Advancing Public Engagement with Science across the Long Term Ecological Research Network

Project Team

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John Besley, Ellis N. Brandt Professor, College of Communication Arts and Sciences, Michigan State University. John is responsible for LTER Network-level surveys and associated qualitative interviews.

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Karen Peterman, Karen Peterman Consulting, Co. Co-leads strategic engagement planning and PES monitoring system.

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Marty Downs, Director, LTER Network Office. Co-leads PES working group and PES monitoring system.

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Cristina Mancilla, Community Engagement Officer, LTER Network Office and NCEAS. Co-leads PES Working group

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Peter Groffman, Professor, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center. Guides strategic engagement planning and dissemination.

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Anthea Lavallee, Executive Director, Hubbard Brook Research Foundation (HBRF).  Co-leads strategic engagement planning at HBR.

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Kari O’Connell, Senior Researcher, STEM Research Center, Oregon State University. Responsible for case studies of three LTER sites.

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Emily Ortiz Franco, Catalyst Consulting Group. Assists with the case studies of three LTER sites.

Allison Black-Maier, Catalyst Consulting Group, Co-leads PES Monitoring System

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Martin Storksdieck, Director of the STEM Research Center, Oregon State University. Provides research guidance and serves as learning sciences and assessment expert on the team.

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Ben Archibeque, Researcher at Oregon State University’s STEM Center. Assists with the case studies of three LTER sites.

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Pamela Templer, Professor, Department of Biology, Boston University. Guides strategic engagement planning and dissemination.

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Sarah Garlick, Director of Science Policy and Outreach at the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation (HBRF). Sarah was responsible for overall project direction, activities, and reports; co-leads strategic engagement planning, PES working group, and PES monitoring system.