Forestry Faculty

Name &Title

Credentials

Focus

At NAU

James A. Allen, Ph.D.  Professor and Executive Director

(A.A.S., Paul Smith’s College; B.S., Virginia Tech; M.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., Louisiana State University 1994)

Forested wetland ecology and management

NAU 2006

Thomas M. Alcoze, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., M.S., University of North Texas; Ph.D., Michigan State University 1981)

Restoration, ecology, land-use practices of Native American nations in the Southwest

NAU 1990  

Paul Beier, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., Catholic University of America; M.S., Ph.D., University of California–Berkeley 1988)

Wildlife-habitat relationships, wildlife population dynamics, conservation biology, effects of land management on wildlife populations

NAU 1992

Carol L. Chambers, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., M.S., University of Kentucky; Ph.D., Oregon State University 1996)

Wildlife ecology: wildlife habitat relationships, effects of habitat change on terrestrial vertebrates, wildlife community ecology, methods for monitoring and conserving biotic diversity

NAU 1996  

W. Wallace Covington, Ph.D., Regents’ Professor

(B.A., North Texas State University; M.S., University of New Mexico; Ph.D., Yale University 1976)

Forest ecology: multi-resource ecology, applied ecosystem analysis

NAU 1975  

Stephen Dewhurst, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.A., University of California–Santa Barbara; M.S., University of Minnesota–St. Paul; Ph.D., Northern Arizona University 1996)

Forest management, decision support tools and techniques, spatial and temporal analysis of forested landscapes, planning

NAU 2003

Alex Finkral, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(B.S., Colorado State University; M.F., Ph.D., Yale University 2005)

Silviculture; biological and economic effects of high grading

NAU 2005

Bruce E. Fox, Ph.D., Professor, Director of Honors Program

(B.S., M.F., University of California–Berkeley; Ph.D., University of Michigan 1980)

Forest management and economics

NAU 1985  

Peter Z. Fulé, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.A., Vassar College; M.S., Ph.D., Northern Arizona University 1996)

Ecological restoration, cordilleran forest (southwestern United States and northern Mexico), fire ecology

NAU 1998  

Richard Hofstetter, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Research

(B.S., M.S., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., Dartmouth College, 2003)

Ecology and Forest Entomology: Community ecology, insect population dynamics, tritrophic interactions, mutualisms, ecology and evolution of bark beetles and their associated mites and fungi

NAU 2005

Denver C. Hospodarsky, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S., Mississippi State University; M.S., University of Washington; Ph.D., Oregon State University, 1993)

Forest Recreation: Regional recreation planning, natural resource-based community stability, human ecological systems

NAU 1990

Ching-Hsun Huang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(B.S., Chinese Culture University;  M.S., University of Houston; Ph.D., Stephen F. Austin State University, 1999)

Forest Economics, Optimal Forest Management, Carbon Sequestration, Market and Non-market Ecosystem Services

NAU 2007

Molly E Hunter, Ph.D., Assistant Clinical Professor

(B.S., University of California at Davis; Ph.D., Colorado State University, 2004)

Fire management, including the ecological effects of wildfires, appropriate wildfire mitigation, and the ecological impacts and effectiveness of fuels management programs

NAU 2007

Yeon-Su Kim, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.A., M.S., Seoul National University; Ph.D., Oregon State University 1998)

Resource economics, nonmarket valuation of natural resources, recreation economics

NAU 1998  

Thomas E. Kolb, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., University of Tennessee; M.S., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University 1988)

Forest ecology, tree ecophysiology

NAU 1993  

Robert E. Larson, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., M.A., University of Northern Colorado; Ph.D., Colorado State University 1976)

Wood technology, wood utilization, marketing of wood products

NAU 1976  

Martha E. Lee, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., Utah State University; M.S., Ph.D., Oregon State University 1991)

Recreation behavior, benefits of leisure, visitor perceptions, survey sampling

NAU 1990

Robert L. Mathiasen, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., California State University–Stanislaus; M.S., Colorado State University; M.A., Northern Arizona University; Ph.D., University of Arizona 1977)

Forest ecosystem health

NAU 1997  

Margaret M. Moore, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., Valley City State College; M.S., North Dakota State University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota 1986)

Forest and range ecology, landscape ecology, geographical information systems, remote sensing

NAU 1986  

Aregai Tecle, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., Anderson University; M.S., Ball State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Arizona 1988)

Hydrologic modeling and water resource management, wildland hydrology, systems analysis in hydrology, and water quality; multicriterion decision-making: model selection and development for natural resources management, conflict resolution and/or avoidance in land resources management

NAU 1988  

Andrea Thode,

Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(B.S., University of California, Davis, 1996

Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 2005)

Landscape ecology, restoration ecology, community ecology, fire behavior and fire effects.

NAU 2005

Michael R. Wagner, Ph.D., Regents’ Professor

(B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison 1980)

Forest entomology, forest pathology; forest health, insect-plant interactions, biology of sawflies, influence of plant stress on folivorous forest insects, international forestry

NAU 1980  

Kristen Waring, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(B.S., M.S., University of Montana 2000, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley 2005)

Silviculture; forest health, forest stand dynamics

NAU 2006

Adjunct Faculty

Abella, Scott

(B.S., Grand Valley State University; M.S., Clemson University; Ph.D., NAU 2005)

Ecological restoration, thinning/grazing studies, and exotic species

NAU 2006

Alvarado, Ernesto

(B.S. Universidad Autonoma Chapingo; M.S. Postgraduate College – Montecillos, Mexico; PhD, Universty of Washington 1992)

Wildfire science, silviculture, forest management and protection

NAU 2008

William M. Block, Ph.D.

(B.A., San Diego State University; B.S., Michigan State University; M.S., Humboldt State University; Ph.D., University of California–Berkeley 1989)

Wildlife management, effects of fire management on wildlife

NAU 1993  

Bosu, Paul

(B.Sc. and M.P., Kwame Nkruham University of Science & Technololgy; PhD, Northern Arizona University 2003)

Entomology and international forestry

NAU 2008

Brooks, Matthew

(B.S., University of California-Irvine; M.A., California State University-Fresno; Ph.D, University of California-Riverside  1998)

Research botany, ecology and management of fire and invasive plants North America

NAU 2007

Brown, Peter M.

(B.A., M.S., Anthropology, University of Arizona; Ph.D., Colorado State University 2003)

Historical perspectives  on fire, ecosystem, and climate dynamics to inform land and resource management planning and ecological restoration efforts

NAU 2008

Diaz, Jose

(Undergraduate, Universidad Autonoma; M.S. Instututo Techologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterry; PhD, University of Arizona 1996)

Tree ring research, climate reconstruction, fire frequency, forest dynamics, and watershed management

NAU 2008

Joseph L. Ganey, Ph.D.

(B.S., Humboldt State University; M.S., Ph.D., Northern Arizona University 1991)

Wildlife management, Zoology

NAU 1993  

Teryl G. Grubb, M.S.

(B.S., Colorado State University; M.S., University of Washington 1976)

Wildlife biology

NAU 1993

Hart, Stephen

(B.S., University of California; M.S., Duke University; PhD, University of California 1990)

Soil science, ecosystem ecology

NAU 2008

Haubensak, Karen

(B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.S., Northern Arizona University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley 2001)

Plant community ecology, invasion ecology, ecosystem ecology, soil microbial ecology, plant-soil feedbacks, restoration ecology and environmental science

NAU 2008

David Huffman, Ph.D.

(B.S., Northern Arizona University; M.S., Oregon State University; Ph.D., Northern Arizona University 2003)

Forest restoration

NAU 2005

Ingraldi, Michael

(B.S. and M.S., SUNY; PhD, Northern Arizona University 1999)

Wildlife research, survey, and monitoring

NAU 2008

Keane, Robert

(B.S., Univeristy of Maine; M.S., Univeristy of Montana; PhD, University of Idaho 1994)

Wildland fire science

NAU 2008

Marcot, Bruce

(B.S., M.S., Humboldt State University; Ph.D., Oregon State University  1984)

Wildlife ecology

NAU 2006

Joel McMillin, Ph.D.

(B.S., University of Iowa; M.S.; Ph.D., Northern Arizona University 1996)

Entomology

NAU 2005

Montes-Helu, Mario

(B.S., Universidad Juarez del Estado de Durango; M.Sc., Instituto Tecnologico Agropecuario; PhD, New Mexico State University 1997)

Soil physics, tree physiology, effects of fire and thinning on forest ecoysystem processes

NAU 2008

Daniel G. Neary, Ph.D.

(B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Michigan State University 1974)

Riparian and wetland ecosystems, forest soils, fire effects

NAU 1993  

Robert Parmenter, Ph.D.

(B.A., Colorado College; M.S., University of Georgia; Ph.D., Utah State University 1982)

Biology, zoology, ecology

NAU 2005

Steve Rosenstock, M.S.

(B.S., M.S., Colorado State University 1988)

Wildlife, ecosystems

NAU 2005

Carolyn Hull Sieg, Ph.D.

(B.S., M.S., Colorado State University; Ph.D., Texas Tech University 1991)

Forest ecology, community ecology

NAU 2005

Vankat, John

(B.S. Michigan State University; M.A. and PhD University of California, Davis 1970)

Plant community and landscape ecology, disturbance related changes in forest vegetation

NAU 2008

Christina Vojta, Ph.D.

(B.A., University of Washington–Seattle; M.S., University of California–Berkeley; Ph.D., Utah State University–Logan 1996)

Landscape pattern analysis and wildlife habitat selection

NAU 2005

Faculty Emeriti

Charles C. Avery, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., Utah State University; Certificate, l’Ecole Nationale des Eaux et Forets, France; M.F., Duke University; Ph.D., University of Washington 1972)

Forest hydrology: erosion processes, land-management impacts on water quality, evapotranspiration

NAU 1974 (retired 2001)

Richard W. Behan, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S.F., M.S.F., University of Montana; Ph.D., University of California–Berkeley 1971)

Resource policy and administration: federal land management, multi-resource management case studies, resource policy analysis

NAU 1975 (retired 1993)

William A. Groman, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S.F., Pennsylvania State University; M.F., Ph.D., Oregon State University 1972)

Forest measurements, tree and stand growth and yield

NAU 1972 (retired 1995)

Ernest A. Kurmes, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., Lehigh University; M.S., M.F., Ph.D., Yale University 1961)

Silviculture and forest ecology: regeneration, thinning

NAU 1967 (retired 1996)  

David R. Patton, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., West Virginia University; M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ph.D., University of Arizona 1974)

Wildlife ecology, watershed, multi-resource management

NAU 1986 (retired 2007)

Merton T. Richards, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., University of Montana; M.S., Ph.D., University of Arizona 1980)

Forest recreation: recreation economics, recreation management, forest policy analysis

NAU 1979 (retired 1999)

D. Brent Wood, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., University of Utah; M.F., Ph.D., Utah State University 1978)

Ecosystem management planning systems, forest economics

NAU 1978 (retired 2000)