Stedman, Richard C.
Assistant Professor
As a faculty member in resource policy and management, my teaching, outreach, and research focus on the interaction between social and ecological systems. My training is in sociology, and I use the theories and methodologies of this discipline as a lens for examining a broad array of human/environment conflicts. I am particularly interested the challenges that rapid social and ecological changes pose for the sustainability of forested ecosystems, watersheds, and human communities.
research
research and scholarship focus
My current research activity examines (i) the sustainability of resource-dependent communities, especially as they transition to natural resource-based tourism development; (ii) environmental risk perception and management at the community level; (iii) causes and consequences of land-use change along a gradient from very rural to very urban systems, with an emphasis on the urban-rural fringe; (iv) natural resource-based decision making among private (agricultural and forest) landowners; and (v) socio-ecological factors that underlie attachment to place and foster subsequent environmental behavior.
primary investigator of
- ANALYSIS OF BMP IMPLEMENTATION PERFORMANCE AND MAINTENANCE IN SPRING CREEK, AN AGRICULTURALLY INFLUENCED WATERSHED | Research Grant
- ASSESSING THE SUPPLY-BASED VIABILITY OF A MAPLE SYRUP PROCESSING FACILITY IN LEWIS COUNTY, NEW YORK | Research Grant
- SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SECOND HOME DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHERN FOREST REGION | Research Grant
- USING A MULTI-METHOD APPROACH TO BETTER UNDERSTAND PENNSYLVANIA'S FOREST LANDOWNERS | Research Grant
co investigator of
- EVALUATING A WORKING FOREST: INTEGRATED MONITORING OF THE FORMER FINCH, PRUYN LANDS | Research Grant
- FOREST STEWARDSHIP PRINCIPLES: ASSESSING AWARENESS AND BUILDING CAPACITY THROUGH WEBCASTING | Research Grant
- WILDLIFE FUNDING/POLICY LINKAGES: USING STATE WILDLIFE ACTION PLAN PRIORITIES TO SHAPE POLICIES AND DIRECT EXPENDITURES AT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT | Research Grant
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- Natural Resources (NTRES/DNR) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Development Sociology | graduate field
- Natural Resources | graduate field
teaching
teaching focus
My teaching, both at the graduate and undergraduate level, operates at the boundary between social and ecological systems. I currently teach an undergraduate course that introduces students to social science perspectives on environmental problems, and trains them for later in-depth I also co-teach a graduate course that links graduate students with training in ecology to those from the social sciences to focus on socio-ecological system health.
teaches
- NTRES 4970 - Individual Study in Environmental Science and Resource Policy (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 6970 - Graduate Individual Study in Natural Resources (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 8900 - Master's Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- DSOC 2201 - Society and Natural Resources (TR 08:40:AM-09:55:AM) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 2201 - Society and Natural Resources (TR 08:40:AM-09:55:AM) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 4970 - Individual Study in Environmental Science and Resource Policy (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 8900 - Master's Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
background
educational background
PhD University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2000
MS Cornell University, 1993
BA University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1989
MS Cornell University, 1993
BA University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1989
featured in
- Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future (CCSF) Academic Venture Fund awards five grants to explore burning powdered wood, developing cheaper solar cells and more | Cornell Chronicle feature
- Maple expert campaigns to boost state's lagging syrup production | Cornell Chronicle feature
publications
selected publications (listing in progress)
- Stedman, R.C., R.C. Lathrop, B. Clark, J.Ejsmont-Karabin, P. Kasprzak, K. Nielsen, D. Osgood, M. Powell A.M.Ventela, K.E. Webster, and A.Zhukova. 2007. Place attachment and perceived environmental quality in North American and European temperate lake districts. Lake and Reservoir Management. In Press.
- Stedman, R.C., W. White, M. Patriquin, D. Watson. 2007. Measuring community forest sector dependence: Does method matter? Society and Natural Resources 20:629-646.
- Wellstead, A.M., and R.C. Stedman. 2007. Coordinating future climate change policies across Canadian natural resources. Climate Policy 7:29-45.
- Stedman, R.C. 2006. Understanding place attachment among second home owners. American Behavioral Scientist 50(2): 1-19.
- Stedman, R.C., and R.B. Hammer. 2006. Environmental perception in a rapidly growing, amenity-rich region: the effects of lakeshore development on perceived water quality in Vilas County, Wisconsin. Society and Natural Resources 19(2): 137-151.
- Stedman, R.C., J. Parkins, and T. Beckley. 2005. Forest reliance and community well being in rural Canada: variation by forest sector and region. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35:215-220.
- Stedman, R.C., T.M. Beckley, S. Wallace, and M. Ambard. 2004. A picture and 1000 words: Using resident-employed photography to understand attachment to high amenity places. Journal of Leisure Research 36(4):580-606.
- Stedman, R.C., D. Diefenbach, C. Swope, J. Finley, A. Luloff, H. Zinn, G. San Julian, and G. Wang. 2004. Integrating wildlife and human-dimensions research methods to understand hunters. Journal of Wildlife Management 68(4): 762-773.
contact
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Keywords: community sociology, community sustainability and resilience, environmental and natural resource sociology, environmental risk, human dimensions of natural resources, land use change, place attachment, public participation, sustainable forest management