| Dr. Susan Stafford’s professional career is punctuated by a series of “firsts” -- first tenured woman faculty member in the College of Forestry, Oregon State University (OSU); first Faculty Associate to the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, OSU; first woman Visiting Division Director, Biological Sciences Directorate, National Science Foundation in Washington D.C.; first woman Department Head of the Department of Forest Sciences, Colorado State University; and first woman Dean of the College of Natural Resources, University of Minnesota. Throughout her pioneering career in education, research, and leadership, Dr Stafford has enjoyed a long association with the National Science Foundation’s Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER) and served as the first chair of the LTER Information Manager’s Executive Committee (1980–1998). She as been a Co-Principal Investigator on the H.J. Andrews Long Term Ecological Research Site (during her tenure at OSU) as well as the Short Grass Steppe LTER Project while at Colorado State University. Among Dr. Stafford’s many honors are the Oregon State University Alumni Association Distinguished Professor Award, OSU Woman of Achievement Award, and OSU College of Forestry Aufderhiede Award for Teaching Excellence.
Current Interests
After nearly a decade in higher education administration at three Land Grant Universities, Dr. Stafford is now focusing her research interests in two major areas of emphasis: facilitating and understanding interdisciplinary research and education; and using visual analytics (computer visualization and animation) to aid in the flow and understanding of environmental data and information among researchers (ecologists and environmental scientists), practitioners (resource managers) and stakeholders (policy makers).
Her primary goal is to prepare students to be the next generation of environmental leaders and equip them with the knowledge and skills that will be needed to address the myriad of complex, grand challenge issues spanning the biophysical and social sciences at a global scale.
Courses taught
- ESPM 1002 Transfer Orientation Seminar, 1 credit.
- ESPM 2021 Environmental Sciences: Integrated Problem Solving, 3 credits.
- ESPM 3000 Seminar
on Current Issues for ESPM--The Essentials of Environmental
Leadership: Do YOU have what it takes?, 1 credit.
- ESPM 4096 Professional Experience Program: Internship, 1 credit.
Publications
Current CV
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