I'm a 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 emerging and novel data sources and methods to estimate visitation and visitor use on public lands.
June 2026
Debunking the myth of the quintessential resource manager: Precision in actionable science. Conservation Science and Practice.
Modeling recreational visitation at Bureau of Land Management sites. Scientific Reports.
February 2026
Communicating Darkness: Visitor Preferences for Dark Sky Interpretation. Journal of Interpretation Research.Â
August 2025
National Park Service staff perspectives on how climate change affects visitor use. People and Nature.
Watch this short video to learn a little bit about the research I did for my dissertation!