Jacobson, Meredith
Position Type:
Faculty
Job Title:
Instructor in Natural Resources and Human Dimensions
Department:
Forest Ecosystems & Society
Office Location:
216 Richardson Hall
Education
B.S. Forestry and Natural Resources, UC Berkeley, 2014
M.S. Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, 2020
PhD Environmental Sciences, Studies and Policy, University of Oregon, 2026
Research Interests
- Forest and wildfire goverance
- Environmental sociology
- Tribal/non-Tribal partnerships in land management
- Fire and forestry workforce development
Courses Taught:
- NR 201Managing Natural Resources for the Future
- FES 485/585Consensus and Natural Resources
Selected Publications:
Jacobson, M.A., Law, A., et al. (2026). "Youth-Engaged Fire Futures: Learning from Listening Circles with Young People to Inform Fire Workforce Development." Ecosystem Workforce Program. https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/items/e99467b5-3578-4f8c-85e0-aaefbdcc…;
Jacobson, M.A, Smith, H., et al. (2021). Comparing social constructions of wildfire risk across media, government, and participatory discourse in a Colorado fireshed. Journal of Risk Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2021.1962954
Jacobson, M.A, Hajjar, R., Davis, E.J., and Hoagland, S. (2021). “Learning from Tribal Leadership and the Anchor Forest Concept for Implementing Cross-Boundary Forest Management.” Journal of Forestry. https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvab031
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