Allred Research Group
Dr. Allred will start advising students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Fall 2023 and has advised a number of graduate students and post-doctoral research associates at Cornell University and Purdue University. She has mentored students whose research topics have encompassed a range of conservation social sciences. She also advises undergraduates in research and served as House Dean of the Alice Cook House community at Cornell University from 2016-2022.
Current Graduate Students
Gloria Blaise, M.S. '20, Ph.D. anticipated '24
M.S. Research Interests: Community development and ecological restoration via community-based agroforestry programs
M.S. Thesis title: Trees for Livelihoods: Effectiveness of Community-Based Agroforestry on Land Cover Change and Agroforestry Adoption Behavior in Haiti
M.S. Research Interests: Community development and ecological restoration via community-based agroforestry programs
M.S. Thesis title: Trees for Livelihoods: Effectiveness of Community-Based Agroforestry on Land Cover Change and Agroforestry Adoption Behavior in Haiti
Aalayna Green, Ph.D. anticipated '26
Research Interests: My research interests include the gendered dimensions of wildlife crime, conservation justice, and feminist political ecology. For my dissertation, I am investigating the gendered dimensions of militarized conservation in the Kavango–Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area in Southern Africa.
Research Interests: My research interests include the gendered dimensions of wildlife crime, conservation justice, and feminist political ecology. For my dissertation, I am investigating the gendered dimensions of militarized conservation in the Kavango–Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area in Southern Africa.
.Neelia Heath, M.S. anticipated '23
Research Interests: The role of racial capitalism and how it disproportionately affects the environment and the BIPOC communities that call the Black Belt region of Alabama their home.
Research Interests: The role of racial capitalism and how it disproportionately affects the environment and the BIPOC communities that call the Black Belt region of Alabama their home.
Charlie Tebbutt, Ph.D. anticipated '25
Research Interests: My research focuses on involving local stakeholders in conservation decision-making and governance. I use participative methodologies to work with diverse communities towards developing a holistic understanding of the social-ecological systems of fire occurrence and sustainable agriculture in the Colombian Amazon. I enjoy collaborating with farmers, rubber tappers, park rangers, indigenous groups and local authorities to build consensus around forest fire patterns and solutions.
Research Interests: My research focuses on involving local stakeholders in conservation decision-making and governance. I use participative methodologies to work with diverse communities towards developing a holistic understanding of the social-ecological systems of fire occurrence and sustainable agriculture in the Colombian Amazon. I enjoy collaborating with farmers, rubber tappers, park rangers, indigenous groups and local authorities to build consensus around forest fire patterns and solutions.
Post-Doctoral Research Associates
Daria Ponstingel, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Conservation Social Sciences
Daria Ponstingel is a postdoctoral associate at the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment. Daria earned her PhD in Geography from Texas State University at San Marcos. Her research investigates human aspects of environmental well-being, including how decision-making, governance, and policy affect the outcomes of socio-ecological systems, and how these impacts can be managed and regulated. Daria uses GIS and remote sensing techniques to analyze ecological change and evaluate ecosystem services, such as carbon sequestration. In her work, Daria also applies diverse economies and Ostrom’s frameworks to understand human behavior in natural resource management.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Conservation Social Sciences
Daria Ponstingel is a postdoctoral associate at the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment. Daria earned her PhD in Geography from Texas State University at San Marcos. Her research investigates human aspects of environmental well-being, including how decision-making, governance, and policy affect the outcomes of socio-ecological systems, and how these impacts can be managed and regulated. Daria uses GIS and remote sensing techniques to analyze ecological change and evaluate ecosystem services, such as carbon sequestration. In her work, Daria also applies diverse economies and Ostrom’s frameworks to understand human behavior in natural resource management.
Past Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral Research Associates
Anna Brettman, MPS '21
Research interests: Disaster relief and response
Research interests: Disaster relief and response
Danielle Lee Eiseman, PhD Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland
Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Program Manager with the Cornell Institute for Climate Smart Solutions and the Cornell Center for Conservation Social Sciences within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University.
Current research interests: Engaging the public on climate change through food, and youth education on climate change.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Program Manager with the Cornell Institute for Climate Smart Solutions and the Cornell Center for Conservation Social Sciences within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University.
Current research interests: Engaging the public on climate change through food, and youth education on climate change.
Rex Ukaejiofo, MPS '20
Research interests: Examining Climate Adaptation Policies and Strategies in Agricultural Livelihoods in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
Research interests: Examining Climate Adaptation Policies and Strategies in Agricultural Livelihoods in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
Gretchen Worth, MPS '19
Research Interests: Community engagement and heritage conservation in under-served communities.
Research Interests: Community engagement and heritage conservation in under-served communities.
Jeffrey Wall, Ph.D '18
Ph.D. Research Interests: Ethnobiological dimensions of plant genetic resource value.
Thesis title: What Women Know that Men Do Not about Chestnut Trees in Turkey: A Method of Hearing Muted Knowledge
Ph.D. Research Interests: Ethnobiological dimensions of plant genetic resource value.
Thesis title: What Women Know that Men Do Not about Chestnut Trees in Turkey: A Method of Hearing Muted Knowledge
Sara Naiman, M.S. '17
M.S. Research Interests: The impact individuals' perceptions of the environment, community and sense of place have on environmental behavior
Thesis title: Understanding Support for Actively Managed Protected Areas: The Case of the Albany Pine Bush Reserve
M.S. Research Interests: The impact individuals' perceptions of the environment, community and sense of place have on environmental behavior
Thesis title: Understanding Support for Actively Managed Protected Areas: The Case of the Albany Pine Bush Reserve
Jennifer Fownes, M.S. '17
Thesis title: The Influence of Weather on Perceptions of Personal Experience with Climate Change Extreme Weather in New York State
Thesis title: The Influence of Weather on Perceptions of Personal Experience with Climate Change Extreme Weather in New York State
Christine Moskell, M.S. '12 and PhD '16
PhD dissertation: Mixed-methods investigations of Community Engagement in Urban Environmental Stewardship
M.S. title: Towards Sustainable Urban Forest Governance: Strategies for Stakeholder Engagement in Tree Planting and Stewardship
PhD dissertation: Mixed-methods investigations of Community Engagement in Urban Environmental Stewardship
M.S. title: Towards Sustainable Urban Forest Governance: Strategies for Stakeholder Engagement in Tree Planting and Stewardship
John Vogel, M.S. '15
M.S. title: The Land-Use and Land Management Decision-Making of Exurban Landowners in the Adirondack Park and the Yellowstone Ecosystem
M.S. title: The Land-Use and Land Management Decision-Making of Exurban Landowners in the Adirondack Park and the Yellowstone Ecosystem
Ashley Dayer, PhD ' 13
PhD dissertation: Advancing The Study of Private Landowner Behavior: Understanding Early Successional Forest Habitat Management
PhD dissertation: Advancing The Study of Private Landowner Behavior: Understanding Early Successional Forest Habitat Management
Rachel Parks, MPS '13
MPS title: Encouraging Wildlife Habitat Management on Private Woodlands: New England Cottontail in the Hudson Valley of New York State
MPS title: Encouraging Wildlife Habitat Management on Private Woodlands: New England Cottontail in the Hudson Valley of New York State
Andrew Roe, M.S. in Natural Resources '11
Thesis title: Private Forestland Parcelization in New York: Patterns, Drivers, and Effects
Andrew Roe, M.S. in Natural Resources '11
Thesis title: Private Forestland Parcelization in New York: Patterns, Drivers, and Effects
