Kenneth E. Wallen
Kenneth E. Wallen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Human Dimensions of Fish and Wildlife
CNR 19E
208-885-7132
Department of Natural Resources and Society
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 1139
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1139
Degrees
- Ph.D. Texas A&M University
- M.S. Oklahoma State University
- B.A. Truman State University
Research Interests
- Conservation Behavior
- Behavior Change
- Social Influence
- Social Norms
- Actionable Science
- Wildlife Management
Courses
- NRS 310 - Social Science Research Methods
- NRS 555 - Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
- NRS 591 - Theories of Environmental Behavior
- Huff, E. S., & Wallen, K. E. (2024). Human dimensions of natural resources. Waveland Press.
- Chizinski, C. & Wallen, K. E. (Eds.). (2025). Human dimensions of wildlife management (3rd ed.). John Hopkins University Press.
- Nolan, J. M., & Wallen, K. E. (2021). Social norms and persuasion. In D. D. Sokol & B. van Rooij (Eds.), Cambridge handbook of compliance (pp. 404–421). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108759458.028
- Canney, A .C., McGough, L. M., Bickford, N. A., & Wallen, K. E. (2022). Systematic map of human-raptor interaction and coexistence research. Animals, 12(1), 45. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12010045
- Wallen, K. E., & Landon, A. C. (2020). Systematic map of conservation psychology. Conservation Biology, 34(6), 1339–1352. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13623
- Wallen, K. E., Filbee-Dexter. K., Pittman, J., Posner, S., Alexander, S., Romulo, C. L., Bennett, D., Clark, E., Cousins, S., Dubik, B. A., Garcia, M., Haig, H., Koebele, E., Qui, J., Richards, R., Symons, S., & Zipper, S. (2019). Integrating team science into interdisciplinary graduate education: An exploration of the SESYNC Graduate Pursuit. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 9(2), 218–233. doi:10.1007/s13412-019-00543-2.
- Wallen, K. E., & Daut, E. F. (2018). The challenge and opportunity of behavior change methods to reduce demand for illegal wildlife. Nature Conservation, 26, 55–75. doi:10.3897/natureconservation.26.22725.
- Wallen, K. E., & Romulo, C. L. (2017). Social norms: More details, please. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 117(27), E5283–E5284. doi:10.1073/pnas.1704451114.
- Wallen, K. E. (2017). Focusing on structure and process to integrate and mainstream the social sciences in conservation. Conservation Biology, 31(3), 724–726. doi:10.1111/cobi.12871.