20th Anniversary Conference

of

The Society for Human Ecology

 

 

 

 

 

HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS:

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

 

 

 

 

October 13-16, 2005
Salt Lake City, Utah

Marriott University Park Hotel

 

 

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

{ dates and times of some sessions may change}

 

20th Anniversary Conference

Society for Human Ecology                 

October 13-16, 2005

Marriott University Park Hotel

  Salt Lake City, Utah – USA

 

 

 

Thursday Afternoon - October 13

 


12:00 PM - 6:00 PM


Registration (Opens at 12:00 - noon)   - Hotel Lobby

4:00 PM -6:00 PM

6:00 PM >

 

Reception – Ballroom & Conference Atrium

Welcome  - and Official Opening of the Conference

Eva Ekehorn, President – Richard Borden, Executive Director -  Scott Wright, Conference Chair

                                  {please convene in Ballroom by 5:50 pm}

 

Ballroom

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

 

Welcoming Events and Keynote Address – Ballroom

Speaker: Ross “Rocky” C. Anderson – Mayor of Salt Lake City
Title: “Salt Lake City Green”

{Introduction : Terry Sharik – Department of Environment and Society –

Utah State University}

The Opening Keynote Address and Reception is generously sponsored by:
the following Administrative Units that are located at
Utah State University - Logan,Utah


Ecology Center (James MacMahon, Director) – U.S.U.


University Extension Service – (Jack M. Payne, V.P.for University Extension)

College of Natural Resources  - (Chris Luecke, Interim Dean)


 College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences  (Gary Kiger, Dean)


 Department of Environment and Society  (Terry Sharik, Head)


 Department of Aquatic, Watershed, & Earth Resources  (Chris Luecke, Head)


Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology  (Richard Krannich, Head)


Department of Economics (Chris Fawson, Head)


Western Rural Development Center (John Allen, Director)

Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning  (Elizabeth Brabec, Head)

7:00 PM >

              Dinner Groups    (on your own)

Friday morning - October 14 

 

 

 

8:30AM - 10:00AM

Ballroom II>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connor >>

 

 

 

8:30 AM –

10:00 AM

 

Ft. Douglas >

 

 

 

Theatre >>

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

Willow >>

(4th floor)

 

 

8:30 AM –

10:00 AM

 

 

 

 

 

Aspen >>

(5th floor)

 

8:30 AM –

10:00 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Concurrent Sessions: Symposia, Roundtables, Contributed Papers

1. Symposium - Conservation Psychology/Conservation Biology I

 

  Gene Myers - Chair

 

Understanding Giant Panda Behavior and Applying it to Conservation Education: From Recognizing to Knowing Giant Pandas

Sarah Bexell, R. J. Snyder, L. Luo, and E. Sandhaus - Georgia State University;

Zoo Atlanta – Georgia

 

Conservation Psychology and Solitary Dolphins in the Wild -  Managing Human Behavior in Human-Dolphin Interactions

Anne Alden - U of California – Davis

 

Pet Attachment and Pro-environmental Attitudes

Joanne Vining – University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign

 

Animal Attractions in Ecotourism

Lynette A. Hart,  Dale F. Lott , Michael C. McCoy - University of California – Davis

Continues into next session >>

 

2. Symposium  - Education I: A Critical Analysis of Human Ecology -
                                   Researching, Teaching and Interacting

 

A Critical Analysis of Human Ecology - as taught at the Australian National University

 

David Dumaresq - Australian National University – Canberra

Rob Dyball, David Carpenter - Australian National University

Jacqueline Russell - Australian National University

 

 

3. Symposium -  Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability

 

Panel Members: Howard Ingle (Chair), Karen Gunn , Jason Berry - Salt Lake Community College; Salt Lake Community College; University of Utah

 

 

4. Paper SessionLegal Issues, Policy and Management I

Joseph Flood – Chair

 

The Hackensack Meadowlands:  An Account of Changing Land, Changing Perception, Changing Policies

Tamara Shapiro - Utah State University

 

The Integration of Local Knowledge in Elk Management in Western Wyoming: A Policy Analysis

Elizabeth Deliso - Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

 

Fire, Forests, and Law on the Public Lands

Robert B. Keiter - University of Utah 

 

The Quest for Trophy Animals in Contemporary Society: Perspectives of Montana Resident and Nonresident Hunters

Stephen L. Eliason - Montana State University-Billings

 

5. Paper Session - Attitudes, Behavior and Lifestyle I

Eva Ekehorn - Chair

 

Environmental Lifestyles with Eco-communication

Atsuko Kuribayashi - NLI Research Institute, Japan

 

Mediterranean Island Village Ecology: Interaction of traditional Settlements and the Environment in Crete and Santorini

Carla Chifos - University of Cincinnati

 

Recycling and Canvas Bags: Can Charging People Increase Recycling?

Marte Fallshore, Doug Hall - Central Washington University

 

Public Participation in the Allain Duhangan Environmental Impact Assessment: How Communication Practices Can Exclude Citizen Involvement

Terri Martin - University of Utah

 

 Continues into afternoon session >>>>

 

 

6. Paper Session -  Decision Making and Planning

Lucius Willis - Chair

Understanding the Effects of Multi-purpose Communal Microdams on Productivity and Health in Africa.  A study of the Biocomplexity
Erica Hackenitz - ZonMw (MHRC), The Netherlands

 

Environmental Activism in Response to Hydroelectric Decision-Making in Southwest China

Amy Zader – College of the Atlantic

 

Developing Impact Assessment Preparedness: Community Engagement for Adaptive Decision-Making

Thomas Meredith – McGill University

Rhetoric of Environmental Integrity: The Multi-sides Debate of the Hydraulic Projects in Southwestern China

Xinkai Huang – University of Utah

 

10:00AM-

10:30AM

 

 

 

Coffee/Beverage Break – Atrium

 

 

Ballroom II >

 

10:30AM -12:00 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connor >>

 

 

 

 

 

10:30AM -12:00 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Theatre >>

 

 

 

 

 

10:30AM -12:00 PM

 

 

Willow >>

(4th floor)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ft. Douglas >

 

10:30AM -12:00 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aspen >>

(5th floor)

 

10:30AM -12:00 PM

 

Concurrent Sessions: Symposia, Roundtables, Contributed Papers

1.  Symposium cont. -  Conservation Psychology/Conservation Biology II

 

Social and Moral Judgments about Pesticides and the Natural Environment: A Developmental Study with Farm Worker Children

Rachel Severson , Peter H. Kahn, Jr. – University of Washington

 

Cultural Awareness in Conservation Efforts: Prosperity in Greek Tourism vs. Survival of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Jennifer Bergman – Western Washington University

Applying a Psychometric Instrument to Explore the Range of Environmental Ethical Beliefs held by Zoo Visitors

Carol D. Saunders, Ron Meyers, John Fraser - Chicago Zoological Society;

University of Chicago; Wildlife Conservation Society

 

A Moral Functioning Perspective on Biocentric Values

Gene Myers – Western Washington University

Continues into afternoon session >>> 

 

 

2.  Symposium -   Humans and Other Animals

Linda Kalof -Chair

 

Sex and the Singular Species: (En)Gendering Dialectics of the Human/Animal Dyad

Ralph Acampora - Hofstra University

 

Refrigerator Magnets to TV News: Cultural Messages about Animals

Julia Corbett - University of Utah

 

Adding Animals to the Study of Inequalities: Implications for Understanding the Community Effects of Slaughterhouses

Amy Fitzgerald, Linda Kalof - Michigan State University

 

She’s not “like a child” to Me: Women’s Definitions of Companion Dogs

V. Aileen Hall - Ohio University

 

Meat and Murder: the Oppression of Women and Animals in Latin America

David Nibert - Wittenberg University - Ohio

 

Note: Presentations and discussion continue in the Pine Room at 1:15 pm >>>>

               (see # 7 session @ 1:15 pm)

 

 

3.  Paper SessionLegal Issues, Policy and Management II

Culture Clash Revisited?  A Comparison of Permanent and Seasonal Residents’ Views About Public Lands Management  in Amenity-Rich Southern Utah

Richard S. Krannich, Tracy Williams, Donald R. Field, A.E. Luloff - Utah State University;

Utah State University, University of Wisconsin; Pennsylvania State University

 

The Onus of Ousting Owls: Resolving Conflicting Mandates for the Protection and Management of the Barred Owl and Northern Spotted Owl in the Pacific Northwest

Rebecca Purdom - Green Mountain College

 

Justifying Radical Environmental Activism with Justice and Natural Law

Damon M. Hall – University of Utah

 

GIS Modeling of Shipstrike and Mitigation Strategies Near New England Lanes

Christie Mahaffey – College of the Atlantic

 

4.  Paper Session - Attitudes, Behavior and Lifestyle II

Marte Fallshore - Chair

 

How the Environment Affects the Health of Older Adults and How Older Adults May Affect the Health of the Environment

Kathy Sykes, Patricia Bradley - EPA Senior Advisor, Aging Initiative - Office of Children's Health Protection / US EPA/ORD/MAIA Environmental Science Center, Ft. Meade, MD.

 

Meta-Analysis of Experiments Promoting Responsible Environmental Behavior

Richard Osbaldiston, Christopher Grundy, Charity Nicole Dugas - Southwestern University - Texas

 

Public Values, Objectives, Beliefs, and Attitudes towards Forestry: An Exploration of Practical Significance in Human Ecology

Lori B. Shelby - Colorado State University

 

Correlates of Environmentally Responsible Behavior

Jeffrey L. Perrin - University of New Hampshire

 

5.  Paper Session - Design, Development and the Landscape

Colette Palamar - Chair

 

Cars, Class & Capital: A Literature Review of “Urban Sprawl” in the United States

Jessica Durfee – University of Utah

Landscaping Preference in a Desert City, Implications for Water Use

Elizabeth Farley Metzger – Arizona State University

 

Water Resources and Economic Development: A Content Analysis of Western Development Coverage in Newspapers in China

Zhen Sun – University of Utah

 

Creating Wild Places on Domesticated Landscapes: Applying the Wilderness Concept to Africa, Asia and Latin America

Christopher Conte – Utah State University

 

6.     Paper Session -  Environmental Monitoring & Collaborative Planning

Creating a Virtual Forest: The Black Rock Environmental Monitoring Project
Nicole A. Buzzetto-More - University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Using Internet-based GIS to Support Volunteer Environmental Monitoring

Martin J. Bunch, Grant Sheng,, Daniella Molnar York University, Toronto, ON – Canada

 

Scientific and Family Narratives of Prairie, Pine Barrens and Oak Savannas: Complementary Perspectives of Change in Biological and Human Ecologies

Damian Vraniak - Prairie FEASST, Inc. – Springbrook, Wisconsin

 

Muddy Creek Coordinated Resource Management Project, Carbon County, Wyoming

Jim Thompson, Robert Reynolds, Jr. – University of Hawaii and USGS

 


 

 

BALLROOM I

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

 

Friday Noon - October 14
(Please arrive promptly!)

 

Catered Lunch and Keynote Address -
Marc Bekoff –

 

This Land Is Their Land: The Human Ecology of Minding                                    Animals And Redecorating Nature

{Introduction: Linda Kalof – Michigan State University –
                               Editor –  Human Ecology Review

Ballroom I – Please arrive promptly!

 

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

 

Ballroom I >

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connor >>

 

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

 

 

 

 

Theatre >>

 

 

 

 

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

 

 

 

Ft. Douglas >

 

 

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Willow>>

(4th floor)

 

 

 

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

 

 

 

 

Aspen >>

(5th floor)

 

 

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

 

 

 

 

 

Pine >>

Friday Afternoon - October 14

 

Concurrent Sessions: Symposia, Roundtables, Contributed Papers

1.  Symposium cont. - Conservation Psychology/Conservation Biology III

 

Using Biological and Psychological Information to Help Home Gardeners Care for their Land

Susan Clayton – College of Wooster

 

Psychology in the Conservation Curriculum –

Britain A. Scott, Sue M. Koger - University of St. Thomas; Willamette University – Oregon

 

Boats Against the Current: The Role of Prior Perception in Conservation and Restoration Ecology

John Anderson – College of the Atlantic

 

Toward Sustainability Consciousness: A Critique of Sustainable Behavior Models of Human Functioning

Almut Beringer - LaTrobe University, Australia & University of PEI, Canada

 

Reflections on Conservation Psychology

Richard Borden – College of the Atlantic

 

2.  Symposium - Environmental Tipping Points
Gerald Marten - Chair

 

What are Environmental Tipping Points?
Gerald Marten - East West Center, Honolulu, HI

 

What have we learned about environmental tipping points?

Steve Brooks – Austin, Texas.

 

Envision Utah as an environmental tipping point

Ted Knowlton – Envision Utah

 

3.  Symposium  - Perspectives on Integrating Bio-Physical and Social Sciences for Sustaining Natural and Human Systems 

Panel Chair:  Terry Sharik – Head, Department of Environment and Society –
                                                   Utah State University

Panelists: (all affiliated with Utah State University, Logan, Utah)

    James MacMahon, Department of Biology and Ecology Center
    Layne Coppock, Department of Environment and Society
    Jack Schmidt, Department of Aquatic, Watershed, and Earth Resources
    Rick Krannich, Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology
    (SSWA)
    John Allen, Western Rural Development Center and Department of SSWA
    Arthur Caplan, Department of Economics

Continues into next session with Roundtable >>>

 

 

4.  Symposium - Use of GIS for Health and Social Service Planning in Local Organizational Networks

 

Barbara Hirshorn - Chair

 

Use of GIS to Analyze Older Las Vegans and Their Community Context: Service Planning and Provision in an Intermountain Boom Town

Barbara Hirshorn, Srinivas S. Pulugurtha, John E. Stewart - University of Nevada – Las Vegas; University of South Carolina

 

Using GIS to Plan Elder Friendly Communities

Kathryn Lawler - Atlanta Regional Commission - Georgia

 

Responding to Economic and Demographic Downsizing: Mapping Applications for Elderly Services Planning in Broome County, New York

Lucius Willis - Binghamton University – New York

 

Using Geographic Information Systems to Identify and Characterize Populations at Increased Risk for Burn Injuries

Linda Edleman – University of Utah

 

5.  Paper Session: Philosophy I

 

John Visvader - Chair

 

Social and Moral Relationships with Robotic Pets?

Peter H. Kahn, Jr. , Rachel L. Severson - University of Washington

 

The Ecology of Value: How the Additive Principle of Intrinsic Value can Help Solve Practical Problems of Public Policy – A Case Concerning Funding Recoveries of Endangered Species

Roger Gilman - Northeastern Illinois University - Chicago

 

In Horror, through Silence to Power: Righting Environmental Wrongs

Colette Palamar - Antioch College – Ohio

 

Nature Isn’t: Toward a Queer Theory of Environment/Human Relationships

Julie Kalil Schutten – University of Utah

Continues into next session >>>

6.  Paper Session: Sustainability I

 

Carla Chifos - Chair

 

Specific Local Requirements in the Assessment of Sustainability in Modern Food Production According to the Results of the UN-Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

Alexander G. Haslberger , Sabine Gressler - University of Vienna – Austria /

Austrian Scientists for Environmental Protection

 

Risk-sensitiveness in a Brazilian Shrimp Fishery Community: An Ecological Approach

P. F. M. Maccord, A. Begossi - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil

 

Human Ecology and Societal Sustainability – Bridging Theories of Evolution and Society

Wolfgang Serbser – Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus – Germany

 

The Relationships of Power and the Tourist Product: Case Northwest of Chihuahua

Tomas J. Cuevas Contreras – University Autonomous of Cuidad Jaurez

Continues into next session >>


7. Symposium
- Humans and Other Animals (continued from morning session)

 

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

 

Coffee/ Beverage Break – Atrium

 

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Ballroom I >

 

 

 

 

 

 

Theatre >>

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

 

 

Connor >>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Willow >>

(4th floor)

 

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

 

 

 

 

 

Aspen >>

(5th floor)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ft. Douglas >

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Concurrent Sessions: Symposia, Roundtables, Contributed Papers

 

1.  Symposium -   Conservation Psychology/Conservation Biology IV

Roundtable Discussion

                        

                         John Anderson – College of the Atlantic
                            Marc Bekoff – University of Colorado
                            Rich Borden – College of the Atlantic
                            Susan Clayton – College of Wooster
                            Mike Mascia – World Wildlife Fund

                            Gene Myers – Western Washington University
                            Carol Saunders – Brookfield Zoo

 

 

2.  Roundtable -  Perspectives on Integrating Bio-Physical and Social
              Sciences  for Sustaining Natural and Human Systems
 

 

Terry Sharik - Chair

 

Utah State University – Panel Group

 

3. Paper Session: Business and Environment

Another Look at Closing the Loop: Reclaiming Technical Nutrients Without Service & Flow
John Deans- College of the Atlantic

City Walkability and Transit Use
Jonathan Amburgey, Carol Werner, Barbara Brown, Caitlin Szalay – University of Utah

 

Expanding the Domain of Business Ethics: Leadership Development for a Sustainable World

Randolph Schwering – Rockhurst University -Missouri

 

Human-Environment Interaction for Globalization of Agriculture and Food Security

Shashi Kumar - India

 

 

4.  Paper Session- Philosophy II

John Visvader - Chair

A New Psychology of the Earth: Expanding Relationships into Sacred Reality
Carl Nassar - Heart-Centering Counseling, Ft. Collins, CO.

 

Energy Scarcity and Sustainability: A Sketch of Possibilities

Win Kurlfink - Michigan State University

 

Beyond Silent Spring: Unanticipated Consequences in Coupled Human-Natural Systems

William R. Freudenburg, Eric D. Zimmerman - University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Descartes’ Children: An Essay in the Ecology of Mind

John Visvader – College of the Atlantic

 

 

5.  Paper Session - Sustainability II

Carla Chifos - Chair

 

Building Sustainable Recreation-Planning Decisions on Federal Lands: The Role of Authentic Public Participation in Southern Utah

Marianne Thomas, D. Layne Coppock, Dale J. Blanah – Utah State University

 

Scale and Sustainable Indices: An Assessment of Scale in Systems Used by Organization to Measure Performance Towards Sustainable Goals

Lena Hakim - Washington State University

 

The Sociocultural Aspects of Sustainability: A Closer Look

Davis Taylor – College of the Atlantic

 

 

6. Paper SessionEcology, Culture and Identity

Are Biological Species and High Ranking Groups Real?: The Ethnotaxonomy of Fish in the Atlantic Forest Coast, Brazil

Alpina Begossi - MHN-IB  Unicamp -Campinas S.P, Brazil

Dialogism as a Solution to the Present Obstacles Preventing an Ecological Culture

Vernon Gras - George Mason University

 

Livelihood Strategies in Rural Human Settlements Developed After the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda

Emmanuel Havugimana - National University of Rwanda(and Goteborg University, Sweden)

 

Reclaiming Our Place in Nature: A Theory on the Development of Ecological Identity

Jennifer Seydel – Antioch Graduate School of New England

                        Friday Afternoon - October 14

 

 

Pine >>

(6th floor)

 

3:00 PM –

4:30 PM

 

7.     Paper Session – Contributed Papers

A Research on the Waste Policy for the 3R-based Sustainable Society and Its Efficacy      Focusing on the Eco-town Project in Japan–

Dong-Ae Shin - The University of KitaKyushu , Japan


Promotion of Ecotourism in the KOCH Community near The Bhawal National Park
Tanveen Zaman - Monash University, Australia

 

Andean Freshwater Stream Bioindicators
Eduardo Gil Mora - Andean Institute for Ecology and Development; Cusco – Perú

Implementing Sustainable Development Programmes in West African Developing Countries

Akinbile Stephen Olumuyiwa – Agricultural Resources - Nigeria

 

 

 

Ballroom I

 

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

 

Friday Late Afternoon - October 14

 

Keynote Address

 

Ian Douglas

Water and the Urban Human Ecology

Ballroom I -  {Introduction: Eva Ekehorn – Society for Human Ecology}

 

 

 

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

 

Reception and AwardsAtrium and Patio (weather permitting)

Cash Bar -

Hosts: Thom Meredith and Richard Borden –

   Past Presidents

    Conference and Ballroom Atrium & Patio

 

 

 

Dinner Groups (on your own)

 

 

Saturday Morning - October 15

 

 

 

Ballroom I

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

 

Keynote Address

Bruce Babbitt –

Cities in the Wilderness

Ballroom I

{Introduction: Robert Keiter – University of Utah – Wallace Stegner Center for                                                     Land, Resources, and the Environment}

 

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

 

 

Coffee/ Beverage Break

 

10:00 AM -12:00 PM

Theatre >

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ballroom I >

 

 

 

10:00 AM -12:00 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connor >>

 

10:00 AM -12:00 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ft. Douglas >

10:00 AM -12:00 PM

 

Concurrent Sessions: Symposia. Roundtables, Contributed Papers

 

1. Symposium - Environmental Sociology

Tom Burns - Chair

 

Quantifying Macro-level Effects of Environmental Degradation on Social and Economic Outcomes

Thomas Burns - University of Oklahoma

 

The Social Causes of Change in the Ecological Footprints of Nations, 1991-2001

Andrew Jorgenson, James Rice, Thomas Burns - Washington State University

University of Oklahoma

 

The Future of Community – Making it  Work / Sustainability in the 21st Century

Jonathan Duncan, John Neville - Sustainable Arizona

 

 

2.  Symposium - Fire Ecology I

Jonathan Taylor - Chair

 

Introduction to the Session on Fire Ecology

Jonathan Taylor - Society for Human Ecology USGS {Emeritus}

Taking personal responsibility for Community and Fire

Matt Carroll, Brad Weisshaupt - Washington State University

 

Communities adapting to Wildland Fire

Pam Jakes, Sarah McCaffrey - USDA – Forest Service

Perceptions - How do the Relate to Adaptation to the Wildland Interface?

Terry Daniel - University of Arizona – Tuscon

People Adapting to their Chosen Environments Emotional Response to Environments: Consequences for Management of Wildfires and Other Natural Disasters

Ronald Hodgson - USDA – Forest Service 

Continues into next session >>>

 

3.  Symposium - Public Participation and Decision Making

Kathy Halvorsen - Chair

 

Essential Next Steps for Research on Citizen Participation, Public Meetings, and Environmentally-related Decision Making

Kathy Halvorsen - Michigan Technological University

 

Public Involvement Research: Expanding Our View

T. Bruce Lauber - Cornell University

 

A River Runs Through It:  A College Community Watershed Curriculum and Program

Kenneth Cline, Rich Borden – College of the Atlantic

 

Fostering Mutual Trust in Community-based Ecosystem Management:  A Critical Cultural Challenge

Glenn Sutter, Diane Martz, Jean Lauriaul – Royal Saskatchewan Museum, St. Peters College, Canadian Museum of Nature

 

4. Paper Session - Community, Identity and Education

Educational Processes That Probe Values and Catalyze Action: A New Role for Museums?

Glenn C. Sutter, M. J. Barrett - Royal Saskatchewan Museum -Canada

University of Regina – Canada

 

Downzoning: Motivations, Politics, and Effects

Soji A. Adelaja, P. Gottlieb - Michigan State University; Rutgers University

 

 “We Need to Talk”: Would Other Programs Also Benefit From An “Environmental Studies” Association?

Robert C Wilkinson, William R. Freudenburg - University of California, Santa Barbara

 

The Biology of Monsters: Using “Monsters” to teach Critical Thinking Skills and Scientific Concepts to Non-science Students

Kevin Dixey - Western Washington University

 

 

 

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Theatre >>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ballroom I >

 

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connor >>

 

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oak Room >

(3rd Floor)

 

 

Ft. Douglas >

 

 

 

 

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

 

 

Saturday Afternoon - October 15

 

Concurrent Sessions: Symposia. Roundtables, Contributed Papers

1.  Symposium - Education II:  Contemporary Trends in Human Ecology                                                                Education

Robert Griffore - Chair

 

Analysis of Change in Human Ecology Programs in Higher Education

Robert J. Griffore, Michigan State University

 

Observations of Organizational and Structural Change in Human Ecology Programs in Higher Education

Francille Firebaugh  - Cornell University

 

Cross-organizational Taskforce for Program Advancement in Family and Consumer Sciences 

Virginia Vincenti -  University of Wyoming

 

The Future of Human Ecology in Sweden

Merritt Polk - Gothenburg University - Sweden

 

 

2. Symposium - Fire Ecology II

Jonathan Taylor - Chair

Behaviors, Behavioral Intentions and Beliefs about Home Fire Mitigation Strategies
Jerry Vaske, James Absher - Colorado State University - USDA – Forest Service

 

Management Efforts To Aid Human Adaptation To A Fire-Prone Environment Along The Rocky Mountain Front

Katie Knotek, Alan Watson, Carol Miller - USDA Forest Service – Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute - Montana

 

Human Ecology of Post-Fire Recovery: Integrative Healing

Jonathan Taylor, Michele R. Burns, John T. Hogan - Society for Human Ecology

USGS {Emeritus} Ft. Collins, CO; USDA, Ft. Collins, CO

 

Community-Based Recovery from Wildfire: Connecting People to the Landscape

John Hogan, Terralene Foxx, Craig Martin, & Laura Patterson - USGS – New Mexico

 

3.  Symposium - Listening to Neglected Voices

David Bengston -Chair

 

Natural Resources and Hmong Americans

David Bengston, Michele Schermann - USDA Forest Service – St. Paul, MN; University of Minnesota

 

Voices of My Ancestors, Their Bones Talk To Me: How to Balance US Forest Service Rules and Regulations with Traditional Values and Culture of American Indians

Joseph Flood, Leo H. McAvoy - East Carolina University, University of Minnesota

 

Natural Resources and Latinos

Deborah J. Chavez - USDA Forest Service –Riverside, CA

 

The Souls of Black Folks: Exploring African Americans’ Connections to Forests

Earl Leatherberry - USDA Forest Service – St. Paul, MN

 

4.  Roundtable - Environmental Tipping Points


Gerald Marten - East West Center, Honolulu, HI

Steve Brooks – Austin, Texas.

Ted Knowlton – Envision Utah

 

5.  Paper Session: Environmental Aesthetics, Spirituality,  and the            

                                  Perception of Nature

Carl Nassar - Chair

Experiences of Awe and Wonder in Natural Environments
Joanne Vining, Melinda Merrick - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Mountains with (and without) Burnt Trees: the Role of Aesthetic Imagery in Documenting Landscape-Scale Change in Grand Teton National Park

Ron Steffens - Green Mountain College

 

The Spiritual Food Chain

Dieter Steiner – ETH Zurich –Switzerland

 

Art Influencing Land Preservation: A Study of Landscape Photography

Lynda Roberts – University of Utah

 

A Virtually Wild Idea: Set Free the Primal Mind

Elizabeth R. Kover –Denver, CO.

 

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Coffee/Beverage Break

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Ballroom I >

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Theatre >>

 

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connor >>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ft. Douglas >

 

 

 

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

 

 

Concurrent Sessions: Symposia. Roundtables, Contributed Papers

 

1.  Symposium - Education III: Eco-League Consortium

 

William Throop – Chair

 

William Throop - Green Mountain College – Vermont
Richard Borden - College of the Atlantic -Maine

Dorothy Lagerroos - Northland College- Wisconsin

Meriel Brooks - Green Mountain College
Collette Palmer - Antioch College – Ohio

Timothy M. Rawson - Alaska Pacific University – Alaska

Lisa Floyd-Hanna - Prescott College - Arizona

 

2.  Symposium: Society-Environment Interactions

 

Sandra-Marquart-Pyatt - Chair

Environmental Activism in Amenity-Rich Southern Utah

Brian Jennings, Don Field, Richard Krannich, and A.E. Luloff – Utah State Univesity

 

Challenges to the Application of Behavioral Principles on Public Lands: A Case Study in Rich County, Utah

Susan Reid Wilmot and Mark Brunson – Utah State University

 

Community Attachment, Place Attachment, and Great Salt Lake

Carla Koons Trentelman – Utah State University

 

The Politics of Skiing: A Political Ecology of a Ski-Resort Development
Nicole Mauerman and Peggy Petrzelka – Utah State University

 

 

3. Paper Session: Health

Carol Jeffers – Chair

 

Towards a New Model of Understanding Women and Alcoholism:  Social Network Theory as the Basis for Designing a New Paradigm of Understanding

Deborah J. Smith - Michigan State University

 

The Disappearance of Endemic Malaria in the Netherlands: A Story of Orchestration and Coincidence

Erica Hackenitz - ZonMw (MHRC), The Netherlands

 

The Role of Plants as Food and Medicine in the Health Care of a Rural Population

Carol Jeffers – University of Utah

 

Organizational Culture’s Impact on Congregant-Care Facility Residents

Jane Nichols – Western Carolina University

 

4. Paper Session: Climate
Daniel Bedford - Chair

 

Human Ecology and Great Salt Lake Effect Snowstorms: Prospects for Regional Anthropogenic Climate Change.

Daniel Bedford - Weber State University – Ogden, UT

Dynamics of Abrupt Climatic Change over the Climate Regions in Nigeria

L.E. Akeh, E.D. Udoeka, A.O. Ediang, A.A. Ediang, S.O. Gbuyiro - Nigeria Meteorological Agency – Africa

 

Disciplinarity and Climate Change: An Analysis of IPCC’s Assessment of the International Climate Change Research

Andreas Bjurstrom - Goteberg University – Sweden

 

 

Ballroom I

 

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

 

Saturday Late Afternoon - October 15

Keynote Address

Carolyn Merchant  -

Reinventing Eden: The Role of Nature in Western

Culture

{Introduction:  Thomas Dietz – Michigan State University}

Ballroom I

 

6:00 PM – 6:45 PM

 

Closing Comments – Awards

 

 

 

Dinner Groups (on your own)

 

 

 

Open for After Dinner Discussion

 

 

 

Sunday Morning - October 16

 

 

 

Theatre -

8:30 - 10:00

 

 

Society for Human Ecology Business Meeting - Theatre

 

 

 

 

 

10:30 AM –

and for

rest of the day

 

 

 

 

 

Optional Guided Tours available

 

 

                  Red Butte Gardens ($3.00 per person)
                  Museum of Fine Arts   (free)

                  Museum of Natural History  (free)