Current Position:
Associate Professor, Colorado State University, Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
Areas of Interest:
- Human dimensions of biodiversity conservation
- Conservation leadership
- Invasive lionfish
- Non-compliance with resource regulations
- International development
- Livelihoods
- Program evaluation
- Integrated social and ecological field methods
- Experiential education
Background:
Dr. Jennifer Solomon’s research focuses on the interface of biodiversity conservation, development, and livelihoods . She has evaluated integrated conservation and development projects in Latin America and East Africa. She has also developed and tested innovative social science research methods for assessing non-compliance with resource regulations. In the past decade, she has started new research efforts focused on the human dimensions of the lionfish invasion as well as women in conservation leadership. She teaches in the Conservation Leadership graduate program at Colorado State University in the Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, directs undergraduate and graduate overseas field programs and teaches undergraduate courses in the College of Natural Resources. She has received the Outstanding Mentorship Award from the College of Natural Resources and the Diversity and Inclusion Award from the Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources. She is a Fulbrighter, Boren fellow, Center for Collaborative Conservation fellow and has served in the U.S. Peace Corps in Nicaragua. Dr. Solomon holds a MA in Environmental Policy from Tufts University and a PhD from University of Florida in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation with a focus on human dimensions of wildlife conservation and tropical conservation and development.