Quinney College of Natural Resources Utah State University Logan, UT 84322-5200 Phone: 435.797.2445 Fax: 435.797.2443 email: qcnr@aggiemail.usu.edu
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USU Selected Works
Curriculum Vita (long version) Curriculum Vita (short version)
Research Highlights Note to Prospective Graduate Students Photo Gallery and Profiles of Former Students Data Sets for Public Access Ancillary Publications by Colleagues
Courses: ENVS 3330- Environment and Society ENVS 6840/7840- Graduate Orientation Seminar
Other Departmental and Program Affiliations: Principal Investigator, Utah Agricultural Experiment Station Masters of Natural Resources (MNR) program USU Office of Global Engagement Ecology Center
Biography: My students, colleagues, and I primarily investigate ways to promote sustainable livelihoods via risk management and poverty reduction among people inhabiting rangelands and smallholder farming systems around the world. Our main research locations have been in eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania) as well as throughout rural Utah. We look for cost-effective interventions often involving livelihood diversification, education, and improved management of natural resources. Examples of recent projects include: (1) Collective action among pastoral women in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya; (2) drought coping strategies among Utah ranchers; (3) adoption of soil and water conservation practices among farmers in a Rift Valley watershed of central Kenya; (4) the role of education in promoting wealth creation and wildlife conservation among farmers in the Kigoma Region of western Tanzania; and (5) prospects for enhancing carbon sequestration on Utah rangelands. See my curriculum vita for career details.
