investigating and enhancing community capacity to promote ecosystem services and human well-being in urban watersheds. Keeler, B., Davenport, M., Nelson, K.C., Derickson, K. $600,000, 01/01/2017 – 12/31/2019. AWARDED and then in 2017 multiple EPA programs were cut by the new administration. 

  

PUBLICATIONS  

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Peer-reviewed journal publications (55 articles – graduate student and post-doc advising/mentoring*) Barnes*, M. R., K. C. Nelson, A. Meyer, E. Watkins, S. Bono, B. Horgan, W. Meyer, J. Murphy, C.Yue. 

2018. Public land managers and sustainable urban vegetation: The case of low-input turfgrasses. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 29, 284-292.  

Pearse, William D., Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Sarah E. Hobbie, Meghan L. Avolio, Neil Bettez, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Peter M. Groffman, Morgan Grove, Sharon J. Hall, James B. Heffernan, Jennifer Learned, Christopher Neill, Kristen C. Nelson, Diane E. Pataki, Benjamin L. Ruddell, Meredith K. Steele, Tara L. E. Trammell. Ecological homogenization in North American urban yards: vegetation diversity, composition, and structure. Ecoshere, (accepted 10/2017). 

Groffman, P.M., Meghan Aviolio, Jeanine Cavender-Bares, Neil D. Bettez, J. Morgan Grove, Sharon J. Hall, Sarah E. Hobbie, Kelli L. Larson, Susannah B. Lerman, Dexter Locke, James B. Heffernan, Jennifer L. Morse, Christopher Neill, Kristen C. Nelson, Jarlath O’Neil-Dunne, Diane Pataki, and Colin Polsky, Richard V. Pouyat, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Meredith Steele, and Tara Trammell. 2017. Ecological homogenization of residential macrosystems. Nature Ecology and Evolution 1, 0191. 

Wheeler, Megan, Christopher Neill, Peter M. Groffaman, Meghan Aviolio, Neil D. Bettez, Jeanine Cavender-Bares, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Lindsay Darling, J. Morgan Grove, Sharon J. Hall, James B. Heffernan, Sarah E. Hobbie, Kelli L. Larson, Jennifer L. Morse, Kristen C. Nelson, Laura Ogden, Jarlath O’Neil-Dunne, Diane Pataki, and Colin Polsky, Meredith Steele, and Tara Trammell. 2017. Continental-scale homogenization of residential lawn plant communities, Landscape and Urban Planning, 165:54-63.  

Yue, C., J. Wang, E. Watkins, S. Bono, K.C. Nelson, J. Murphy, W. Meyer, B. Horgan. 2017. An Investigation of Trait Prioritization in Turfgrass Breeding Programs, HortScience, 52: 1544-1549. 

Yue, C., J. Wang, E. Watkins, S. Bono, K.C. Nelson, J. Murphy, W. Meyer, B. Horgan. 2017. Consumer preferences for information sources of turfgrass products and lawn care, Agronomy Journal, 109(4): 1726-1733. 

Yue, C., J. Wang, E. Watkins, S. Bono, K.C. Nelson, J. Murphy, W. Meyer, B. Horgan. 2017. Heterogeneous consumer preference for turfgrass attributes in United States and Canada, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 65(3): 347-383. 

Sisser, John*, Kristen C. Nelson, Kelli L. Larson, Laura A. Ogden, Colin Polsky, and Rinku Roy Chowdhury. 2016. Lawn enforcement: How municipal policies and neighborhood norms influence homeowner residential landscape management, Landscape and Urban Planning, 150: 16-25.  

Groffman, Peter, J. Morgan Grove, Colin Polsky, Neil D. Bettez, Jennifer L. Morse, Jeanine Cavender-Bares, Sharon J. Hall, James B. Heffernan, Sarah E. Hobbie, Kelli L. Larson, Christopher Neill, Kristen Nelson, Laura Ogden, Jarlath O’Neil-Dunne, Diane Pataki, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, and Dexter H. Locke. 2016. Satisfaction, water and fertilizer use in the American residential macrosystem. Environmental Research Letters, 11(3) 034004. 

Hall, Sharon J., Jennifer Learned, Ben Ruddell, Kelli L. Larson, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Neil Bettez, Peter M. Groffman, J. Morgan Grove, James B. Heffernan, Sarah E. Hobbie, Jennifer L. Morse, Christopher Neill; Kristen C. Nelson; Jarlath P.M. O’Neil-Dunne; Laura Ogden; Diane E. Pataki; William D. Pearse, Colin Polsky, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Meredith K. Steele, Tara L.E. Trammel. 2016. Convergence of microclimate in residential landscapes across diverse cities in the United States Landscape Ecology, 31(1): 101-117. 

Trammell, T. L.E., D.E. Pataki, J. Cavender-Bares, P.M. Goffman, S.J. Hall, J.B. Heffernan, S.E. Hobbie, J.L. Morse, C. Neill, K.C. Nelson. 2016. Plant nitrogen concentration and isotopic composition in residential lawns across seven U.S. cities. Oecologia, 181(1): 271-285. DOI 10.1007/s00442-016-3566-9 

Manson, S. M., N. Jordan, K.C. Nelson, and R. F. Brummel. 2016. Modeling the effect of social networks on adoption of multifunctional agriculture. Environmental Modeling and Software, 75: 388-401.  

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Larson, K., K.C. Nelson, S.R. Samples, S.J. Hall, N. Bettez, J. Cavernder-Bares, P.M. Groffman, M. Grove,                               J.B. Heffernan, SE Hobbie, J Learned, JL Morse, C. Neill, LA Ogden, J O’Neil-Dunne, C. Polsky,                               R. Roy Chowdhury, M. Steele, T.L. Trammell. 2015. Ecosystem services in managing residential                         landscapes: priorities, value dimensions, and cross-regional patterns, Urban Ecosystems, 19(1):                   105-113 

Martini, N.F.* and K.C. Nelson. 2015. The Role of Knowledge in Residential Lawn Management. Urban Ecosystems, 18: 1031-1047. 

Martini, N.F.*, K.C. Nelson, S.E. Hobbie, and L.C. Baker. 2015. Why “Feed the Lawn”? Exploring the influence of residential turf grass fertilization in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metropolitan Area. Environment & Behavior, 47(2): 158-183. 

Martini, N.F.*, K.C. Nelson, and M.E. Dahmus. 2014. Exploring Homeowner Diffusion of Yard Care Knowledge as One Step Toward Improving Urban Ecosystems. Environmental Management. 54(5): 1223-1236. 

Brummel, R.* and K.C. Nelson. Does multifunctionality matter to US farmers? Farmer motivations and conceptions of multifunctionality in dairy systems. Journal of Environmental Management, 146: 451-462. 

Polsky, C, M. Grove, C. Knudson, P. Groffman, N.D. Bettez, J. Cavender-Bares, S.J. Hall, J. Heffernan, S.E. Hobbie, K.L. Larson, J.L. Morse, C. Neill, K.C. Nelson, L. Ogden, J. O’Neill-Dunne, D. Pataki, R. Roy Chowdhury, and M.K. Steele. 2014. Assessing the homogenization of urban land management with an application to US residential lawn care. PNAS, 111 (12): 4432-4437.  

Nelson, K.C., R. Brummel, N. Jordan, and S. Manson. 2014. Social networks in coupled human and natural systems: The case of rotational grazing, weak ties, and U.S. eastern dairy landscapes. Agriculture and Human Values, 31(2): 245-259. 

Steele, M.K., J. B. Heffernan, N. Bettez, J. Cavender-Bares, P.M. Groffman, M. Grove, S. Hall, S. E. Hobbie, K. Larson, J. Morse, C. Neill, K.C. Nelson, J. O’Neil-Dunne, L. Ogden, D.E. Pataki, C. Polsky, and R. Roy Chowdhury. 2014. Convergent surface water distribution in US cities. Ecosystems, 17: 685-697.  

Dahmus, M.E.* and K.C. Nelson. 2014. Nature Discourses in the Residential Yard in Minnesota. Landscape and Urban Planning, 125: 183-187. 

Groffman, P.M., R.V. Pouyat, J. Cavender-Bares, N.D. Bettez, J.M. Grove, S.J. Hall, J. Heffernan, S.E. Hobbie, K.L. Larson, J.L. Morse, C. Neill, K.C. Nelson, J. O’Neill-Dunne, L. Ogden, D. Pataki, C. Polsky, R.Roy Chowdhury, and M.K. Steele. 2014. Ecological Homogenization of Urban America. Front Ecol. Environ, 12(1): 74-81. 

Dahmus, M.* and K.C. Nelson. 2014. Yard Stories: Examining resident’s conceptions of their yards as part of the urban ecosystem. Urban Ecosystems, 17: 173-194. 

Monroe, M.C., S. Agrawal, P.J. Jakes, L.E. Kruger, K.C. Nelson, and V. Sturtevant. 2013. Identifying indicators of behavior change: Insights from wildfire education programs. Journal of Environmental Education, 44 (3): 180-194. 

Williams, D.R., P.J. Jakes, S. Burns, A.S. Cheng, K.C. Nelson, V. Sturtevant, R.F. Brummel, E. Staychock, and S.G. Souter. 2012. Community Wildfire Protection Planning: The Importance of Framing, Scale, and Building Sustainable Capacity. Journal of Forestry, 110 (8): 415-420. 

Dana, G.* and K.C. Nelson 2012. Social learning through environmental risk analysis of biodiversity and GM Maize in South Africa, Environmental Policy and Governance, 22: 238-252. 

Asah, S.T.*, D.N. Bengston, K. Wendt, and K.C. Nelson. 2012. Diagnostic reframing of intractable environmental problems: Case of a contested multiparty public land-use conflict, Journal of Environmental Management, 108: 108-119. 

Fissore, C.*, J. McFadden, K.C. Nelson, E. Peters, L. Baker, S. Hobbie, J. King, and I. Jacobsdottir. 2012. Potential impacts of emerald ash borer invasion on biogeochemical and water cycling in residential landscapes across a metropolitan region, Urban Ecosystems, 15 (4): 1015-1030. 

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Hobbie, S. E., L. A. Baker, C. Fissore, J. Y. King, J. P. McFadden, and K. C. Nelson. 2012. Planetary Stewardship Begins at Home. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 92: 389-391. 

Brummel, R.*, K.C. Nelson, and P. Jakes. 2012. Burning through organizational boundaries? Inter-organizational communication networks in policy-mandated collaborative bush fire planning groups, Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions, 22: 516-528. 

Fissore, C.*, S.E. Hobbie, J.Y. King, J.P. McFadden, K.C. Nelson, and L.A. Baker. 2012. The residential landscape: fluxes of elements and the role of household decisions. Urban Ecosystems, 15 (1): 1-18. 

Bleser, C. S.*, and K.C. Nelson. 2011. Climate change and water governance: A case study of the International Joint Commission. Water Policy, 13(6): 877-894. 

Jakes, P.J., K.C. Nelson, S.A. Enzler, S. Burns, A.S. Cheng, V. Sturtevant, D.R. Williams, A. Bujak, R.F. Brummel, S.G. Souter, and E. Staychock. 2011. Community wildfire protection planning: Is the Healthy Forests Restoration Act’s vagueness genius? International Journal of Wildland Fire, 20(3): 350-363. 

Dhakal, N.P.*, K.C. Nelson, and J.L.D. Smith. 2011. Resident Wellbeing in Conservation Resettlement: The Case of Padampur in the Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal. Society and Natural Resources. 24: 597-615. 

Fissore, C.*, L.A. Baker, S.E. Hobbie, J.K. King, J.P. McFadden, K.C. Nelson, and I. Jakobsdottir. 2011. Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus fluxes in household ecosystems in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, urban region. Ecological Applications. 21(3): 619-639. 

LeDee, O.E.*, K.C. Nelson, and F.J. Cuthbert. 2010. The challenge of threatened and endangered species management in coastal areas. Coastal Management, 38:3 37-353.  

Gurung, B.*, K.C. Nelson, and J.L.D. Smith. 2010. Impact of grazing restrictions on livestock composition and husbandry practices in Madi Valley, Chitwan National Park, Nepal. Environmental Conservation 36 (4): 338-347. 

Brummel, R.F.*, K.C. Nelson, S.G. Souter, P.J. Jakes, and D.R. Williams. 2010. Social learning in a policy-mandated collaboration: Community wildfire protection planning in the eastern United States, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 53(6): 681-699. 

Nelson, K.C., D.A. Andow, and M.J. Banker. 2009. Problem Formulation and Option Assessment (PFOA) linking governance and environmental risk assessment for technologies: A methodology for problem analysis of nanotechnologies and genetically engineered organisms, Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics, Vol. 37(4): 732-748. 

Grayzeck, S.*, K. C. Nelson, R. Brummel, P. Jakes, and D. Williams. 2009. Interpreting federal policy at a local level: The wildland-urban interface concept in wildfire protection planning in the Eastern United States, International Journal of Wildland Fire, 18, 278-289.  

Nerbonne, J.F.* and K.C. Nelson. 2008. Volunteer Macroinvertebrate Monitoring: Tensions between Group Goals, Data Quality, and Outcomes, Environmental Management, 42: 470-479.  

Asah, S. T.*, K.C. Nelson, D. N. Bengston. 2008. Managing Social-Ecological Change and Uncertainty: Floodplain Agriculture and Conservation in Dryland Northern Cameroon, Conservation and Society, 6(2): 166-178. 

Wilsey, D. S.* and K.C. Nelson. 2008. Conceptualizing multiple non-timber forest product harvest and harvesting motivations among balsam bough pickers in northern Minnesota, Society and Natural Resources, 21: 812-827. 

Jakes, P., L. Kruger, M. Monroe, K. Nelson, and V. Sturtevant. 2007. Improving wildfire preparedness: lessons from communities across the U.S. Human Ecology Review, 14(2): 182-191. 

Baker, L.A., P. Hartzheim, S. Hobbie, K. C. Nelson, and J. King. 2006. Effect of consumption on fluxes of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus through households. Urban Ecosystems, DOI 10.1007/s11252-006-0014-3.(21pgs). 

Nelson, K. C. 2005. “Commentary on ‘Hierarchy Theory in Sociology, Ecology, and Resource 

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Management: A Conceptual Model for Natural Resource and Environmental Sociology and Socioecological Systems’ by W. Warren, Society and Natural Resources, 18 (4): 467-470. 

Nelson, K. C., M. C. Monroe, Jayne Fingerman Johnson, and A. Bowers. 2005. The Look of the Land: Homeowner Values, Actions, and Defensible Space Landscapes in Minnesota and Florida, Society and Natural Resources, 18 (4): 321-336.  

Nelson, K. C., M. C. Monroe, J. Fingerman Johnson, and Alison Brower. 2004. Living with fire: Homeowner assessment of landscape values and defensible space in Minnesota and Florida, U.S.A., International Journal of Wildland Fire, 13(4): 413-425.  

Nerbonne, J. F.*, and K. C. Nelson. 2004. Volunteer Macroinvertebrate Monitoring in the United States: Resource Mobilization and Comparative State Structures. Society and Natural Resources, 17: 1-23. 

Blissett, H., S. Simmons, N. Jordan, and K. C. Nelson.  2004.  Evaluation of Learning Group Approaches for Fostering Integrated Cropping Systems Management.  Journal of Natural Resource and Life Science Education, 33: 134-140. 

Monroe, M. C. and K. C. Nelson. 2004. The Value of Assessing Public Perceptions: Wildland Fire and Defensible Space, Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 3:109-118.  

Johnson, K.*, and K. C. Nelson. 2004. Conservation through co-management: Evaluation of a local common property regime within a national park in Mexico. Journal of Human Ecology, 32(6): 131-143. 

Bengston, D., J. Fletcher, and K. C. Nelson. 2004. Public policy instruments for managing urban growth: An assessment of lessons learned. In Landscape and Urban Planning, 69: 271-286. 

Nelson, K. C. and B. de Jong. 2003. Making global initiatives local realities: carbon mitigation projects in Chiapas, Mexico. Global Environmental Change, 13(1): 19-30.  

Velásquez-Hernández, J. C.*, L. E. Garcia-Barrios, K. C. Nelson, and W. López-Baez. 1999. “Participación campesina en la gestion de tecnologías para la producción sustentable de maíz en Villaflores, Chiapas, México.” (Farmer participation in technology development for the sustainable production of corn in Villaflores, Mexico) Agrociencia, Colegio de Postgraduados, México, 33: 217-227.  

Jarquin G., R., J.F.Barrera*, K. C. Nelson, and A. Martinez Q. 1999. “Evaluación de Metodos No Quimicos contra la Broca del Cafe y Su Transferencia Tecnologica en Los Altos de Chiapas, México.” (Evalution of Non-chemical Methods of Broca Control and Their Technology Transfer in the Highlands of Chiapas) Agrociencia, Colegio de Postgraduados, México, 33(4): 431-438. 

Martínez I., J., E. Naranjo P. and K.C. Nelson. 1999. “Las poblaciones de cocodrilos (Crocodylus acutus) y caimanes (Caiman crocodilus) en una zona pesquera de las reserva de La Biósfera ‘La Encrucijada’, Chiapas, México.” (Crocodile and Caiman Populations in the Fishing Zone of the Biosphere Reserve ‘La Encrucijada’, Chiapas, Mexico) Vida Silvestre Neotropical , Universidad de Herredia, Costa Rica, 6(1):1-4. 

Nelson, K. C. 1996. “Estudio Comparativo de la Generación de Technología MIP en el Cultivo de Tomate, Nicaragua.” (Comparative Study of IPM Technology in Tomato Production of Nicaragua) Manejo Integrado de Plagas (Costa Rica), CATIE, No. 41:16-28. 

de Jong, B., G. Montoya, K. C. Nelson, L. Soto-Pinto, J. Taylor, and R. Tipper. 1995. “Community Forest Management and Carbon Sequestration: A Feasibility Study from Chiapas, Mexico.” Journal de Interciencias. Latin America, Venezuela, 20(6): 409-416. 

Nelson, K. C. 1994. “Participation, Empowerment, and Farmer Evaluations: A Comparative Analysis of IPM Technology Generation in Nicaragua.” Agriculture and Human Values. 11(2/3): 109-125. 

Boucher, D., J. Avilés, M. Castellanos, O. Domínguez, C. de Ita, and K. Nelson. 1991."Competencia entre plantulas de pochote (Bombacopsis quinatum) en un vivero en la provincia de Guanacaste, Costa Rica." (Interplant competition between Bombacopsis quinabum in nursery production, Guanacaste, Costa Rica) Agroecología Neotropical, 2(1): 34-35. 

 Submitted Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Manuscripts (* graduate advisee/post-doc) 

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Dexter Locke, Meghan Avolio; Tara Trammel; Rinku Roy Chowdhury; J Morgan Grove; John Rogan; 

Deborah G Martin; Neil Bettez; Jeannine Cavender-Bares; Peter M Groffman; Sharon J Hall; James B Heffernan; Sarah E Hobbie; Kelli L Larson; Jennifer L Morse; Christopher Neill; Kristen C Nelson; Laura A Ogden; Jarlath P O’Neil-Dunne; Diane Pataki; William D Pearse; Colin Polsky; Megan M Wheeler. The Relationships among Public Visibility, Social Norms, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Processes: Testing the Landscape Mullets Concept on Urban Residential Lands, Landscape and Urban Planning, (revised & resubmitted 9/17). 

Meyer, A.*, K. C. Nelson, M. Barnes, E. Watkins, S. Bono, B. Horgan, W. Meyer, J. Murphy, C.Yue. Guiding fine fescue development and outreach for public lands: Identifying managers’ preferences and perceptions of low-input turfgrasses, (manuscript).  

Locke, Dexter, Colin Polsky, J. Morgan Grove, Peter M. Groffman, Neil D. Bettez, Jennifer L. Morse, Jeanine Cavender-Bares, Sharon J. Hall, James B. Heffernan, Sarah E. Hobbie, Kelli L. Larson, Christopher Neill, Kristen C. Nelson, Laura Ogden, Jarlath O’Neil-Dunne, Diane Pataki, and Rinku Roy Chowdhury. Testing urban homogenization across multiple scales: U.S. lawn care in metropolitan regions, neighborhoods, and households. PLOS ONE (revised and resubmitted 09/17)

Trammell Tara L.E, Diane E. Pataki, C. J. Still, J.R. Ehleringer, Meghan Avolio, Neil Bettez, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Peter M. Groffman, Morgan Grove, Sharon Hall, James Heffernan, Sarah E. Hobbie, Kelli L. Larson, Jen L. Morse, Chris Neill, Kristen C. Nelson, Laura A. Ogden, Jarlath O’Neil-Dunne, Will Pearse, Colin Polsky, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Meredith Steele, Megan Wheeler. Biophysical and social factors control the distribution of C4, Global Ecology and biogeography, (submitted 10/17).  

McClellan, Moana, Rebecca Montgomery, Kristen C. Nelson, Justin Becknell. A comparison of forest structure and biodiversity in public and private secondary tropical dry forests of Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Biotropica, (submitted 5/2017).

 Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters (18 chapters) Nguyen Van Uyen, Phan Van Chi, Nguyen Van Bo, Hoang Thanh Nhan, Le Quang Quyen, Nguyen Xuan 

Hong, Le Minh Sat, Arjen Wals, Deise, Capalbo, and Kristen C. Nelson. 2008. Consideration of Problem Formulation and Option Assessment (PFOA) for Environmental Risk Assessment: Bt cotton in Vietnam, Chapter 3. In Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms: Challenges and Opportunities with Bt Cotton in Viet Nam. Edited by David. Andow, Angelika Hilbeck and Nguyen Van Tuat. CABI Publishing, UK. Vol. 4, pp. 64-78. 

Andow, D.A., Nguyen Van Tuat, Hilbeck, A., Underwood, E., Birch, A.N.E., Dinah Quoc Tam, Fitt, G.P., Giband, M., Johnson, J., Lang, A., Le Quang Quyen, Le Thi Thu Hong, Lovel, G.L., Nelson, K.C., Nguyen Hong Son, Nguyen Huu Huan, Nguyen Thi Hai, Nguyen Thi Thu Cuc, Nguyen Van Huynh, Nguyen Van Uyen, Pham Van Lam, Pham Van Toan, Sujii, E.R., Tran Anh Hao, Tran Thi Cuc Hoa, Vu Duc Quang, Wheatly, R.E., Wilson, L.J. 2008. Challenges and Opportunities with Bt cotton in Vietnam: Synthesis and Recommendations, Chapter 13. In Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms: Challenges and Opportunities with Bt Cotton in Viet Nam. Edited by David. Andow, Angelika Hilbeck and Nguyen Van Tuat. CABI Publishing, UK, Vol. 4, pp. 330-344. 

Jakes, P. J. and K. C. Nelson. 2007. Community interactions with large wildland fire events: critical initiatives prior to the fire. In: T. Daniel, M.S Carroll, C. Moseley and C Raish (eds) People Fire and Forests: A Synthesis of Wildfire Social Science. Corvallis Oregon. Oregon State University Press, pp. 91-103. 

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Nelson, K.C., Z. Basiao, A. Cooper, M. Dey, M.L. Hernandez, S. Kunawasen, S. Li, D. Fonticiella, B.D. Ratner, M.I. Toledo, and W. Leelapatra. 2007. Problem formulation and options assessment (PFOA): Science-guided deliberation in ecological risk assessment of transgenic fish, Chapter 2, In Kapuscinski, A., S. Li, K. Hayes and G. Dana (eds), Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms: Methodologies for Transgenic Fish, CABI Publications, UK, Vol. 3, pp. 29-60. 

Kapuscinski, A., G. Dana, K. Hayes, S. Li, K.C. Nelson, Y.K. Nam, Z. Gong, R. Devlin, G. Mair, and W. Senanan. 2007. Risk assessment of transgenic fish: Synthesis and conclusions. Chapter 10, Kapuscinski, A.R., Hayes, K.R., Li, S. and Dana, G. (eds) (2007) Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms, Volume 3: Methodologies for Transgenic Fish. . CABI Publishing, Oxfordshire, UK, Vol. 3, pp. 272-290. 

Capalbo, D.M.F., Simon, M.F., Nodari, R.O., Valle, S., Santos, R.F. dos, Coradin, L., Duarte, J. de O., Miranda, J.E., Dias, E.P.F., Quyen, Le Quang, Underwood, E. and Nelson, K.C. 2006. Consideration of problem formulation and option assessment for Bt cotton in Brazil, pp. 67-92. In: Hilbeck, A., Andow, D.A. and Fontes, E.M.G. (eds) Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms: Methodologies for Assessing Bt Cotton in Brazil. CABI Publishing, UK, Vol. 2: 67-107. 

Andow, D.A., Fontes, E.M.G., Hilbeck, A., Jonston, J., Capalbo, D.M.F., Nelson, K.C., Underwood, E., Fitt, G.P., Sujii, E.R., Arpaia, S., Birch, A.N.E., Pallini, A. and Wheatley, R.E. 2006. Supporting risk assessment of Bt cotton in Brazil: synthesis and recommendations. pp. 346-361. In: Hilbeck, A., Andow, D.A. and Fontes, E.M.G. (eds) Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms: Methodologies for Assessing Bt Cotton in Brazil. CABI Publishing, UK, Vol. 2: 346-362. 

Nelson, K.C., G. Kibata, M. Lutta, and J.O. Okuro, F. Muyekho, M. Odindo, A. Ely, and J. Waquil.. 2004. Chapter 3. Problem Formulation and Options Assessment (PFOA) for Genetically Modified Organisms: The Kenya Case Study, in Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms: A Case Study of Bt Maize in Kenya, (eds.) Hilbeck and Andow, CABI Publications, Vol. 1, pp. 57-82.  

Hilbeck, A., D. A. Andow, N. Birch, G. Fitt, J. Johnston, K. C. Nelson, D. Somers, E. Underwood and R. Wheatley, 2004. Chapter 8: Risk Assessment of Bt Maize in Kenya: Synthesis and Recommendations, in Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms: A Case Study of Bt Maize in Kenya, (eds.) Hilbeck and Andow, CABI Publications, Vol. 1, pp. 251-271. 

Ramos M., Teresa, Kristen Nelson, Rosa Pérez P., Trinidad Alemán S., Lorenzo Hernández L., Valente Téllez M. 2001. “Entre el varro y el maíz: experiencia participativa en el manjeo de composta por mujeres alfarereas de Amatenango del Valle”, (Between Clay and Corn: Participatory experiences in compost management by women potters of Amatenango del Valle) Genero y Sustenibilidad, ed. Esperañza Tuñon, Mexico City, Mexico. 

Santos, V., M. Carreón, and K.C. Nelson. 1998. La Organización de Ejidos Productores Forestales de la Zona Maya: Un proceso de investigación participativa. Red de Gestión de Recursos Naturales. México. (The Mayan Zone Forestry Ejido Organization: A process of participatory research) 129 pp. Serie: Estudios de Caso sobre Participación Campesina en Generación, Validación, y Transferencia de Tecnología.  

Jiménez, O., J.J.; M.K. Moo M.; I.Sohn L.; A. López P; A. Mendoza E.; F.J. Xuluc T.; R. Cámara S. and K. Nelson. 1997. Investigación en Sahcabá, Yucatán: la experiencia de Protrópico-FMVZ-UADY. (Research in Sahcadá Yucatan: The experience of Protrópico-FMVZ-UADY) Red de Gestión de Recursos Naturales. México, 124 pg. Serie: Estudios de Caso sobre Participación Campesina en Generación, Validación, y Transferencia de Tecnología. 

de Jong, B., L. Soto-Pinto, G. Montoya, K.C. Nelson, J. Taylor, and R. Tipper. 1997. “Forestry and Agroforestry Land-Use Systems for Carbon Mitigation: An Analysis from Chiapas, Mexico.” In Climate-change Mitigation and European Land-use Policies, (eds) W.N. Adger, D. Pettenella, and M. Whitby, CAB International, London: UK, pp 269-84. 

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Nelson, K. C. 1990. "Common Ground Consensus Project.” In J. E. Crowfoot and J. M. Wondolleck. Environmental Disputes: Community Involvement in Conflict Resolution, pp. 98-120. Island Press, Washington, D.C.  

Nelson, K. C. 1990. "Sand Lakes Quiet Area Issue-Based Negotiation.” In J. E. Crowfoot and J. M. Wondolleck. Environmental Disputes: Community Involvement in Conflict Resolution, pp. 183-208. Island Press, Washington, D.C. 

Nelson, K. C. 1990. "Pig’s Eye Attempted Mediation.” In J. E. Crowfoot and J. M. Wondolleck.  Environmental Disputes: Community Involvement in Conflict Resolution, pp. 209-225. Island Press, Washington, D. C. 

Nelson, K. C., N. J. Manring, J. E. Crowfoot, and J. M. Wondolleck. 1990. “Chapter 4: Maximizing Organizational Effectiveness.” In J. E. Crowfoot and J. M.Wondolleck. Environmental Disputes: Community Involvement in Conflict Resolution, pp. 152-182. Island Press, Washington, D. C.  

Manring, N. J., K. C. Nelson, and J. M. Wondolleck. 1990. “Structuring an Effective Environmental Dispute Settlement Process.” In J. E. Crowfoot and J. M. Wondolleck. Environmental Disputes: Community Involvement in Conflict Resolution, pp. 75-97. Island Press, Washington, D. C.  

 Peer-Reviewed Other Publications (14 outreach/training documents – graduate student 

advising/mentoring*) Jakes, P, J., Esposito, C., Burns, S., Cheng, A., Nelson, K. & Sturtevant, V, Williams, D. R. 2012. Best 

Management Practices for Creating a CWPP. General Technical Report NRS-89. St. Paul, MN: USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 

Nelson, K.C. and M. J. Banker. 2007. Problem Formulation and Option Assessment Handbook: Science-guided multi-stakeholder deliberation in ecological risk assessment of genetically modified organisms, GMO-ERA Project, CD and hard copy, 237 pgs. 

Monroe, M.C., K.C. Nelson, and M. Payton. 2006. Communicating with Homeowners in the Interface about Defensible Space. In McCaffrey, S.M., (Tech. ed.) The public and wildland fire management: social science findings for managers. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-1. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 202 pgs. 

Lang, E.*, K.C. Nelson, and P. Jakes. 2006. Working with Community Leadership to Promote Wildfire Preparedness. In McCaffrey, S.M., (Tech. ed.) The public and wildland fire management: social science findings for managers. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-1. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 202 pgs. 

Johnson Shiraltpour, H., M.C. Monroe, K.C. Nelson, and M. Payton. 2006. Working with Neighborhood Organizations to Promote Wildfire Preparedness. In McCaffrey, S.M., (Tech. ed.) The public and wildland fire management: social science findings for managers. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-1. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 202 pgs. 

Johnson, J.F.*, D. Bengston, K.C. Nelson and D. Fan. 2006. Defensible Space in the News: Public Discussion of a Neglected Topic. In McCaffrey, S.M., (Tech. ed.) The public and wildland fire management: social science findings for managers. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-1. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 202 pgs. 

Fingerman Johnson, J., D.N. Bengston, D.P. Fan, and K.C. Nelson. 2006. U.S. policy response to the fuels management problem: An analysis of the public debate about the Healthy Forests Initiative and the Healthy Forests Restoration Act. Pages 59-66 in: Andrews, Patricia L.; Butler, Bret W., comps. 2006. Fuels Management—How to Measure Success: Conference Proceedings. 28-30 March 2006; Portland, OR. Proceedings RMRS-P-41. Fort Collins, CO: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 809 pgs. 

Hilbeck, A., K. C. Nelson, D.A. Andow, and E. Underwood. 2004. A scientist’s use of Problem                               Formulation and Options Assessment (PFOA) in risk assessment of GM crops. In: Breckling,                         

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Broder and Verhoeven, Richard (eds.) Risk Hazard Damage. Specification of Criteria to Assess                         Environmental Impact of Genetically Modified Organisms. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt Vol 1,                       Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Germany, pp. 131-143. 

Nelson, K. C., J. F. Johnson, M. Monroe, and A. Bowers. 2002. Public perceptions of defensible space and landscape values in Minnesota and Florida. Pp. 55-62 in Homeowners, Communities, and Wildfire; Science Findings from the National Fire Plan. Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Society and Resource Management. 2002, June 2-5; Bloomington, Indiana. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-231. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 

Jakes, P. J.; K. Nelson, E. Lang, M. Monroe, S. Agrawal, L. Kruger, Linda, and V. Sturtevant. 2003. A model for improving community preparedness for wildfire. Pp. 4-9 in: Homeowners, Communities, and Wildfire; Science Findings from the National Fire Plan. Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Society and Resource Management. June 2-5; Bloomington, Indiana. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-231. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station.   

Kruger, L.E., S. Agrawal, M. Monroe, E. Lang, K. Nelson, P. Jakes, V. Strutevant, S. McCaffrey, and Y. Everett. 2003. Keys to community prepardness for wildfire. Pp. 10-17 in Homeowners, Communities, and Wildfire; Science Findings from the National Fire Plan. Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Society and Resource Management. June 2-5; Bloomington, Indiana. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-231. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station.   

Frerker, K., K. Johnson, and K. Nelson. 2003. Evaluation of reforestation sites in Lagos de Montebello National Park, Mexico, UCI Undergraduate Research Journal. 

Nelson, K.C. and Patricia Roitman. 1997. Bibliografía Comentada sobre Investigación Participativa con énfasis en la agricultura y en los recursos naturales. (Annotated Bibliography of Participatory Research with an emphasis on agriculture and natural resources) Guías Científicas:  El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas. 

Montoya, G., L. Soto-Pinto, B. de Jong, K. C. Nelson, P. Farias, J. Taylor, and R. Tipper. 1995. Desarrollo Forestal Sustentable: Captura de Carbono en Las Zonas Tzeltal y Tojolabal del Estado de Chiapas, (Sustainable Forest Development: Carbon Capture in the Tzeltal and Tojolabal Zones of Chiapas, Mexico) Cuadernos de Trabajo #4, Instituto Nacional de: Ecologia: SEMARNAP, Mexico City, Mexico. 

 Outreach and Service Publications (27 – graduate student advising/mentoring*) Baker, L.A., J. Coggins, D. Bael, and K.C. Nelson. 2014. Understanding drivers of whole-household energy 

conservation in Minnesota using data from the Twin Cities Household Ecosystems Project, Technical Summary, IREE, pgs. 18. 

Dhamus, M.K., K.C. Nelson, and A. Woodside. 2012. Lawn and Yard Care Choices. Twin Cities Household Urban Ecosystem Project, 24 pgs. 

Wein, S.P.*, K.C. Nelson, L. Baker, S. Hobbie, J. King, J. McFadden, C. Fissore, I. Jakobsdottir, D. Nidzgorski, and D. Burk. 2010. Nitrogen and phosphorus fluxes in household landscapes: What behaviors affect these fluxes and what are a few underlying homeowner attitudes about these behaviors?, Watershed District and Water Management Organization Report, Twin Cities Household Ecosystem Project, University of Minnesota, 37 pgs. 

Asah, S. T., D. N. Bengston, K. C. Nelson, and L. De Vaney. 2009. Stakeholder Insights on ATV Use in Minnesota State-Administered Forest lands: Problem and Management Frames, submitted to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, Trails Section, 55 pgs., October 12. 

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Johnson, J.F.*, T. Downing, and K.C. Nelson. 2008. External Sprinkler Systems and Defensible Space: Lessons Learned from the Ham Lake Fire and the Gunflint Trail, Report for the Firewise Program, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, University of Minnesota, April 15, 33 pgs. 

Banker, M. and K.C. Nelson. 2008. Risikoabschatzung fur GVO, Gen-ethischer Informationsdienst, No. 187: 50-53. 

Meagan Keefe*, Kristen C. Nelson, and Pamela Jakes. 2006. Community Wildfire Preparedness: Using Social Networks, Research Summary #8, College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences, University of Minnesota, 2 pgs.  

Lang, E.*, K.C. Nelson, and P. Jakes. 2006. Working with Community Leadership to Promote Wildfire Preparedness, pgs. 137-150 In McCaffrey, S.M., (Tech. ed.) The public and wildland fire management: social science findings for managers. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-1. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 202 pgs. 

Johnson Shiraltpour, H., M.C. Monroe, K.C. Nelson, and M. Payton. 2006. Working with Neighborhood Organizations to Promote Wildfire Preparedness, 151- 162. In McCaffrey, S.M., (Tech. ed.) The public and wildland fire management: social science findings for managers. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-1. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 202 pgs. 

Johnson, J.F., D. Bengston, K.C. Nelson and D. Fan. 2006. Defensible Space in the News: Public Discussion of a Neglected Topic, pgs. 169-174. In McCaffrey, S.M., (Tech. ed.) The public and wildland fire management: social science findings for managers. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-1. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 202 pgs. 

Fingerman Johnson, J., D.N. Bengston, D.P. Fan, and K.C. Nelson. 2006. U.S. policy response to the fuels management problem: An analysis of the public debate about the Healthy Forests Initiative and the Healthy Forests Restoration Act. Pages 59-66 in: Andrews, Patricia L.; Butler, Bret W., comps. 2006. Fuels Management—How to Measure Success: Conference Proceedings. 28-30 March 2006; Portland, OR. Proceedings RMRS-P-41. Fort Collins, CO: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 809 pgs. 

Dhakal, N,*, K. C. Nelson, and J. L. Smith. 2006. Assessment of Resident Wellbeing and Perceived Biodiversity Impacts in the Padampur Resettlement, Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal, Final Report, for Padampur Resettlement Committee and Save the Tiger Foundation, University of Minnesota Working Papers, 86 pgs. 

Missrie, M*. and K. C. Nelson. 2005. Direct Payments for Conservation: Lessons from the Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund. University of Minnesota.  

Lang, E.*, K. C. Nelson, and P. Jakes. 2005. Sparks for Community Wildfire Preparedness: Skills, Process, and Style, College of Natural Resources, University of Minnesota, 2 pgs. 

Nelson, K. C., S. Spencer, and P. Archer. 2004. Periurban Greenways: Wildlife and Homeowner Interactions for the Bayport Wildlife Management Area, College of Natural Resources, University of Minnesota, 2 pgs. 

Nelson, K., D. Wilsey, J. Stucker, and M. Missrie. 2004. Balsam bough harvesters’ experiences and resource assessments in Northeastern Minnesota? Research Summary #5, College of Natural Resources, University of Minnesota. 

Nelson, K., D. Wilsey, J. Stucker, and M. Missrie. 2003. Balsam bough harvesters in northeastern Minnesota: who are they and what motivates them? Research Summary #3, College of Natural Resources, University of Minnesota. 

Wilsey, D.* and K. Nelson. 2003. Business or Pleasure: Factors Motivating Northeastern Minnesota Non-Timber Forest Products Harvesting. Research Summary #4, College of Natural Resources, University of Minnesota. 

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Berkeley Township, New Jersey: Steps to Improve Community Preparedness for Wildfire, Community Preparedness Case Study Series, 2003. E. Lang*, K. C. Nelson, and P. Jakes, USDA, USFS: North Central Research Station and College of Natural Resources, 4 pgs. 

Barnes-Drummond, Wisconsin: Steps to Improve Community Preparedness for Wildfire, Community Preparedness Case Study Series, 2003. E. Lang*, K. C. Nelson, P. Jakes, and R. Hudson, USDA, USFS: North Central Research Station and College of Natural Resources, 4 pgs. 

Spearfish and the Northern Black Hills: Steps to Improve Community Preparedness for Wildfire, Community Preparedness Case Study Series, 2003. E. Lang*, K. C. Nelson, P. Jakes, and R. Hudson, USDA, USFS: North Central Research Station and College of Natural Resources, 4 pgs. 

Gunflint Trail Community: Steps to Improve Community Preparedness for Wildfire, Community Preparedness Case Study Series, 2002. P. Jakes and K.C. Nelson, USDA, USFS: North Central Research Station and College of Natural Resources, 4 pgs.  

Nelson, K. C., S. Spencer, and P. Archer. 2002. Periurban Greenways: Wildlife and Homeowner Interactions for the Bayport Wildlife Management Area, Report Prepared for the Division of Wildlife, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 60 pgs. 

Monroe, M. C., and A. W. Bowers with K. C. Nelson. 2002. Public perceptions of defensible space and the use of prescribed fire in Florida’s wildland-urban interface, Report to the USFS: North Central Research Station: Chicago. 

Nelson, K.C., 2000. Produccion de la Fruta y Control de Plagas: Información para los consumidores, information bulletin, Gettysburg, PA, 2 pgs. 

Nelson, K. C. and B. Stieglitz. 2000. “Community Relations, Conflict Management, and Collaborative Partnerships”, in Human Dimensions in Natural Resource Management Proceedings, Cooperative Parks Unit, University of Minnesota. 

Fulton, D. C., K. C. Nelson, D. H. Anderson, and D. W. Lime (eds). 2000. Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management: Emerging Issues and Practical Applications, Workshop Proceedings, Feb 1-3, 2000, University of Minnesota, 152 pgs.  

 Other Publications Nelson, K. C. 1994. Participation and Empowerment: A Comparative Study of IPM Research and 

Technology Generation in Nicaragua, PhD thesis, University of Michigan Micro-film.   Nelson, K. C. 1987. "Multiple Levels of Conflict: A Guide to Faculty Resources at the University of 

Michigan", PCMA Paper Series, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Nelson, K. C. 1986. Citizen Strategies in Environmental Conflict Resolution. Masters Thesis. School of 

Natural Resources, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.  Student Advised Research Publications – ESPM 4041W Problem Solving Course (2004-2017 student presentations and reports on the course website:  https://www.forestry.umn.edu/current-students/course-websites/past-espm-4041-products) Theobald, K., T. Berg, J. Carey, T. Jo, and B. Wachutka. 2003. Chisago Lakes Natural Features Inventory and 

Recommendations, Final Report Prepared for the Chisago City Park Board: Report 1, NRES 4195 Class Project, 62 pgs., Advisor: K. C. Nelson. 

Determan, J., L. Follese, N. Hauck, J. Hautman, and Ben West. 2003. Linking Natural Features to Community and Environmental Education Opportunities. Final Report Prepared for Chisago City Park Board: Report 2, NRES 4195 Class Project, 45 pgs., Advisor: K. C. Nelson. 

Kerrigan, M., G. Lo, C. Noble, M. Pagel, and B. Peterson. 2002. Environmental Education Recommendations for the City of Minnetrista, Final Report Prepared for the City of Minnetrista Greenway Plan: Report 2, NRES 4195 Class Project, 42 pgs., Advisor: K. C. Nelson. 

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Koosmann, E., M. Dowgwillo, B. Setter, E. Vargas Amelin, and T. Williams. 2002. Development and Preservation Recommendations for Minnetrista, 2010/2020. Final Report Prepared for the City of Minnetrista Greenway Plan: Report 2, NRES 4195 Class Project, 60 pgs., Advisor: K. C. Nelson. 

Irwin, Jaime, Kellie-Rae Marine, William Borham, Shannon Klonecki, Brenda Rhode, and Diane Sander. 2001. Inventory and Preservation Recommendations for the Rum River Nature Area, Anoka City Planning Department, Advisor: Kristen C. Nelson, December 11.  

Zechman, Erica, Justin Cossete, Eric Rolli, Andrew Seiser, and Melissa Wenzel. 2001. Inventory and Development Recommendations for the Rum River Nature Area, Anoka City Planning Department, Advisor: Kristen C. Nelson, December 11. 

Taheri, Pamela, Joy Hiromasa, Maria Legatt, Caleb Rick, and Kenneth Zeik. 2000. Inventory and Management Recommendations for Bailey Lake Open Space, Woodbury Parks and Recreation Division, Advisor: Kristen C. Nelson, December 12. 

Mohrland, Kimberly, Lori Culbertson, Lynn Keller, Aaron Mlynek, and Andrew Skowlund. 2000. Inventory and Management Recommendations for La Lake Open Space, Woodbury Parks and Recreation Division, Advisor: Kristen C. Nelson, December 12. 

Wierzbinski, Daryl, Alexandria Amad, Amber Luton, and Lisa Mueller. 2000. Inventory and Management Recommendations for Dale Road Open Space, Woodbury Parks and Recreation Division, Advisor: Kristen C. Nelson, December 12. 

Geurts, K. S. Hayes, C. Jacobson, S. Siemann, and H. Wolf. 1999. Western Hennepin County Recreational Facilities Inventory, Residents’ Desires, and Planning Recommendations for Parks and Open Spaces, Metropolitan Council, Advisor: Kristen C. Nelson, December 11. 

Brownrigg, J., S. Gjertson, P. Mahoney, A. Roe, and S. Wolf. 1999. Carver County Recreational Facilities Inventory, Residents’ Desires, and Planning Recommendations for Parks and Open Spaces, Metropolitan Council, Advisor: Kristen C. Nelson, December 11. 

Boulden, S., M. Gordon, P. Olson, J.Rollings, and A. Rossini. 1999. Western Dakota County Recreational Facilities Inventory, Residents’ Desires, and Planning Recommendations for Parks and Open Spaces, Metropolitan Council, Advisor: Kristen C. Nelson, December 11. 

Schmitz, L., S. Hanson, S. Miller, B. Oberg, and K. Paulin. 1999. Scott County Recreational Facilities Inventory, Residents’ Desires, and Planning Recommendations for Parks and Open Spaces, Metropolitan Council, Advisor: Kristen C. Nelson, December 11. 

  

TEACHING AND CURRICULUM 1999-2016 (University of Minnesota)  ESPM 3202/5202 Conflict Management, Leadership, and Planning, 3 cr., 52 students: 44 undergraduates, 8 

graduates, Spring 2000–present. This course provides students with an introduction to the causes, dynamics, and consequences of natural resource and environmental conflicts, as well as an understanding of the range of possible intervention tools that can be used to manage conflict. 

ESPM 3271 Human Environmental Behavior and Policy, 3 cr., 89 undergraduate students, Fall 2007-present. This course presents the concepts of government and law; investigating how law sets the course for influencing human attitudes, values, behaviors and social organization for environmental change. 

ESPM 4041W Problem Solving for Environmental Change, 4 cr., 26-45 undergraduate students, interdisciplinary co-instruction with G. Johnson 1999–present, D. Anderson 1999-2003, Fall term. This senior capstone ESPM offering gives students a problem solving experience with a client-based, group project in environmental consulting. 

HORT 4601 Aquaponics: Integrated fish and plant food systems. 4 cr., 19 students, This course provides a learning environment that integrates outcomes from basic to applied sciences, natural to social 

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systems, anthropocentric to biocentric values, and reflection with hands-on engagement, Spring 2015.  

 Past Courses Taught at Minnesota: FR 3251/5251 Natural Resources in Sustainable International Development, 3 cr., 45 students: 35 

undergraduates, 10 graduates; interdisciplinary instruction with D. Current, FR 3251 Fall 2002-2008 supporting faculty 2009-2010, FR 5251 – Fall 2002-2011. This course presents international perspectives on sustainable resource use and management in developed and developing countries, including the integration of social, economic, and policy considerations related to natural resource management. 

ISG 5010 Risk Analysis for Introduced Species and Genotypes: Hazard Identification Section, 3 cr., 6-8 graduate students, 6 sessions/3 weeks, interdisciplinary instruction with 8-12 faculty per semester, Fall 2008-2011. This course exposes students to the analytic-deliberative model of Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA), contrasting it to scientific-technical models.  

FR 8107 Problem Solving in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, Spring 2002 ESPM, FR and FWCB 4293/8204 Research Problems OR Directed Study: various credits depending on 

graduate student independent study needs.  Other Courses where Guest Lectures have been provided Cons Bio 8004 Economic and Social Aspects of Conservation Biology, 2000,2001,2002, 2009, 2013 FW 4102 Conservation Biology, 2014, 2015 FR 5142 Tropical Forest Ecology, 2000 - 2002 FR 1201 Conservation of Natural Resources 2002, 2001, 2002 FW 4701 Safety First Capstone Course, 2001 FR 3203/5203 Forest Fire and Disturbance Ecology, 2002 -2015  Professional Training  Guest panelist. Preparing Future Faculty. Faculty positions, responsibilities and governance. April 2009,  Roundtable host and panelist. Collaborative Leadership Development Series: Developing Successful 

Interdisciplinary Teams and Proposals, 2 workshops (2 hrs each) Spring and Fall 2009, Graduate School, University of Minnesota. 

Presenter, Sustainability Education Institute Workshop: The Influence of Choice on Nutrient Fluxes through Households and What Influences Choice, University of Minnesota, July 9, 2008 

 Other Courses Taught 1994-1998: Gettysburg College, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur Introduction to Environmental Science (4 cr.) lecture/lab 40 students Comparative Environmental Social Movements (3cr.) 30 students Sustainable Development Capstone Seminar (3 cr.) 17 students Rural Sociology, Graduate Course (4 cr) 12 students Participatory Research Methodologies (3 cr.) 12 students   

PROFESSIONAL SELF-IMPROVEMENT  

Writing Enriched Curriculum (WEC), Liaison, Year 1 & 2 Workshops, Fall 2016-May 2017. Mid-Career Faculty Women’s Learning Community. 2009-2010. Writing Workshops, Teaching and Learning Center. 2014. Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Teaching and Technology Strategies, Bush Development 

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Grant, 2003-2004. Internationalizing the Curriculum, FR 3251/5251 with Dean Current, Bush Development Grant, 2001-02. Bush Early Career Faculty Program, 2000-2001   

GRADUATE FACULTY APPOINTMENTS / PROGRAM MEMBERSHIP  

Natural Resource Sciences and Management  1999-present Conservation Sciences (formerly Cons. Biology)  2000-present Water Resource Sciences  2001-present Risk Analysis for Introduced Species and Genotypes Minor 2007-2016 Sustainable Agriculture Minor  2003-present MacArthur Program 2001-2009 Fisheries  2000-2003 Wildlife Conservation 2000-2005 

 

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISING  

Graduate Student Advising:  Advisor 

Current Students Michael Barnes PhD Natural Resources Science & Mgt. Anne Christianson PhD Natural Resources Science & Mgt. Samantha Helle M.S.  Natural Resources Science & Mgt. Amanda Meyer M.S./PhD Natural Resources Science & Mgt. Elizabeth Mumia PhD (co-adviser) Conservation Sciences Florencia Pech Cardenas PhD (co-adviser) Natural Resources Science & Mgt. Hannah Ramer PhD Natural Resources Science & Mgt. 

 Committee Member 

Current Students Rodrigo Villalobos Aguirre PhD Conservation Sciences Megan Butler PhD Natural Resources & Mgt. Katherine Knuth PhD Conservation Biology be Pornchai Chaiyamart PhD Natural Resources Science & Mgt. Gwendolin McCrea PhD Geography Nathan Meyer PhD Conservation Sciences Namoi Rushing PhD  Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Mariam G. Valladares C. M.S. Forest Science, Purdue University Vivian Wauters PhD Plant Sciences 

  

Graduated Advisees and Graduate Committee Membership  

Advisee Names Year Graduated/Degree Program Dave Wilsey 2001 M.S. Conservation Biology Kris Johnson 2003 M.S.    Conservation Biology 

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Julia Frost Nerbonne 2003 PhD (co-advisor) Conservation Biology  Erika Lang 2003 M.S. Natural Resources Science & Mgt Monica Missrie 2004 M.S. Conservation Biology  Cheng-Heng Hu 2005 PhD (co-advisor) Conservation Biology  Narayan Prasad Dhakal 2006 M.S. (co-advisor) Conservation Biology  Meagan Keefe 2006 M.S. (co-advisor) Natural Resource Sciences & Mgt  Fiona Nagle 2007 PhD & 2006 M.S (co-advisor) Conservation Biology Dawn Glaser Patterson 2007 PhD  Conservation Biology  Stephanie Grayzeck-Souter 2007 M.S.  Natural Resource Sciences & Mgt Rachel Brummel 2010 PhD Conservation Biology Narayan Dhakal  2010 PhD (co-advise) Conservation Biology Sarah Panzer Wein 2011 M.S. Water Resource Sciences Jayne Fingerman-Johnson 2012 PhD (co-advise) Conservation Biology Amanda Strommer 2013 M.S. Water Resource Sciences Valerie Were 2014 PhD (co-advise) Natural Resources Sciences & Mgt. Adam Kokotovich 2014 PhD  Natural Resources Sciences & Mgt.  Graduated-Student Committee Member Name Year Graduate/DegreeProgram  Julia Frost 2000 M.S. Conservation Biology  Dawn G. Patterson 2000 MPP Public Policy  Dawn Patterson 2000 M.S. H.H.H. School  

Erin Dougherty 2001 M.S. Conservation Biology  Hanna Neiman 2002 M.S. Agronomy  Beth Anderson 2002 M.S. Soils  Wansuk Senanan 2002 PhD Fisheries Julie Grossman 2003 PhD Soils  Mike Lopez 2003 M.S. CBS  Kristen Blann 2004 PhD Conservation Biology  Jon Rosales 2004 PhD Conservation Biology Jenna Fletcher 2004 M.S. Conservation Biology Laura Novitzki 2005 M.S. CELL: Environmental Ed

 John Ignosh 2005 M.S. Forest Resources  Jake Donnay 2005 M.S. Natural Resource Sciences & Mgt  Fahmy M. Ismail 2005 M.S. Natural Resource Sciences & Mgt  Mark Myers 2005 M.S. Conservation Biology  Johanna Schussler 2005 M.S. Water Resources Eric Casler 2005 M.S. Conservation Biology  Laura Preus 2005 PhD Conservation Biology Laura Novitzki 2006 M.S. Natural Resource Sciences & Mgt  Calder Hibbard 2006 PhD Natural Resource Sciences & Mgt  David Caroffino 2006 PhD Conservation Biology Peter Verhage 2006 PhD Sci/T/EPolicy  Stanley T Aash 2006 PhD Water Resources Serjio Molina-M 2007 PhD Bio-based products  Beatrice Muton 2007 PhD Natural Resource Sciences & Mgt  

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Jeremy Bruskotter 2007 PhD Natural Resource Sciences & Mgt  Michael Banker 2007 M.S. Rhetoric  Cornelia Eastridge 2008 M.S. Natural Resource Sciences & Mgt  Olivia LeDee 2008 PhD Conservation Biology  Nadine Lehrer 2008 PhD Natural Resource Sciences & Mgt  Bhim B. Gurung 2008 PhD Conservation Biology  Derric Pennington 2008 PhD Conservation Biology  RaeLynn Starr Asah 2008 M.S. Conservation Biology  Alex Gehring 2008 M.S. Conservation Biology  Claire Serieyssol 2009 PhD Water Resources Helen Takade 2010 PhD Fisheries  Tory Hanson 2010 PhD Social Work  Genya Dana 2010 PhD Conservation Biology Leif DeVaney 2010 M.S. Conservation Biology  Derrick Passe 2010 M.S. Water Resources Amanda Kueper 2010 M.S. Conservation Biology Annalisa Hultberg 2011 M.S.  Natural Resource Sciences & Mgt

 Laurie Richmond 2011 PhD Conservation Biology  Gopisundar, K S 2011 PhD Conservation Biology  Adam Zeilinger 2011 PhD Conservation Biology  Brandon Breen 2011 M.S. Conservation Biology  Paul Hartzelman 2011 M.S. Water Resources Sherry Enzler 2011 PhD Natural Resource Sciences & Mgt Kathryn C. Pratt 2012 PhD Geography  Karen Christensen 2012 M.S. Natural Resource Sciences & Mgt

 Derya Eryilmaz 2013 M.S. Natural Resource Sciences & Mgt Jennifer Theodore 2013 M.S.  Natural Resource Sciences & Mgt John Bussey 2013 M.S. Natural Resource Sciences & Mgt. Moana Mcclellan 2014 PhD Applied Plant Science Nahyeon Bak 2014 M.S.  Applied Economics Dudley Bosal 2015 PhD Geography Holly Saari 2017 M.S. Natural Resources Science & Mgt. Melissa Peck 2017 M.S. Natural Resources Science & Mgt. Benjamin Pflughoeft 2017 M.S. Natural Resources Science & Mgt. Vanessa Perry 2017 PhD Natural Resources Science & Mgt. Jennifer Shepard 2017 M.S. Natural Resources Science & Mgt. 

  

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA POST DOCTORAL ADVISING  Fissore, Cinzia. 2009-11. NSF-CNH: Coupled Biogeochemical Cycles in Urban and Agricultural 

Ecosystems: Role of Hydrology, Stoichiometry, Spatial Linkages, and Human Behavior. Ph.D. Forestry, Michigan Technological University.  Current position: Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Whittier College, Whittier, CA. 

Brummel, Rachel. 2011-12. NSF-CNH: Understanding the importance of weak-tie networks in complex human-environment systems: ecosocial feedback in multifunctional agriculture.  

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Ph.D. Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota. Current position: Associate Professor, Environmental Studies, Luther College, Dakorah, IA. 

Dahmus, Maria. 2011-12. NSF- Collaborative Research: Human choice and biogeochemical cycling in urban ecosystems. Ph.D Environmental Sociology, University of Wisconsin – Madison. Current position: Sustainability Coordinator, Environmental Studies, St. Thomas University, St. Paul, MN. 

Qian, Xinyi (Lisa). 2012-13. NSF- Collaborative Research: Human choice and biogeochemical cycling in urban ecosystems. Ph.D. Recreation and Leisure Studies. Pennsylvania State University. Current position: Assistant Professor Extension, University of Minnesota.  

Martini, Nicholas. 2012-13. NSF- Collaborative Research: Human choice and biogeochemical cycling in urban ecosystems. Ph.D. Political Science, University of Iowa. Current position: Research Fellow, University of Minnesota 1-5/2013; Lecturer St Thomas 2014. 

Kubas, Andrew. 2017-18. NSF- Collaborative Research: Alternative Futures for the Urban Residential Macrosystems; Validating, refining, and encouraging the implementation of honeybee Best Management Practices to improve colony health.  Ph.D. Natural Resource Management, North Dakota State University. Current Position: Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota  

Thoms, Christopher. 2017-19. Validating, refining, and encouraging the implementation of honeybee Best Management Practices to improve colony health; NSF- Collaborative Research: Alternative Futures for the Urban Residential Macrosystems.  Ph.D. Natural Resources & Environment University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Current Position: Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota 

 GRADUATE ADVISEES: DEGREE, THESIS TITLE, and EMPLOYMENT 

 University of Minnesota Adam Kokotovich. 2014. Contesting risk: Science, governance and the future of plant genetic engineering. 

Employment: Post-doctoral Fellow, North Carolina State University. Valerie Were. 2014. The nexus of nongovernment organization water projects, monitoring and evaluation, 

and Kenya’s water law. Employment: Research Scientist, NOAA, Washington, D.C. Amanda Strommer. 2013. M.S. Water Resource Sciences, University of Minnesota (Nelson advisor) Thesis: 

Communication and public outreach about emerging contaminants in public drinking water supplies in Minnesota. Employment: County Planner Principal, Minnesota Dept. of Health, Southwest Minnesota Region, Pope County, MN. 

Sarah Panzer Wein. 2011. M.S. Water Resource Sciences, University of Minnesota. (Nelson advisor) Thesis: Targeting audiences for improved lawn management: Can grouping households assist with non-point water pollution reduction? Employment: Capital Region Watershed District, St Paul, MN. 

Narayan Dhakal. 2011. Ph.D. Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota. (Nelson/Smith advisors) Thesis: Assessment of residents’ social and economic wellbeing and perceived biological gains in conservation resettlement: A case study of Padampur, Chitwan National Park, Nepal. Employment: International consulting, Minnesota. 

Brummel, Rachel. 2010. Ph.D. Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota. (Nelson advisor) Thesis: Burning Boundaries: Collaborative Governance and Wildland Fire Planning in the United States and New South Wales, Australia. Employment: Assistant Professor, Luther College, IA. 

Grayzeck, Stephanie. 2007. M.S. Natural Resource Science and Management, University of Minnesota. (Nelson advisor) Thesis: Interpreting policy at a local level: The case of the wildland-urban interface in community wildfire protection planning. Employment: Water Management Planner, Washington County, Minnesota. 

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Patterson, Dawn Glazer. 2007. PhD. Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, (Nelson advisor) Thesis: Land Retirement Programs in Minnesota. Employment: Adjunct Lecturer, St Olaf College. 

Fiona Nagle. 2007. Ph.D. Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota. (Nelson/Vondracek advisors) Thesis: Empowering conservation decisions: Toward a theory of authentic arenas for environmental conflict management and decision-making, dissertation. Employment: Manager, California Program, Reef Creek Foundation. Employment: Caltrans, CA. 

Meagan Keefe 2006. M.S. Natural Resource Sciences and Management, University of Minnesota. (Nelson/Current advisors) Thesis: Community Wildfire Preparedness: Using Social Networks. Employment: Congressional Hunger Center Fellow, Washington D.C. 

Narayan Dhakal. 2006. M.S. Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota. (Nelson/Smith advisors) Thesis: Assessment of Resident Wellbeing and Perceived Biodiversity Impacts in the Padampur Resettlement, Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal. Currently: PhD candidate Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota. Employment: International Studies Program, Minnesota. 

Cheng Heng Hu. 2005. Ph.D. Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota. (Neuhauser/Nelson) Thesis: Indigenous Conservation and Biodiversity Maintenance. Employment: Assistant Professor, Institute of Anthropology, Tzu-Chi University, Taiwan. 

Monica Missrie. 2004. M.S. Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota. (Nelson advisor) Thesis: Direct Payments in Practice: Lessons from the Monarch Butterfly Conservation. Employment: Staff, Monarch Conservation for Mexico 

Erika Lang. 2003. M.S. degree. University of Minnesota (Nelson advisor) Thesis: Sparks for Community Wildfire Preparedness: Skills, Process, and Style. Employment: Communications & Outreach Coordinator, 3 Watershed Councils, Oregon. 

Julia Frost Nerbonne. 2003. Ph.D. Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota (Nelson/Vondracek advisors) Thesis: Volunteer Macroinvertebrate Monitoring as a Tool for Empowering Citizens in the United States. Employment: Executive Director, Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light and Faculty, Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs, Saint Paul, Minnesota. 

Kris Johnson. 2002. M.S. Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, (Nelson advisor). Thesis: Conservation through co-management: Evaluation of a local common property regime within a national park in Mexico. Employment: The Nature Conservancy-St. Paul, MN. 

David Wilsey. 2001. M.S. Natural Resource Science and Management, University of Minnesota, (Nelson advisor). Thesis: Business or Pleasure: Livelihood and Lifestyle Motivations of Non-Timber Forest Product Harvesters. Employment: Director, Sustainable Development in Practice Masters Program, Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota. 

  El Colegio de la Frontera Sur Graduate Advising, Chiapas, Mexico Dora Ramos M. 1998. M.S. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, (co-advisor). Thesis: “Women’s production in 

the pottery communities of Amatenango del Valle, Chiapas Mexico.  Daniel Davalos M. 1998. M.S. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, (co-adviser). Thesis: “Work and gender 

identity of young people in the fishing communities of the reserve La Biosfera “La Encrucijada, Chiapas, Mexico” 

Fritz Vaval 1997. M.S. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, (co-adviser). Thesis: “The socioeconmic and ecological impact of agroforestry practices Maissade, Plateau Central, Haití.” 

Ramon Jarquin G. 1997. M.S. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, (adviser). Thesis: “Evaluation of non-chemical control methods for coffee berry-bore and their technology transfer in Los Altos de Chiapas, México.”  

Rosa Elena Arellano M. 1997. M.S. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, (chair). Thesis: “Shrimp aquaculture and participatory development projects in the reserve La Biósfera ‘La Encrucijada’, Chiapas, México.”  

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Jorge Martínez I. 1997. M.S. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, (co-adviser). Thesis: “Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) and caiman (Caiman crocodilus) populations and the impact of fishing communities in the La Biósfera ‘La Encrucijada’, Chiapas, México.”  

Valente Téllez M. 1997. M.S. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, (chair). Thesis: “Participatory adaptive investigation of composting and lomiculture by Chamulan peasants.” 

Julio Velásquez-Hernández 1997. M.S. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, (co-adviser). Thesis: “Intercropping maiz and bean cover crops: Technology introduction and adoption in the Ejido Fancisco Villa, Municipio de Villaflores, Chiapas, México.” 

Reyna Moguel V. 1997. PhD. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, (co-adviser). Thesis: “Social Systems in Los Altos de Chiapas.” 

Antonio López M. 1996. M.S. Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo, (co-adviser). Thesis: “Traditional organizations and modern farmer cooperatives Tenejapa, Chiapas.” 

José Alejandro Garcia G. 1996. M.S. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, (co-adviser). Thesis: “Land use and migration in the Los Altos region of Chiapas: Four case studies from the Highlands, 1955-1995. 

  

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES RESEARCH ADVISEES & OTHER UNDERGRADUATE ADVISING 

 Undergraduate advisees are primarily Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management (ESPM) major 

students, with a few students from the Forest Resources and Fisheries and Wildlife majors.  2000-2001  11 advisees     2009-2010  17 advisees 2001-2002  17 advisees    2010-2011  15 advisees 2002-2003  13 advisees    2011-2012  15 advisees 2003-2004  15 advisees    2012-2013  23 advisees 2004-2005  17 advisees    2013-2014  18 advisees 2005-2006  18 advisees    2014-2015  15 advisees 2006-2007  13 advisees    2015-2016  11 advisees 2007-2008  18 advises    2016-2017  29 advisees 2008-2009  18 advisees    2017-2018  27 mentees 

    NSF-REU funding: 

● John Sisser, ESPM, Collaborative Research: Ecological Homogenization of Urban America, “Lawn Enforcement: How municipal policies influence homeowner residential landscapes management” poster presentation, July 2013. 

Honors Thesis advisor: ● Siri Simons (ESPM-PPLS) May 2013 

 UROP Advisees: 

● Robert Fisk and John Beiningen (NRES) 2005.  ● Vicki Kalkirtz (FWCB), Biogeochemical Cycles and Homeowner Landscape Behaviors, 2004. ● Pamela Archer (FWCB), Defensible Space and Homeowner Landscape Preferences, 2002. 

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● Katie Frerker (FR), Evaluation of reforestation sites in Lagos de Montebello National Park, Mexico, 2002. 

NRES 3051 Internship advisor: ● 2001-2004: Eric Olsen, Natalie Hauck, Julie Hautman, Shannon Graves, Beth Peterson, Marea 

Kerrigan, Evy Wilkins, Dana Wilson, Ben West, Eva Koosman, Rachel Domenichetti.   

SELECTED INVITED TALKS AND PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS (presenters noted in bold, graduate student/post-doc collaborator *) 

 Schultz, L., K.C. Nelson, M. Barnes, and S. Helle. 2017. How could the grass on your campus be as ‘green’ 

as it looks? Association of American Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), San Antonio, Texas, October 15-18, poster. 

Mercer-Taylor, B., K.C. Nelson, M. Barnes, and S. Helle. 2017. How could the grass on your campus be as ‘green’ as it looks? Upper Midwest Association for Campus Sustainability (UMACS), Central College, Pella, Iowa, October 5, poster. 

Nelson, K.C. 2017. Public and private land managers examining fine fescues as a vegetation choice for the future. Twenty-sixth Annual Rutgers Turfgrass Symposium: Plenary, January 13, 75 people 

Nelson, K.C., Ingrid Schneider, Peter Reich. 2017. Scientific Writing Workshop, NRSM, University of Minnesota, panel, 30 people. 

Nelson, K.C. with Marlene Zuk and Tiffany Wolf. 2016. Our Parasites Ourselves: The counterintuitive, complex relationship between people, environment, and policy. Petri Dish, panel discussion hosted by the College of Biological Sciences, St. Paul, Minnesota. December 6, 60 attendees.  

Nelson, K.C., G. Johnson, H. Ramer, and A. Meyer. 2016. Sixteen Years of Writing in ESPM 4041: Problem Solving for Environmental Change, Writing and Community Engagement Faculty Panel, Writing Across the Curriculum, November 15. 

Nelson, K.C. 2016. Problem Formulation and Option Assessment (PFOA) Linking Governance and Environmental Risk Assessment for Technologies, Case Study: Developing methodologies for problem analysis of genetically modified organism,  Invited webinar presentation to the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Committee members charged with the study on Future Biotechnology Products and Opportunities to Enhance Capabilities of the Biotechnology Regulatory System, publicly available, July 22.  

Will, T., D. Lambert, and K.C. Nelson. 2016. Change strategies for the future of grassland birds in the Midwest: A conservation deliberation, Society for Conservation Biology, Madison, WI, July 19-21. 

Nelson, K.C. R. Brummel, S. Enzler, S.G. Souter, and M.C. Monroe. 2016. Retrospective: Wildfire preparedness and beyond, ISSRM, Houghton, MI, June 24, presentation. 

Meyer, A.*, K.C. Nelson, and S.E. Hobbie. 2016. Influencing environmental stewardship in urban yard waste management, ISSRM, Houghton, MI, June 23, poster 

Ramer, H., *A.J. Meyer, K.C. Nelson, and G. Johnson. 2016. Twenty-five years of ESPM 4041W problem solving for environmental change: Lessons learned and imagining the future, ISSRM, Houghton, MI, June 24, presentation. 

Barnes, M.R.*, K.C. Nelson, A.J. Meyer, E. Watkins, S.A. Bonos, B.P. Horgan, W.A. Meyer, J. Murphy, and C. Yue. 2016. Sustainable Vegetation Through Low-input Turfgrasses: The Influence of Public Land Manager Beliefs, AESS Annual Conference, Washington D.C., June 8-11th. 

Nelson, K.C., M. Barnes, A. Meyer, B. Horgan, E. Watkins, C. Yue, S. Bonos, B. Clarke, B. Huang, W. Meyer, J. Murphy, B. Park, and P. Koch. 2015. Public Land Mangers: A Research Agenda Focused on Preferences and Influence Regarding Low-Input Fine Fescue, ASA, CSSA, & SSSA Meetings, Minneapolis, MN, November 17. 

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Nelson, K.C., 2015. Problem Formulation and Option Assessment Linking Governance and Environmental Risk Assessment for Technologies, 1st International Workshop on the Environmental Risk Evaluation for Genetically Modified (CMO) Fish in Mexico, hosted by CONABIO, 40 national agency personnel and academic scholars, Mexico City, Mexico, September 10-11.  

Nelson, K.C. 2014. Urban Ecosystems: Residential Yards and Homeowner Decisions—social drivers of plant biodiversity and nutrient fluxes. Natural Resources Ecology and Management Seminar, Iowa State University, Ames, IA., September 19th. 

Nelson, K.C. 2014. Report on Twin Cities Household Ecosystem Project (TCHEP), Minnesota Environmental Quality Board, January 15th meeting, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 40 people. 

Hall, S.J., J. Learned, B. Ruddell, K. Larson, J. Cavender-Bares, N. Bette, P.M. Groffman, M. Grove, J.B. Heffernan, S.E. Hobbie, J.L. Morse, C. Neill, K.C. Nelson, J. O’Neil-Dunne, L. Ogden, D.E. Pataki, W.D. Pearse, C. Polsky, R. Roy Chowdhury, and M.K. Steele. 2014. Convergence of localclimate in outdoor home environments across diverse ecoregions of the U.S., Ecological Society of America meetings, August 6, Mpls, MN. 

Pearse, W.D., J. Cavender-Bares, N. Bette, P.M. Groffman, M. Grove, S,J. Hall, J.B. Heffernan, S.E. Hobbie, K. Larson, J. Learned, J.L. Morse, C. Neill, K.C. Nelson, J. O’Neil-Dunne, L. Ogden, D.E. Pataki, W.D. Pearse, C. Polsky, R. Roy Chowdhury, and M.K. Steele. 2014. Homogenization of plant diversity in six major USA cities: Integrating socio-economic, environmental, and phylogenetic information. Ecological Society of America meetings, August 6, Mpls, MN. 

Nelson, K.C. 2013. Human Behavior, Nutrients, and Homeowners. Washington County Water Consortium, Washington County Court House, November 6, 45 people.  

Bengston, D. N., R. L. Olson, T. Thompson, L.A. DeVaney and K.C. Nelson. 2013. The future of wildland fire management: In a world of rapid change and great uncertainty, WorldFuture, Chicago, Ill, July 19. 

Nelson, K.C., J. Cavender-Bares, S.E. Hobbie, K.L. Larson, L. Ogden, P.M. R.Roy Chowdhury, Groffman, P.M., J.M. Grove, J. Heffernan, C. Neill, C. Polsky. 2013.  Homogenization of the urban landscape: integrating lawns, yards, biodiversity, and social organization drivers in transition moments, International Symposium on Society & Resource Management, Estes Park, Colorado, June 8. (additional author collaborators: S. Hall, N. Bettez and J. Morse,  J. O’Neil-Dunne, D. Pataki, M. Steele) 

Ryan, C., C. Ginger, M. Monroe and K.C. Nelson. 2013. Disciplinary integration in education and research: from rhetoric to reality, Roundtable Discussion, International Symposium on Society & Resource Management, Estes Park, Colorado, June 6. 

Brummel, R.* and K.C. Nelson. 2013. Farmer identity and “self-other” talk in rotational grazing dairy systems, International Symposium on Society & Resource Management, Estes Park, Colorado, June 7. 

Bengston, D. N., R. L. Olson, L.A. DeVaney and K.C. Nelson. 2013. The future of wildland fire management: Overview of a strategic foresight project, International Symposium on Society & Resource Management, Estes Park, Colorado, June 6. 

Qian, Xinyi* and K.C. Nelson. 2013. Understanding household consumption of natural gas and electricity: The effect of psychological and demographic factors and implications for reducing CO2 emissions, International Symposium on Society & Resource Management, Estes Park, Colorado, June 6. 

Cavender-Bares, J., A.J., S. Hobbie and K.C. Nelson. 2012. City slicker plants: consequences of urbanization for plant diversity, Frontiers Seminar, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota, Nov 7. 

Nelson, K.C., and M. Dahmus. 2012. Twin Cities Household Ecosystem Project and Urban Yards: Social norms and ecological conceptualizations. Watershed Partnerships meeting, St. Paul, Minnesota, 

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and Teaching, Sustainable Curriculum Workshop, Institute on the Environment, June. Nelson, K.C., and M. Dahmus. 2012. Social norms in urban yard care stories: Critiquing the role of norms 

in yard care management behaviors linked to ecosystem nutrient flows. ISSRM Meeting, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, June 20. 

Dahmus, M.* and K. C. Nelson. 2012. Urban yards: Exploring patterns in homeowners’ ideas of nature and ecological understanding. ISSRM Meeting, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, June 20. 

Brummel, R.* and K.C. Nelson. 2012. Beyond “…just another product…”: Farmer concepts of multifunctionality in dairy production in the eastern US. ISSRM Meeting, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, June 21.  

Kim, M.,* K. C. Nelson, L. Baker, and S. Hobbie. 2011. Yard Stories: Linking homeowner’s yard care choices with soil and water in urban ecosystems. Midwest Fisheries and Wildlife Meetings, DesMoine, Iowa, Dec. 5-7.  

Nelson, K.C., L. Baker, C. Fissore, S. Hobbie, J. Y. King and J. P. McFadden. 2011. What Influences Carbon and Nutrients Through 1,800 Households in the Twin Cities? Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany, October 11. 

Baker, L., C. Fissore, S. Hobbie, K. C. Nelson, J. Y. King and J. P. McFadden. 2011. Analysis of Energy, Carbon and Nutrients Through 1,800 Households in the Twin Cities. Session Water-Energy-Climate In a Sustainable Urban Environment, AICHE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 16. 

Hobbie, S., L. Bakers, C. Fissore, K.C. Nelson, J. King, J. McFadden, I. Jakobsdottir, D. Burk, D. Nidzgorski. 2011. Planetary Stewardship begins at Home: The Twin Cities Household Ecosystem Project, Ecological Society of America Meetings, August 

Nelson, K.C. and R. Brummel. 2011. Social Networks as Differential Drivers in Conventional and Multifunctional Agricultural Grazing Systems. ISSRM Meeting, University of Wisconsin-Madison, June 8,  

Brummel, R. and K.C. Nelson. 2011. Co-constructing the Fire Environment: Risk Planning, Conservation, and the Creation of Governable Landscapes. ISSRM Meeting, University of Wisconsin-Madison, June 8,  

Nelson, K.C. 2011. Household Landscapes and Urban Ecosystems: N, and P. Storm water Management Meeting. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, May 3 

Nelson, K.C. and L. Baker. 2011. Household Landscapes and Urban Ecosystems: C, N, and P. Seminar Talk. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, March 31 

Nelson, K.C., C. Fissore, S. Hobbie. 2011. Household Landscapes and Urban Ecosystems. 50th Minnesota Shade Tree Short Course, Arden Hills, Minnesota, March 15, plenary talk. 

Jakes, P., and K.C. Nelson. 2011. Implementing national policy at the local level – wildfire planning in Cook County, Minnesota, Minnesota Research Review, Feb. 

Nelson, K.C., S. Hobbie, L. Baker. 2011. Households and Urban Pollution, Bryant Lake Bowl-Bell Museum Science Series, Jan 13. 

Nelson, K.C., D. Burk, L. Baker, S. Hobbie, C. Fissore, J King, J McFadden, I Jackobsdottir. 2010. Negotiating household identity in urban ecosystems: Behaviors, influences, and associated carbon and nitrogen flows. Geography Department Seminar Series, University of Minnesota, Dec. 3. 

Breen, B.M.*, K.L. Bildstein, F.J. Cuthbert, K.C. Nelson. 2010. Sheep farmers and turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) in the Falkland Islands: From conflict to coexistence, Raptor Research Foundation Conference, Colorado, Fall. 

Wein, S.P.*, K.C. Nelson, L. Baker, C. Fissore, S. Hobbie, and I. Jakobsdottir. 2010. Targeting audiences for improved lawn management: Can grouping households assist with non-point water pollution 

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reduction?, Minnesota Water Resource Science Conference, Poster, October.  Nelson, K.C. 2010. Does carbon matter? - Smallholder farmers negotiating shifting institutions. Global Warming, 

Smallholder Agriculture and Environmental Justice: Making Critical Connections Symposium, August 5, Ecological Society of America, Pittsburgh, PA. 

Nelson, K.C. 2010. Problem Formulation and Option Assessment (PFOA) Linking Governance and Environmental Risk Assessment for Technologies: Problem analysis for genetically engineered organmisms—genetic biocontrol of invasive species, June 21-24, International Symposium on Genetic Biocontrol of Invasive Fish, Minneapolis, MN. 

Nelson, K.C., S.E. Hobbie, L Baker, J King, J McFadden, C Fissore, I Jackobsdottir, and D. Burk. 2010. Urban ecosystems and the role of household choices: behaviors, their influences, and nutrient flux outputs, June 9, International Symposium for Society and Resource Management (ISSRM), Corpus Christi, TX. 

Asah, S.*, D. Bengston, K.C. Nelson, and L. DeVaney. 2010. Managing in contentious arenas: An analysis of stakeholder frames of ATV management options in Minnesota state administrative public lands, June 8, International Symposium for Society and Resource Management (ISSRM), Corpus, Christi, TX. 

Dhakal, N.P.*, D. Current, K.C. Nelson, J.L.D. Smith. 2010. Assessment of post resettlement economic wellbeing: The case of Padampur, Nepal, June 7, International Symposium for Society and Resource Management (ISSRM), Corpus, Christi, TX. 

Brummel, R.F.* and K.C. Nelson. 2010. Burning through organizational boundaries: Interorganizational communication networks in collaborative bushfire planning groups in New South Wales, Australia, June 7, International Symposium for Society and Resource Management (ISSRM), Corpus, Christi, TX. 

Hobbie, S.E. and K.C. Nelson, L Baker, J King, J McFadden, C Fissore, and I Jackobsdottir. 2010. The Role of Urban Households in Pollution. April 14, Frontiers in the Environment Seminar Series, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota. 

Jordan, N., S. Manson, K. Nelson, B. Vondracek, T. Arnold, R. Brummel, K. Clower, A. Berland, D. Bonsal, G. Brand, and S. Graves. 2010. Can Rotational-Grazing Dairy Farms Really Balance Production and Conservation? May 6, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Agroecology Graduate Program.  

Nelson, K. C. 2010. Problem Formulation and Option Assessment (PFOA) Linking Governance and Environmental Risk Assessment for Technologies: Problem analysis for nanotechnologies and genetically engineered organisms, Governing Nanobiotechnology: Reinventing Oversight in the 21st Century Conference, April 15, University of Minnesota-TC, Minneapolis, MN. 

Jordan, N., S. Manson, K. Nelson, B. Vondracek, T. Arnold, R. Brummel, K. Clower, A. Berland, D. Bonsal, G. Brand, and S. Graves. 2010. Rotational Grazing: Development of a System of Productive-Conservation Agriculture, April 5, University of Minnesota-TC Conservation Biology Seminar. 

Williams, D., S. Burns, P. Jakes, T. Cheng, K. Nelson, and V. Sturtevant. 2010. Closing the Science-Practice Gap: Lessons learned from collaboration between research and practice in Community Wildfire Protection Planning,Second Human Dimensions Conference, April, San Antonio, TX. 

Jordan, N., S. Manson, K. Nelson, B. Vondracek, T. Arnold, R. Brummel, K. Clower, A. Berland, D. Bonsal, G. Brand, and S. Graves. 2010. Developing an Eco-Social Dynamic Model for Grazing-based Dairy Production in the United States, March 14, American Association of Geography Annual Meeting, Washington DC.  

Jordan, N., S. Manson, K. Nelson, B. Vondracek, T. Arnold, R. Brummel, K. Clower, A. Berland, D. Bonsal, G. Brand, and S. Graves. 2010. Rotational Grazing: Development of a System of Productive-Conservation Agriculture, March 26, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences. 

Nelson, K.C. and S.E. Hobbie, SE, L Baker, J King, J McFadden, C Fissore, and I Jackobsdottir. 2010. Biogeochemical cycling through households: the role of household choice. Urban Ecosystems and Human 

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Well-being Implications for Global Survivability, January 25-26, Minnesota Futures Symposium. Nelson, K.C. 2010. Panelist. Regionalism-how do we address problems at the scale they occur? 1st International 

Symposium on Rural Design: New approaches of inquiry and practice, January 15-16, University of Minnesota, Minnesota Futures Symposium. 

Hobbie, SE, C Fissore, L Baker, J King, J McFadden, K Nelson, and I Jackobsdottir. 2009. Biogeochemical cycling through households. LTER All Scientists Meeting, Estes Park, CO (poster). 

Nelson, K.C., R. Brummel, S. Burns, A. Cheng, P. Jakes, S. Souter, V. Sturtevant, and D. Williams. 2009. Networks as mechanisms for community wildfire preparedness planning: Across scale relationship building for complex human and natural systems, Ecological Society of America meeting, Albuquerque, NM, August 3-7.  

Brummel, R.*, K.C. Nelson, P. Jakes, and D. Williams. 2009. What might be risked and gained through risk-based approaches to wildland fire planning?, Ecological Society of America meeting, Albuquerque, NM, August 3-7. 

Fissore, C., Baker, L., Hobbie, S., King, J., McFadden, J., Nelson, K., Jakobsdottir, I. 2009. How human activities affect macroelement fluxes at the household level: A study of 3100 households. ESA Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM. 

Baker, L.. K. C. Nelson, C. F. Fissore, S. Hobbie, J.Y. King, J.P. McFadden, and I. Jakobsdittor. 2009. The Twin Cities Household Ecosystem Project: A Unique Survey Approach for Studying Household Biogeochemical Cycling, Ecological Society of America meeting, Albuquerque, NM, August 3-7. (poster) 

Baker, LA, KC Nelson, C Fissore, SE Hobbie, JY King, JP McFadden, and I Jakobsdottir. 2009. The Twin Cities Household Ecosystem Project: A Unique Survey Approach for Understanding Household Biogeochemical Cycling. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Albuquerque, NM. 

Fissore, C, L Baker, SE Hobbie, J King, J McFadden, K Nelson, I Jakobsdottir. 2009. How humans affect macroelement fluxes at the household level: A study of 3100 households. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Albuquerque, NM. 

Baker, L.A., K. Nelson, S. Hobbie, C. Fissore, J. King, and Joe. McFadden. 2009. Twin Cities Hosehold Ecosystem Project, US IALE Complexity in Human-Nature Interactions across Landscapes Symposium, Cleveland, OH, March 16.  

Nelson, K.C. and Hobbie, SE, L Baker, J King, J McFadden, C Fissore, and I Jackobsdottir. 2010. Biogeochemical cycling through households: the role of household choice. Metropolitan Area Conservation Districts (MCAD), March 12, Monthly Meeting. 

Nelson, K. and S. Panzer. 2009. Twin Cities Household Ecosystem Project: Creating Partnerships with Watershed Districts in Anoka and Ramsey County. Presentation to Ramsey Washington Metro Watershed District Staff. 6/15/09. 

Nelson, K. and S. Panzer*. 2009. Twin Cities Household Ecosystem Project: Creating Partnerships with Watershed Districts in Anoka and Ramsey County. Presentation to Capitol Region Watershed District Staff. 6/15/09. 

Nelson, K. and S. Panzer*. 2009. Twin Cities Household Ecosystem Project: Creating Partnerships with Watershed Districts in Anoka and Ramsey County. Presentation to Coon Creek Watershed District Staff. 6/16/09. 

Panzer, S*. 2009. Twin Cities Household Ecosystem Project: Creating Partnerships with Watershed Districts in Anoka and Ramsey County. Presentation toVadnais Lake Area Watershed Management Organization Staff. 6/25/09. 

Panzer, S*. 2009. Twin Cities Household Ecosystem Project: Creating Partnerships with Watershed Districts in Anoka and Ramsey County. Presentation to Rice Creek Watershed District Staff. 7/9/09. 

Brummel, R.F.*, Nelson, K.C., Grayzeck, S.A., Jakes, P.J, and D.R. Williams. August, 2008. Burning 

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through Organizational Boundaries? Examining Policy mandated collaborative bushfire planning in the United States and New South Wales, Australia. International Fire Conference (September 1-4). Adelaide, Australia 

Jakes, P., D. Williams, S. Burns, A. Cheng, K. Nelson, and V. Sturtevant. 2009. Community Wildfire Protection Plans: The Importance of Context, AFE 4th International Fire Ecology & Management, Fire Conference, Savannah, Georgia, 11/04/09-12/4/09. 

Baker, L., C. Fissore, S. Hobbie, J. McFadden, Jennifer King, and K. Nelson. 2009. Twin Cities Household Ecosystem Project (invited talk). Complexity in Human-Nature Interactions across Landscapes. Symposium at the US-IALE Conference, Snow Bird, Utah, April 12-16. 

Brummel, R.*, K.C. Nelson, P. Jakes, and D. Williams. 2008. Planning as Learning? Examination of Poicy-Mandated Wildfire Planning in the United States, Australian Fire Awareness and Education Conference, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, May 16-18. 

Grayzeck, S.*, K.C. Nelson, R.F. Brummel, P. Jakes, and D. Williams. 2008. Interpreting federal policy at the local level: The case of the wildland-urban interface in community wildfire protection planning, 6th Annual Forest and Wildlife Research Review, Duluth, Minnesota, Jan. 16.  

Brummel, R.*, K.C. Nelson, P. Jakes, and D. Williams. 2008. Burning through Organizational Boundaries? Collaborative Wildfire Planning and Policy in the United States and New South Wales, Australia, International Bushfire Research Conference, Adelaide, Australia, Sept 1-3. 

Dhakal, N.*, K.C. Nelson, and J.L. Smith. 2008. Assessment of Resident Wellbeing and Perceived Biodiversity Impacts in the Padampur Resettlement, Royal Chitwan, NP Nepal, Society for Conservation Biology International Meetings, Chattanooga, Tennessee, July 14-9  

LeDee, O.*, F. Cuthbert, K.C. Nelson. 2008. Managing for public access and listed species in the coastal zone: the case of the nonbreeding Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus), Society for Conservation Biology International Meetings, Chattanooga, Tennessee, July 14-19. 

Cheng, A., E. Saeli, V. Strurtevant, K. C. Nelson, S. Grayzeck, R. Brummel, P. Jakes, and D. Williams. 2008. Convene, Decide, act: Factors influencing community members’ capacity for understanding and taking action on wildfire mitigation and forest restoration treatments, ISSRM Conference, Burlington, Vermont, June 11-14. 

Williams, D., S. Burns, K. C. Nelson, R. Brummel, A. Cheng, S. Grayzeck, P. Jakes, E. Saeli, and V. Strurtevant. 2008. Between the Practice of Knowing and the Knowing of Practice: Reflections on Collaboration between Research and Management in a Study of Community Wildfire Protection Planning, ISSRM Conference, Burlington, Vermont, June 11-14. 

Nelson, K.C., L. Baker, P. Hartzheim, S. Hobbie, J. King and M. Payton. 2007. The influence of choice on nutrient fluxes through households and what influences choice. Symposium on the Role of Choice on Characteristics of Urban Ecosystems, Ecological Society of America-Society for Ecological Restoration (ESA/SER) Conference, San Jose, CA, August 5-10. 

Brummel, R.*., K.C. Nelson, S. Grayzeck, and P. Jakes. 2007. Social learning in collaborative wildfire planning: addressing institutional and ecological complexity Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire Conference, Human Dimensions of Wildfire, Oct 22-25, Fort Collins, CO. 

Grayzeck, S.*, K. C. Nelson, R. Brummel, P. Jakes, and D. Williams. 2007. Interpreting policy at a local                                   level: The case of the wildland-urban interface in community wildfire protection planning, Human                         Dimensions of Wildfire, Oct 22-25, Fort Collins, CO. 

Brummel, R.*, K.C. Nelson, S. Grayzeck, and P. Jakes. 2007. Social learning and the role of science in Community Wildfire Protection Planning, EastFire Conference, George Mason University Maryland, June 6-8. 

Jakes, P., K.C. Nelson, R. Brummel, S. Grayzeck, S. Burns, T. Cheng, E. Saeli, V. Sturtevant, D. Williams. 2007. Community Wildfire Protection Plans-Meeting the Objectives of HFRA, EastFire Conference, George Mason University Maryland, June 6-8. 

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Grayzeck, S.*, K. C. Nelson, R. Brummel, P. Jakes, and D. Williams. 2007. Defining the wildland-urban                               interface: How local government becomes a partner at the table in community wildfire planning,                           EastFire Conference, George Mason University Maryland, June 6-8. 

Brummel, R.*, K.C. Nelson, S. Grayzeck, and P. Jakes. 2007. Social learning and the creation of Communities of Understanding in collaborative natural resource planning, ISSRM Conference, Park City, Utah June 17-21. 

Grayzeck, S.*, K. C. Nelson, R. Brummel, and P. Jakes. 2007. Interpreting federal policy at the local level:                                   How local government becomes a partner at the table by defining the wildland-urban interface,                           ISSRM Conference, Park City, Utah June 17-21 

Nelson, K.C., R. Brummel, S. Burns, T. Cheng, S. Grayzeck, P. Jakes, E. Saeli, V. Sturtevant, and D.                                   Williams. 2007. Networks as mechanisms for community wildfire preparedness: Across scale                     relationships building for embedded plans, ISSRM Conference, Park City, Utah June 17-21 

Dhakal, N.*, K.C. Nelson, and J.L. Smith. 2007. Assessment of Resident Wellbeing and Perceived Biodiversity Impacts in the Padampur Resettlement, Royal Chitwan, NP Nepal, George Write Society Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 16 

Manolis, J., B. Stenquest, K. Fernholt, K.C. Nelson, and K. Wendt. 2007. Conservation Leadership Panel, Minnesota Conservation Biology Meeting, Sandstone, Minnesota, February 23. 

Jakes, P., S. Burns, T. Cheng, K.C. Nelson, V. Sturtevant, D. Williams. 2007. 2nd Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, Destin, FL., March 26-30. 

Nelson, K. C., R. Brummel, and S. Grayzeck. 2006.” Lake County Community Wildfire Protection Plan”, Lake County CWPP Implementation Meeting, Twin Harbors, MN, December 13.  

Nelson, K. C. 2006. Problem Formulation and Option Assessment: Public Engagement in Environmental Risk Assessment a Cross Country Comparison, Water Resources Seminar, University of Minnesota, November 27. 

Nelson, K. C. 2006. "Social networks as a dynamic mechanism for environmental systems", Conservation Biology Seminar, University of Minnesota, October 16. 

Monroe, M .C., K. C. Nelson, and H.J. Shiraliour. 2006. “Working with neighborhood organizations to educate and involve residents.” NAAEE meeting presentation, St. Paul, MN, October. 

Nelson, K. C., M.C. Monroe, Holly Johnson Shiralipour, and M. Payton. 2006. Neighborhood Association Make a Difference in Wildfire Preparedness, ISSRM Meetings, Vancouver, B.C. Canada, June 6-8. 

Nelson, K. C., L. Baker, and J. Curry. 2006. Household Choice, Nutrient Cycling, and Pollution Prevention, Policy and a Pint, Citizen Forum hosted by Citizen’s League and Minnesota Public Radio, (100 people) May.  

Hartzheim, P.*, L. Baker , S. Hobbie, K. C. Nelson, J. King, and M. Payton. 2006. Effects of Consumption Choices on Fluxes of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus through Urban Householdes: Case Studies from Minnesota and Albania. Ecological Society of America meetings, August.  

Nelson, K. C. 2006. Social Sciences and MPCA’s Work, invited talk to the Leadership Council Meeting (80 people), Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Minnesota, Feb. 9. 

Fingerman Johnson, J.*, D. N. Bengston, D. P. Fan, and K. C. Nelson. 2006.” U.S. policy response to the fuels management problem: An analysis of the public debate about the Healthy Forests Initiative and the Healthy Forests Restoration Act”. Fuels Management—How to Measure Success: Conference Proceedings. 28-30 March 2006; Portland, OR.  

Nelson, K. C. and M. C. Monroe 2004. Homeowner Wildfire Preparedness: Values, Knowledge, and Landscapes in Minnesota and Florida in Session MOG: Human Dimensions of Wildfire Preparedness, NFPA Fall Education Conference, Nov 14-17, Miami Beach, 2 hrs 45 minute presentation/training. 

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Martha C. Monroe, Kristen C. Nelson, Michelle Peyton, and Holly Johnson Shiralipour. 2004. The Role of Neighborhood Organizations in Wildfire Preparedness in Session MOG: Human Dimensions of Wildfire Preparedness, NFPA Fall Education Conference, Nov 14-17, Miami Beach, 2 hr 45 minute presentation/training.  

Pam Jakes, Martha C. Monroe, Kristen C. Nelson, Michelle Peyton, and Holly Johnson Shiralipour. 2004. Partner in Wildland Fire Preparedness: Lessons From Communities in the U.S. in Session MOG: Human Dimensions of Wildfire Preparedness, NFPA Fall Education Conference, Nov 14-17, Miami Beach, 2 hr 45 minute presentation/training.  

Nelson, K. C. October 2004. “Boundaries and Bridges”, SAF/CIF - Society of American Foresters and Canadian Institute of Forestry/Institute Forestier du Canada, Plenary Session “One Forest Under Two Flags–The Institutional Context for Sustainable Forests”, Invited Plenary, Alberta, Canada, Oct 3-6, 1,200 present.  

Lang, E.*, K.C. Nelson, and P. Jakes. October 2004. Sparks for Community Wildfire Preparedness: Skills, Process, and Style, SAF/CIF Annual Meeting, Alberta, Canada, Oct 3-6. 

Jakes, P., L. Kruger, M. Monroe, K.C. Nelson, and V. Sturtevant. October 2004. Taking Steps to Improve Community Preparedness for Wildfire: Keys to success from 15 communities, SAF/CIF Annual Meeting, Alberta, Canada, Oct 3-6. 

Jakes, P., L. Kruger, M. Monroe, K.C. Nelson, and V. Sturtevant. Sept. 2004. Taking Steps to Improve Community Preparedness for Wildfire: Lessons on Partners in U.S. Communities, 3rd International Symposium on Human Behavior in Fire, Belfast, IR. 

Nelson, K. C. June 2004. Environmental Conflict Management, Connect US-Russia, U.S. State Department Mission for Kyrkestan, Invited Presentation. 

Nerbonne, J.F. and K.C. Nelson. March 2004. Is Good Science a Key to Citizen Empowerment, Conservation Biology Society, Minnesota Chapter, St. Cloud, MN, March 15-17. 

Fletcher, J.O.*, D. Bengson, and K. C. Nelson. Jan. 2004. Policies to Manage Urban Encroachment on Forests and Other Natural Areas, 3rd Annual Forest and Wildlife Research Review, Duluth, MN, January 15, poster. 

Nelson, K. C. and D. Wilsey. Jan. 2004. Balsam Bough Harvesters’ Experiences and Resource Assessment in Northeast Minnesota, 3rd Annual Forest and Wildlife Research Review, Duluth, MN, January 15, poster. 

Nelson, K. C., D. Wilsey, J. Stucker, and M. Missrie. Jan. 2004. Balsam Bough Harvesters in Northeast Minnesota: Who are They and What Motivates Them?, 3rd Annual Forest and Wildlife Research Review, Duluth, MN, January 15, poster. 

Nelson, K. C., M. Monroe, Jayne Fingerman Johnson, and Alison Bowers. Jan. 2004 The Look of the Land: Homeowner Values, Actions, and Defensible Space Landscapes in Minnesota and Florida, 3rd Annual Forest and Wildlife Research Review, Duluth, MN, January 15, poster. 

Nelson, K. C., J. F. Johnson, M. Monroe, and A. Bowers. Jan. 2004. Public perceptions of defensible space and landscape values in Minnesota and Florida, 3rd Annual Forest and Wildlife Research Review, Duluth, MN, January 15, presentation. 

Hilbeck, A., D. Andow, and K. C. Nelson. December 2003. A Scientist’s Use of Problem Formulation and Options Assessment (PFOA) to guide the development of criteria for pre-release risk assessment: A model for post-release risk assessment? International Conference on ‘Risk, Hazard, Damage – Specification of Criteria to Assess Environmental Impact of Genetically Modified Organisms’, Hanover Germany, 7-9 December. 

Nelson, K. C. November 2003. The Social Organization of Environmental Services: Carbon Projects in Latin America. St. Olaf College, Invited Plenary. 

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Monroe, M. and K. C. Nelson. October 2003. Developing educational messages: assessing public perceptions of defensible space. National Association of Applied Environmental Education and Communication, Anchorage, AK. 

Nelson, K. C., Martha C. Monroe, J. Fingerman Johnson* and Alison Bowers. Oct. 2003. Living with Fire: A Comparison of Homeowner Assessment of Defensible Space, Landscape Values, and Fuel Treatments in Minnesota and Florida, U.S.A., National Society for American Foresters Meeting, Buffalo, N.Y. 

Nelson, K. C., M.C. Monroe, J. Fingerman Johnson* and Alison Bowers. Oct. 2003. The Look of the Land: Homeowner Values, Actions, and Defensible Space Landscapes in Minnesota and Florida, U.S.A. National Society for American Foresters Meeting, Buffalo, NY. 

Preus, L.*, D. Bengston, and K. C. Nelson. July 2003. From Trials to Trout: Conflict and Learning in Land and Water Decision Making, Society for Conservation Biology International Meeting, Duluth, MN, 40 attendees. 

Nerbonne, J. F.* and K. C. Nelson. July 2003. Volunteer Macroinvertebrate Monitoring in the United States: Resource Mobilization and Comparative State Structures. Society for Conservation Biology, International Meeting, Duluth, MN, 55 attendees. 

Nelson, K. C. June 2003. Problem Formulation and Option Assessment, Section Leader and Invited Speaker, GMO Guidelines Workshop: Brazilia, Brazil, 85 attendees. 

Jakes, P., K. C. Nelson, M. Monroe, V. Sturtevant, and L. Kruger. April 2003. Wildfire Preparedness: Region 9 Communities Taking Action, Changing Social Landscapes: Impact on National Forest Management in the Eastern Region Workshop, USDA Forest Service, Region 9, (poster). 

Frerker, K., K. Johnson, and K. Nelson. March 2003. Evaluation of reforestation sites in Lagos de Montebello National Park, Mexico, National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Salt Lake City, Utah, 18 attendees. 

Jakes, P., K. C. Nelson, M. Monroe, V. Sturtevant, and L. Kruger. March 2003. Collaborative Planning for Wildfire: The View from the East. Society for Applied Anthropology,35 attendees. 

Fingerman Johnson, J*, K. C. Nelson, M. Monroe, and A. Bowers. Feb. 2003. Homeowner Landscape Preferences and Defensible Space for Wildfire, Midwest Society of American Forestwea Meeting, 15 attendees. 

Nelson, K. C. and D. Wilsey. January 2003. Business of Pleasure: Livelihood and Lifestyle of Non-timber Forest Products, 2nd Annual Forest and Wildlife Research Review, Duluth, MN, 100 attendees. 

Nelson, K. C. August 2002. Making global initiatives local realities: carbon mitigation projects in Chiapas, Mexico. American Sociological Society Meeting, Chicago, 25 attendees. 

Nelson, K.C. November 2002. The Contested Terrain of Carbon Projects: Social Evolution of Carbon Mitigation in Mayan Communities. Invited talk, Nuestro Ambiente: Latina/os and Environmental Justice Conference, Nov 22-24, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 75 attendees.  

Nelson, K. C. July 2002. Conservation Implications of carbon mitigation projects in Chiapas, Mexico, Conservation Biology Meetings, Canterbury, Kent, England, 40 attendees. 

Nelson, K.C. and G. Kibata. November 2002. Development of International Scientific Biosafety Testing Guidelines for Transgenic Plants: Needs Assessment Section. Public Day. November 29. International Center for Insect Physiology and Plant Ecology (ICIPE) Nairobi, Kenya, 80 attendees. 

Nelson, K.C., J. F. Johnson, M. Monroe, and A. Bowers. June 2002. Public Perceptions of Defensible Space and Landscape Values in Minnesota and Florida. ISSRM Meeting, Bloomington, ILL, 30 attendees. 

Nelson, K. C. 2002. A White Tennis Shoes in Citizen Science: Creating New Environmental Knowledge and Solving Problems@ Environmental Science Lecture Series, Northern Iowa University, invited speaker, March 7, 50 attendees.  

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Nelson, K.C. and D. Wilsey. August 2002. Business or Pleasure: Factors Motivating Northern Minnesota Non-Timber Forest Product Harvesters, Rural Sociological Meeting, 20 attendees.  

Johnson, K* and K.C. Nelson. July 2002. Conservation through Co-Management: Evaluation of a Local Common Property Regime within a National Park in Mexico, Conservation Biology Meetings, Canterbury, Kent, England, 25 attendees. 

Grossman, J. and K.C. Nelson. November 2002. Voices of Those Behind the Hoe: Organic Coffee Production in Chiapas, Mexico, International Farming Systems Conference, Orlando, FL. Poster presentation. 

Nerbonne, J. F.* and K. C. Nelson. June 2002. Volunteer Stream Monitoring as a Tool for Social Change. ISSRM Meeting, Blooming ton, ILL, 20 attendees.  

Nerbonne, J. F.* and K. C. Nelson. April 2002. Volunteer Stream Monitoring as a Tool for Citizen Empowerment, Minnesota Waters 2002 & Minnesota Lakes and Rivers Conference, St. Cloud, 20 attendees. 

Kruger, L., P. Jakes, K. C. Nelson, M. Monroe, and V. Sturtevant. 2002. Keys to Building Community Preparedness for wildfire, ISSRM Meeting, Bloomington, ILL, 35 attendees. 

Jakes, P., K.C. Nelson, and M. Monroe. 2002. Collaborative Planning for Wildlfire: The View from the East. SFAA. 

Jakes, P. L. Kruger, K. C. Nelson, M. Monroe, and V. Sturtevant. June 2002. A Model for Analyzing Community Preparedness for Wildfire. 1st Annual Sustainable Forest Management Summit, Great Lakes Forest Alliance, Green Bay, 30 attendees.  

Jakes, P. L. Kruger, K. C. Nelson, M. Monroe, and V. Sturtevant. June 2002 A Model for Assessing Community Preparedness for Wildfire, ISSRM Meeting, Bloomington, ILL., 40 attendees.  

Bengston, D. N. J. Fletcher, and K. C. Nelson June 2002. Public Policy Instruments for Managing Urban Growth: An Assessment of Lessons Learned, ISSRM Meeting, Bloomington, ILL, 25 attendees. 

Nelson, K. C. 2001. Evolution of Fondo Bioclimatico: community carbon mitigation projects in Chiapas, Mexico, Sustainable Development Since Rio: Climate Change Series, panel member and research presentation, December,Wiley Hall Auditorium, University of Minnesota, 100 attending: faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates, metro-area public, invited. 

Nelson, K. C. 2001. Balsam Bough Permitting and Harvesters, February, deer River, 30 attending: Industry/DNR/USFS/County Foresters/Balsam Harvesters, Balsam Bough Partnership Bi-annual Meeting, plenary talk/research report. 

Wilsey, D.* and K.C. Nelson. 2001. Balsam Bough: Permitting and Social System in Northern Minnesota, Minnesota Native Plant Society, 120 attending: society members/general public, March 24, invited. 

Bengston, D., J. Fletcher, and K.C. Nelson. July 2001. Limits to Growth Management: An Assessment of Policies for Managing Landscape Changes, Ecological Economics Meeting, Duluth. 

Bengston, D., J. Fletcher, and K.C. Nelson. 2001. Limits to Growth Management: An Assessment of Policies for Managing Landscape Changes, USFS: Central Division Social Science Research Meeting, Chicago, March. 

Nelson, K. C. 2000, “Environmental Services: Carbon Mitigation in Mayan Communities”, Miami, Fl., Latin American Studies Association, March 17. 

Nelson, K. C. 2000, “Contested Terrain Carbon Mitigation in Mayan Communities” Bellingham, WA, 8th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, June 21. 

Nelson, K. C. and Barry Stieglitz presenters. 2000. “Community Relations, Conflict Management, and Collaborative Partnerships”, Human Dimensions in Natural Resource Management Workshop, Cooperative Parks Unit/USFW Region 3, and University of Minnesota, Feb. 2. (invited). 

Nelson, K. C., 2000, “Crocodiles and Fishers in Southern Mexico” co-authored with Jorge Martínez and Rosy Arellano, Midwest Fisheries Society Meetings, Minneapolis, MN, Dec. 5 (invited).  

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 Selected Invited Talks for Nelson - 1999 and before ● “Participation Dogma or Doctrine” WUSA, University of Minnesota, October, 1999. ● “Agroforestry and Particiaptory Planning” San Cristobal, Mexico, 3&5 June, 1997. ● “Social Analysis in Community Forestry Assessment” San Cristobal, Mexico, 29 Nov. 1995 and 1996. ● “Gender and Development” San Cristobal, Chiapas, Mexico, 20 Nov. 1995 & 96. ● “Technology Transfer: Communication as a Cultural Experience” Villahermosa, Mexico, 18 Nov. 1995 ● “Participatory Research for Sustainable Community Development” Workshop on Participatory 

Generation and Transfer of Sustainable Technologies, Morelos, Mexico, 13-15 Feb. 1995.  ● “Comparative Studies as a Mechanism for Institutional Change” Rockefeller Social Science Fellows 

Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 14-18 November 1994. ● “Dos Mundos: Científicos y Indigenas” IV Seminario de Agroecología, Tapachula, México, 1-4 

November 1994. ● “Investigación Participativa para la Década de los 90s: Por qué, Para qué, y Cómo” 4th Congreso 

Internacional de Manejo Integrado de Plagas, San Jose, Costa Rica, July 1994 ● “An Empowerment Continuum for Farmer Control of Research” XVIII Latin American Studies 

Association International Congress, Atlanta, Georgia. 10-12 March 1994 (professional society). ● “Participation and Empowerment: IPM Technology Generation in Nicaragua” Ecology Seminar Series, 

Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University. November, 1993, (professional society). ● "Practical Theory and the Literature Rogers, Latour, and Foucault: Examining IPM Knowledge and 

Technology Generation in Central America." World Congress of the International Rural Sociological Society. Penn State, August, 1992, (professional society). 

● "Technology Generation and Empowerment" Agriculture and Human Values Annual Meeting. Michigan State. June, 1992, (professional society). 

● “Models for Technology Generation: Process, Participation, and Costs.” 11th Annual Farming Systems Meeting, Michigan State, Oct. 1991, (professional society). 

● “Scientists, Farmers, and Weaving Knowledge Systems” ● “Interviewing Techniques in Rural Research” ● “Sustainable Development vs. Traditional Practice in Guanacaste, Costa Rica: Reforestation vs. 

Agricultural Burning”, Organization for Tropical Studies: Managed Tropical Ecosystems Course, July 1991. 

● “El Proceso de Generación de Tecnología MIP: Participación y Experimentación.” Primer Seminario Sobre Generación y Transferencia de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Universidad Nacional Agraria-FINNIDA, Nicaragua, April 1991. 

● “Interdisciplinary Teams in the Generation and Transfer of IPM Technology.” Annual Meeting of the Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Feb. 1991. 

● "Tomate en el Valle de Sébaco: Teoria de Modelos para la Generación y Transferencia de Tecnología MIP." Plenary Presentation. 4th International Congreso de Manejo Integrado de Plagas, Managua, Nicaragua. Oct. 1990. 

 UNIVERSITY SERVICE, LEADERSHIP, AND AWARDS 2000-2012 

 Departments – Forest Resources and Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Curriculum Committee, (Chair 2006), 2005–10, 2015-17 Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Long Range Planning Committee, 2010-11; 2013-14 Fisheries and Wildlife, Promotion and Tenure Review Revision, 2004 - 2007 Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Community Committee, Chair, 2002 - 2004 Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, International Workshop Committee, 2004 

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Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Department Head Searches, 2000 – 2001; 2012 Fisheries and Wildlife Kolshorn Lecture Committee, Chair, 2000 – 2001, Chair 2017 - 2018 Fisheries and Wildlife Scholastic Standing and Scholarship 2000 – 2002 Fisheries and Wildlife Seminar Committee 1999 - 2000   Forest Resources, Faculty Mentoring Committee, 2009 – 2012, Chair 2015-present Forest Resources, Individual Faculty Mentoring Committees 2015-future  Rebecca Montgomery (2015-17), Diana Karwan, Marcella Wiindmuller-Campione, Forest Fleischman Forest Resources, Department Head Search, 2016-2017 Forest Resources, Strategic Planning Committee, 2013 - 2014. Forest Resource, Curriculum Review, 2010 Forest Resources, Human Dimensions Faculty Search, 2009 Forest Resources, Forest Ecologist Faculty Search, 2003 - 2004 Forest Resources, Natural Resource Policy/Economist Faculty Search, 2000 - 2001 Forest Resources, Policy Faculty Search, 2003 – 2004 Forest Resources, Policy Faculty Search, 2001 - 2002 Forest Resources Grants Committee, 2000 – 2004 Forest Resources Teaching Committee, 2000 - 2001   College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences/Natural Resources 

2005 Richard C. Newman Art of Teaching Award, College of Natural Resources   Bio-based Products, Environmental Systems Faculty Search, 2004 - 2005 Applied Economics, Environmental Economist Faculty Search, 2014-15. CFANS Academic Advising Task Force, 2016 CFANS Faculty Equity Review Committee, 2014-15. CFANS Financial Policy Committee October 2017-January 2018 CFANS Undergraduate Policy and Review Committee, 2006-2011 CFANS International Programs Committee, 2007 - 2009 CFANS International Scholarship Committee 2009 - 2011 CFANS Experiential Learning Task Force 2007-08 CFANS Promotion and Tenure Committee 2013-15 CFANS Undergraduate Strategic Plan: Task Force II Co-Chair.  

Task Force II Report: Addressing Challenges for Cross-Department and –College Interdisciplinary Majors, Minors, and Academic Programs. Refining the CFANS Undergraduate Experience: Turning Plans into Action, 28 pgs. 

CFANS Undergraduate Curriculum Initiative-Faculty Oversight Committee 2010-11 College of Natural Resources Honors Program Committee, 1999 - 2006 College of Natural Resources Scholarship Committee, 2000 - 2006 College of Natural Resources, International Education Officer, 2000 - 2003 College of Natural Resources, Collegiate Faculty Consultative Committee, Elected, 2001 - 2003 College of Natural Resources: Environmental Studies Club –advisor, 2003 - 2006 College of Natural Resources: Dean Search Committee, 2001 - 2002 ESPM Writing Enriched Curriculum (WEC), Liaison, 2015-2018 ESPM Coordinating Committee, 2006-Present  ESPM Undergraduate Major Co-coordinator: 2006 – 2012, interim 2016 (Spring/Fall semesters) ESPM Planning Policy and Law Track Representative, 2006 – 2010, 2013-17 MITPPC Pre-proposal Review, 2016 

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Newman Award Selection Committee, 2007 -2009 NRES/ENR Faculty Committee, member, 2000 – 2005 NRES Planning and Policy Working Group 2001 - 2006  NRES/ES Undergraduate Major Merger Committee, Co-Chair, 2005 - 2006  University of Minnesota 

2008 H. T. Morse Alumni Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching 2006 Southern Forest Extension Specialists Award in Mixed Media: Wildfire Preparedness 2003 Award of Distinction, Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships  

Academy of Distinguished Teachers: 2008-present CALA Promotion and Tenure Review Committee, 2006 CFANS/CBS Advisory Task Force 2013 -2014 CFANS-CVM-CBS Research Retreat Planning Group, 2015-16 Council on Liberal Education: 2008 - 2010 Conservation Sciences Graduate Program:  

Strategic Consultation Committee, 2012 - 2013 Prelim Committee 2006, 2016  Core Course Review 2001 Graduate Student Admissions Committee 2000 

Food-Water-Fuel Nexus Workshop Strategy Team, University of Minnesota, 2015-16. Honors Program, University of Minnesota, External Review Committee, March 2013 ICGC / MacArthur Faculty: 

Faculty Consultative Committee, 2013 - 2014 Pre-dissertation and International Internship Grants Committee, 2005 – 2006 Doctoral Research Grants Selection Committee, 2002 – 2003 Consortium Workshop 2002 Conference Planning Sub-Committee 2001 

Natural Resource Science and Management Graduate Program: Economics, Policy, Management, and Society faculty member.  

President’s Sesquicentennial Series - Close Encounters of Human-kind:  Conversation about our Environment, Evolution, and Experience,  

Public Engagement Council, 2012-2014 Public Engagement Planning Committee, Meeting Society’s Grand Challenges Through 

Community-Engagement Research, Teaching, and Learning, 2015-16. Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships and the Statewide Coordinating Committee (SCC); CNR 

Dean’s Representative, 2002 - 2007 Risk Analysis for Introduced Species and Genotypes, NSF-IGERT senior faculty 

Curriculum Committee 2007 - 2009 ISG 5010 Risk Analysis for Introduced Species and Genotypes 3cr. Teaching Team, Hazard Identification Lead 2007-08, Member 2009-10 Minnesota Futures Research Symposium: Research Sub-Committee Admissions Committee 2010 - 2011 

Senate Committee on Educational Policy: 2008 - 2014 Student Rating of Teaching Item Bank Committee: 2009 - 2010 Sustainability Initiative: Advisory Board Chair 2005 - 2010 

Undergraduate Minor Committee, 2005 - 2010 Core Course Design Task Force 

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Research Committee 2005 Electives Sub-Committee 2005 - 2009  

University Committee on Study Abroad, CNR Representative, 2000 - 2003 University Faculty Senate, 2013-14. University International Programs Advisory Group, 2002 - 2003 University Integrating International Education Across the Curriculum, 2001 – 2003 University Graduate Policy and Review Council – Conservation Biology Rep, 2000 - 2001  Conservation Sciences Graduate Program:   

MINNESOTA, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP and SERVICE  Journal Reviewer 2017: Forest Science, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, Landscape and Urban Planning, 

International Journal of Wildland Fire, Journal of Forest Policy, Society and Natural Resources Journal, Journal of Forestry 

 Advisory Panel Member, Minnow Importation Risk Assessment Report (golden shiners), Minnesota 

Department of Natural Resources, 10/2017-02/2018. Conservation Deliberation on Midwestern Grassland Birds, a weekly Web-Ex collaboration and discussion 

among graduate students, experts, professionals, and managers, hosted by USFWS, Grasslands Network, and University of Minnesota, 9/2015 – 12/2015. Products Included: Anderson, A., M. Barnes, A. Christianson, L. Elliot, A. Meyer, and H. Ramer. 2015. Building a Network of Grassland Landscapes in the Midwest, Graduate Student Report for consideration by the Midwest Grasslands Network, advisors Kristen Nelson, Tom Will and Dan Lambert, December 2015, 19 pgs.  Anderson, A., M. Barnes, A. Christianson, L. Elliot, A. Meyer, and H. Ramer. 2015. Building a Network of Grassland Landscapes in the Midwest, Graduate Student Webinar for consideration by the Midwest Grasslands Network, advisors Kristen Nelson, Tom Will and Dan Lambert, December 18, WebEx Presentation, open invitation.  

Presenter and discussant, Consultation Workshop hosted by CONABIO, on Environmental Risk Assessment for Aquatic Organisms, presentation and workshop discussant, 40 national agency personnel and academic scholars, Mexico City, Mexico, September 9-11, 2015.  

Moderator, Energy Storage Scholarship Panel, Energy Storage Conference, Hosted by the Energy Lab, University of Minnesota Law School, July 15, 150 people. 

University Representative. Tree Advisory Panel, Saint Paul: Forestry Division. 2008-2014. Organizing Team Member, 2011, Twin Cities Urban Sustainability Forum, St. Paul campus, Minnesota, 

Nov 2-3. Advisory Board Member, 2007 - 2011. NIRT: Evaluating Oversight Model for Active Nanostructures and 

Nanosystems: Learning from Past Technologies in a Societal Context, National Science Foundation Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

Focus Group participant in MnDNR consultation on developing a new Water and Environmental Services Division, 2010. 

University Representative. 2009 - present. Tree Advisory Panel, Division of St Paul Parks and Recreation, St Paul, Minnesota. 

Facilitator. 2009. Oak Wilt Summit. Hosted by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for municipal, county and contract foresters. Carlos Avery State Wildlife Management Area, Minnesota, March 12, 35 participants. 

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Interagency Invasive Species Advisory Committee. 2009. Advisory committee member on recreation user communication and invasive species. Coordinated by the MN Department of Natural Resources. 

Author, PFOA Handbook to be translated into Korean 2009-2010: Nelson, K.C. and M. J. Banker. 2007. Problem Formulation and Option Assessment Handbook: Science-guided multi-stakeholder deliberation in ecological risassessment of genetically modified organisms, GMO-ERA Project, CD and hard copy, 237 pgs. 

Instructor/Presenter, 2008. Sustainability Education Institute Workshop: The Influence of Choice on Nutrient Fluxes through Households and What Influences Choice, University of Minnesota, July 9. 

Presenter, 2008. Grant Writing for Interdisciplinary Research: Developing Successful Proposals, Collaborative Leadership Development Series, University of Minnesota, April 9.  

Workshop Organizer, 2008. Community Wildfire Protection Plans: The Great Lakes Experience, Rhinelander Wisconsin, March 18-19. 

Section Leader, 2002 – 2007. Problem Formulation and Option Assessment (PFOA), Consultation with the Kenyan, Brazilian, and Vietnamese governments regarding environmental risk assessment guidelines for the review of transgenic organisms prior to introduction into the country, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). 

Presenter, 2007. Risk Assessment and PFOA Training for Research Scientists and Regulators in Hanoi Vietnam, October 10-12: Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and Ministry of Justice national agency decision makers and research scientists. 

Workshop organizer and presenter, 2007. PFOA Training for Research Scientists and Regulators in Brazilia, Brazil, July 10-12, 20 participants. 

Guest Lecturer, 2007. PFOA Training for Research Scientists and Regulators in Hanoi, Vietnam, October, 25 participants. 

Faculty member, Sustainability Initiative: Sustainability Studies Minor Organizing Faculty Committee, Curriculum design committees for ESPM 3003 and the new ESPM 4xxx senior capstone course. 

Senior faculty, Risk Analysis for Introduced Species and Genotypes, NSF-IGERT, Teaching Workshop Section Leader, Curriculum Committee member.  

Participant, Ecological Roundtable, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 2001 and 2003, 2014, St. Cloud, MN Civic Center and St. Paul, MN. 

Associate Editor, Society and Natural Resources International Journal, 2003-2006.  Faculty instructor with Johnson (Anderson 1999-04), ESPM (ENR/NRES) 4041 collaboration with governmental units- student group final reports and public presentations: 

● 1999-Metropolitan Council, Twin Cities Area Open Space and Parks, Minnesota. ● 2000-Woodbury, Parks Board, Minnesota. ● 2001-Anoka, City Council, Minnesota. ● 2002-Minnetrista, Parks Board, Minnesota. ● 2003-Chisago City, Parks Board, Minnesota. ● 2004-St Paul: District 5 Community Council (Payne-Phalen), Minnesota. ● 2005-St Paul: District 4 Community Council (Dayton’s Bluff), Minnesota. ● 2006-Minneapolis: Park and Recreation Board, Minnesota. ● 2007-Rice Creek Water Trail: Ramsey and Anoka County Park and Recreation Departments, Rice 

Creek Watershed District, and National Park Service, Minnesota. ● 2008-Sustainable Maplewood – 2050, Minnesota. ● 2009-Environmental Planning City of Shoreview, Minnesota. ● 2010-Sustainable Planning City of St. Louis Park, Minnesota. ● 2012-Sustainabilty in Natural Resources City of Golden Valley, Minnesota ● 2013- Natural Resource Planning and Inventory City of Oakdale, Minnesota ● 2014- Sustainable Planning, City of White Bear Lake, Minnesota 

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● 2015- The City of Fridley ● 2016- The City of Plymouth 

 Organizer, 2013. New World Agriculture & Ecology International Mtg, August 9-11, St. Paul, MN. Co-organizer, 2000. New World Agriculture & Ecology International Mtg, April 19-21, St. Paul, MN. Co-organizer, 2000. Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management Workshop for U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Feb. 1-3. 60 participants, Earle Brown Center, University of Minnesota. Reviewer for the following journals: Agriculture and Human Values, Conservation Biology, Environmental 

Management, Forest Science, International Journal of Applied Environmental Education and Communication, International Journal of Society and Natural Resources, Landscape and Urban Planning.  

Funding Reviewer: USDA Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture, National Science Foundation, HSD and DCN panels 

 Research Featured in Government and Outreach Venues 2010 Minnesota Broadcast Association. Jan. 2011. Radio program with Aaron Eisenberg, Household 

Ecosystems. Bell Museum. 2010. Sustainable Shelter Exhibit-Twin Cities Household Ecosystem Project featured in 

Sustainable Shelters Research Video. University of Minnesota, October 2010- May 2011; Traveling Exhibit through out the U.S., 2012-15.  

Minnesota Science Museum. 2011. Twin Cities Household Ecosystem Project – Science Buzz feature. Solutions Magazine. 2010. College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, University of 

Minnesota. Biedenweg, K.A., D.J. Wojcik, and M.C. Monroe. 2011. PFOA process used for the following class unit: 

An International Process to Assess GMOS — Activity 35: Approving Genetically Modified Organisms in ‘Sustainablandia’, In Ethics of Sustainability textbook, Wiley Publishing, pgs. 10. 

USDA, Forest Service. 2010. Keeping It Local: How Federal Wildfire Policy Is Implemented at the Local Level, In the Natural Inquirer, Wildland Fire Edition, No. 13, pp. 25-32. 

Fire Science Digest. 2009. Community Wildfire Protection Plans: Reducing Wildfire Hazards in the Wildland Urban Interface, Issue No. 5, July, National Interagency Fire Center, 10 pgs.  

 PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES 

International Association for Society and Natural Resources  

LANGUAGES Spanish .... moderately fluent Norwegian .... past language  

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