I currently teach graduate courses on the human dimensions of sustainable natural resource use management, including nontimber forest product cultural and ecological systems. Previously I have taught undergraduate and/or graduate courses on human ecology, rural livelihoods, food and culture, North American Indians, cultural anthropology, and archaeology.

I currently lead an interdisciplinary multiyear research project on maple sugaring in the Pacific Northwest. This research includes basic and applied studies in the lab and the field. I work closely with small businesses that want to diversify their small farm and forest economies. I’m assisting WSU Extension with log-grown mushroom research trials in partnership with small farms. Previously I have led interdisciplinary regional, national, and international research projects including work across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, and in Indonesia.

I have published research on agroforestry, resource stewardship, traditional and local ecological knowledge, ethnobotany, community-based natural resource management, decision support system tools, sensory taste tests, biodiversity, nontimber forest products, and qualitative knowledge mapping.

I am a multigenerational Oregonian. I have a Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst.