Faculty
Joshua Greenberg - Associate Professor of Resource Economics/ Department Chair
Research Interests - bioeconomic modeling, economic issues pertaining to the allocation of Alaska renewable natural resources, economics of Alaska's reindeer industry
Research Interests - human dimensions of natural resource management, motivations for recreation participation, recreation planning frameworks, recreation research methods, natural resource based tourism, recreation economics, and nonmarket valuation
Current Research Programs - Alaska resident statistics program, visitor preferences for interpretation at Wrangell - St. Elias National park, wildlife viewing management in Alaska
Gary Kofinas - Professor of Resource Policy & Management
Research Interests - indigenous communities of the North and their social-ecological resilience in conditions of rapid change, adaptive co-management, local knowledge in monitoring, and integrated assessment, subsistence, and human-caribou systems
Julie Lurman Joly - Associate Professor of Resources Law and Policy
Research Interests - wildlife and public lands law, comparative natural resources law, federal-state resource management conflicts, and climate change law
Current Research Programs - public lands and resource management conflicts, climate change related repercussions for public lands and wildlife law
Elena Sparrow - Professor of Resources Management
Research Interests - nutrient cycling, microbial ecology, climate change effects, and science education
Research Interests - conflict resolution, environmental mediation, resource management planning, and public involvement
Current Research Programs - innovative methods of involving the public in environmental decisions, the alagnak wild river management study