Travis Paveglio
Travis Paveglio, Ph.D.
Professor of Natural Resource Sociology
CNR 19I
Department of Natural Resources and Society
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 1139
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1139
Degrees
- Ph.D. Washington State University. 2010. Department of Natural Resource Sciences. Dissertation: Wildfire risk and management
- M.S. Washington State University. 2007. Thesis: Communication and understanding of wildfire risk
- B.A. Washington State University. 2004. Edward R. Murrow College of Communications (Honors College). Journalism and Natural Resources
Research Interests
Wildfire
Conflict and collaboration surrounding natural resource management
Environmental hazards and climate change
Natural resource policy
Environmental communication
- Co-Principal Investigator on a USDA Forest Service grant titled: “Adapting to wildfire: Defining pathways for creating fire adapted communities”
- Project term: Summer 2015-Summer 2017
- Co-Principal Investigator on a USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture McIntire-Stennis grant titled: “Adapting to wildfire: Defining and simulating information needed to create fire adapted communities.”
- Project term: Spring 2015-Fall 2018
- Senior Scientist on a National Science Foundation Grant titled: “Advancing resilience to compounding disasters: An integrated natural-human systems assessment of wildfire vulnerability”
- Project term: Fall 2015-Fall 2019
- Co-Principal Investigator on a Bureau of Land Management grant aiding travel management and recreation planning in Idaho.
- Project term: Summer 2015-Fall 2019
- Co-Principal Investigator on a USDA Forest Service Grant focusing on assessing fire behavior, fire effects, fire regimes and fire risk.
- Project term: Fall 2015- Fall 2016
- Co-Principal Investigator on a USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant titled: “Understanding the roles of socioeconomic vulnerability, adaptive capacity and mitigation in determining economic impacts of wildfire.”
- Project term: Spring 2012-Winter 2015
- Co-Principal Investigator on a National Science Foundation Grant titled: “Assessing and adaptively managing wildfire risk in the wildland-urban interface for future climate and land use changes”
- Project term: Fall 2009-Winter 2015