Emily J. Wilkins, Ph.D.

I'm a research social scientist. This is a personal website (used to store free copies of all my work - see the publications tab).

Broadly, I'm interested in conducting research that helps inform public lands and outdoor recreation management. Most of my previous work focused on: (1) how visitor behavior on public lands may shift under changing weather and climate conditions; and (2) how to use freely available online data (e.g., social media, Google Trends) to inform park and protected area management.

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New publications:

August 2025

National Park Service staff perspectives on how climate change affects visitor use. People and Nature.

July 2025

Adapting visitor use management under a changing climate across the U.S. National Park System. Journal of Environmental Management.

April 2025

The mountains are calling, but will visitors go? Modeling the effect of weather and air quality on visitation to Pacific Northwest parks and protected areas using mobile device data. PLOS Climate.

Janauary 2025

A review of the effects of climate change on visitor use in US public lands and waters. National Park Service Science Report.

Watch this short video to learn a little bit about the research I did for my dissertation!

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