University of Oregon researchers can provide expertise for stories on wildfires and smoke.
To talk to an expert on wildfires and smoke, email Molly Blancett blancett@uoregon.edu
Wildfire and Smoke Experts
Steven Beda, Department of History
Labor History, Environmental History, 20th Century US History, Pacific Northwest Timber Industry, History of Forestry, History of Rural Politics and Rural Protest Movements
Benjamin Clark, School of Planning, Public Policy and Management
Decision Making on Wildfires, Public Budgeting and Finance, Public Management, Public Administration, Crowdsourcing, Autonomous Vehicles
Michael Coughlan, Institute for a Sustainable Environment
Long term human-environment interactions, Historical Ecology of Landscapes, Cultural and Traditional Fire Use, Forest and Fire Management, Landscape Conservation, Societal responses to Wildfires and Wildfire Smoke
Daniel Gavin, Department of Geography
Climate Change, Wildfires, Drought
Heidi Huber-Stearns, Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and Environments
Wildfire Risk Reduction, Smoke Communication and Response, Wildland Fire Policy, Prescribed Fire Policy and Management, Environmental Governance, Natural Resource Policy
Bart Johnson, Department of Landscape Architecture
Landscape Architecture, Conservation, Wildfires, Climate Change
James Johnston, Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and Environments
Fire Ecology, Environmental Law and Policy, Restoration Forestry, Dendroecology, Collaborative Governance
Hollie Smith, School of Journalism and Communication
Natural Hazards Communication, Environmental Communication, Science Communication and Media
Amanda Stasiewicz, Environmental Studies Program
Wildfires, Human Dimensions of Wildfire, Community and Organizational Adaptation to Natural Hazards, Cooperative Fire Risk Management, Evacuation and Alternatives to Evacuation, Forest and Rangeland Policy, Qualitative and Quantitative Social Science
Doug Toomey, Department of Earth Sciences
Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Environment, Climate Change