MEREDITH L. GORE, PhD Michigan State University, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, School of Criminal Justice 13 Natural Resources, East Lansing, MI 48824 Tel: 517.432.8203; Fax: 517.432.1699 [email protected] www.fw.msu.edu/~gorem Education Ph.D., Cornell University M.A., George Washington University B.A., Brandeis University Professional Experience Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, School of Criminal Justice, 2008-present. Visiting Scholar, Decision Research, 2007. Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 2006- 2007. Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, 2005. Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, 2002 - 2006. Research Assistant, Management Institute for Environment and Business, World Resources Institute, 2000-2001. Wolf Programs Coordinator, Defenders of Wildlife, 2000. Honors and Awards Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship, MSU Chapter of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 2011 Keynote Speaker, Biology Seminar Series, Lake Superior State University, 2010 Keynote Speaker, Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Symposium, State University of New York, School of Environment and Forestry, 2010 National Science Foundation’s STEM Education Scholars Program Fellow, 2009 Michigan State University’s Office of the Provost Diversity Fellowship, 2006-2007 Honorable Mention, Cornell University Department of Natural Resources/College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2006 AAA/Science Program for Excellence in Science Award, 2006 Cornell University Sustainability Summit Award Dinner with Dr. Gro Harlan Brundtland, 2005 Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leadership Program, 2004-2006 Cornell University Charles Lathrop Pack Foundation Essay Contest Winner, 2002 and 2003 George Washington University Center for Environmental Policy and Sustainability Research Award, 2000 Rachel Carson Award for Environmental Citizenship, Brandeis University, 1999 Princeton University Business for Tomorrow Scholarship, 1998 Zero Population Growth Lobby Training Award, 1997 1 Publications Peer-reviewed (*invited) Gore, M. L., Riley, S. J., and Lute, M. L. (In preparation). Comparing effects on wildlife disease-related risk perception of place-based vs. interest-based demographic variables. Frontiers in Ecology. Muter, B. A., Gore, M. L., and S. J. Riley. (In preparation). Evaluating wildlife disease-related risk communication. Environmental Management. Muter, B. A., Gore, M. L., and S. J. Riley. (In preparation). Stakeholder and professional risk perceptions associated with human-cormorant interactions. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. Vucetich, J. A., Nelson, M. N, Gore, M. L., and J. Bruskotter. (In preparation). Using environmental philosophy to inform frameworks for organizing views on the environment. Society and Natural Resources. Carter, J. G. and M. L. Gore. (In review). Conservation officers: a critical component for homeland security. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Muter, B. A., Gore, M. L., Huveneers, C., Gledhill, K., and C. Lamont. (In review). Australian and U. S. news media portrayal of sharks and shark conservation for 2000 to 2010. Conservation Biology. Lapinski, M. K., Neuberger, L. Van Der Heide, B. Gore, M. L., and B. A. Muter. (In review). Risk message design, message sensation value, and emotional appeals in shark diving websites. Journal of Risk Research. Beeker, T. A., Millenbah, K. F., Gore, M. L., and B. A. Lundrigan. (In press). Best practices for evaluating bat-specific citizen science acoustic monitoring programs. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. Kahler, J. S., Roloff, G., and M. L. Gore. (In press). Poaching risks in a community-based natural resource system. Conservation Biology. Muter, B. A., Gore, M. L., and S. J. Riley (In press). Social contagion of risk perceptions in wildlife management networks. Risk Analysis. Gore, M. L. and J. S. Kahler (2012). Gendered risk perceptions associated with human wildlife conflict: implications for participatory conservation. PlosONE. * Shanahan, J. E. and M. L. Gore. (2012). Communication for Human Dimensions of Wildlife. Decker, D. J., Riley, S. R., and Siemer, W. F. eds. Human Dimensions of Wildlife in North America. Johns Hopkins Press. *Kahler, J. S. and M. L. Gore (2012). Beyond the cooking pot and pocket book: factors influencing noncompliance with wildlife poaching rules. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 35(2): 000-000. Gore, M. L., Nelson, M.P., Vucetich, J. A., Smith, A. M., and M. Clark. (2011). Exploring the ethical basis for conservation policy: the case of inbred wolves on Isle Royale, USA. Conservation Letters, 4(5): 394-401. Gore, M. L., Muter, B. A. Lapinski, M. K., Neuberger, L., and B. Van Der Heide. (2011). Risk frames on shark diving websites: implications for global shark conservation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 21(2): 165-172. Muter, B. A. Gore, M. L., and S. J. Riley. (2011). Toward exploring stakeholder and professional information sources about cormorant management in the Great Lakes. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 16 (1): 63-66. Gibbs, C.E., Gore, M. L., McGarrell, E.F., and L. Rivers. (2010). Introducing Conservation criminology: towards interdisciplinary scholarship on environmental crimes and risks. British Journal of Criminology, 50: 124-144. 2 Gore, M. L. and B.A. Knuth (2009). Mass media effect on the operating environment of a wildlife-related risk communication campaign. Journal of Wildlife Management, 73(8): 1407-1413. Gore, M. L., Wilson, R. S., Siemer, W. F., Wieczorek Hudenko, H.A., Clarke, C. E., Hart, P.S., Maguire, L.A., and B. A. Muter. (2009). Application of risk concepts to wildlife management: special issue introduction. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 14(5): 301- 313. Muter, B. A., Gore, M. L., and S. J. Riley. (2009). From victim to perpetrator: evolution of risk frames related to human-cormorant conflict in the Great Lakes. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 14(5): 366-379. Gore, M. L. and S. J. Riley. (2009). How are leadership programs in natural resources cultivating the leaders of tomorrow? Human Dimensions of Wildlife 14(2): 149-151. Gore, M. L., Knuth, B. A., Scherer, C. W., and P.D. Curtis. (2008). Evaluating a conservation investment designed to reduce human-wildlife conflict. Conservation Letters, 1(3): 136-145. Gore, M. L., Knuth, B. A., Curtis, P. D., and J. E. Shanahan. (2007). Factors influencing risk perception associated with human-black bear conflict. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 12(2): 133-136. Gore, M. L., Knuth, B. A., Curtis, P. D., and J. E. Shanahan. (2007). Campground manager and user perceptions of risk associated with human-black bear conflict: implications for communication. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 12(1): 31-43. Gore, M. L., Knuth, B. A., Curtis, P. D., and J. E. Shanahan. (2006). Education programs for reducing human-bear conflict: indicators of success? Ursus, 17(1): 75- 80. Gore, M. L., Knuth, B. A., Curtis, P. D., and J. E. Shanahan. (2006). Stakeholder perceptions of risk associated with human–black bear conflicts in New York’s Adirondack Park campgrounds: implications for theory and practice. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 34 (1): 36-43. Gore, M. L., Siemer, W. F., Shanahan, J. E., Schuefele, D., and D. J. Decker. (2005). Effects on risk perception of media coverage of a black bear-related human fatality. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 33 (2): 507-516. Peer edited *Gore, M. L. (2011). The science of conservation crime. Conservation Biology, 25 (4): 659- 661. Published Proceedings Gore, M.L., Knuth, B.A., Curtis, P.D., and J.E. Shanahan. (2005). Education programs for reducing human-bear conflicts: indicators of success. Proceedings of 18th Eastern Black Bear Workshop, April 3–7, 2005. Tallahassee, Florida. Decker, D.J., H.E. Kretser, M.L. Gore, K.M. Leong, and W.F. Siemer. (2005). Wildlife management on rural–urban interfaces: cooperation and conflict between science and society. Pages 149–153 in D. N. Laband, editor. Proceedings of emerging issues along urban/rural interfaces: linking science and society. Center for Forest Sustainability, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. Gore, M. L., Shanahan, J. E., Schuefele, D., Siemer, W. F., Decker, D. J., and L. T. 3 Berchielli. (2005). Does media coverage of a wildlife-related human fatality affect risk perception?” Proceedings of 17th Eastern Black Bear Workshop. March 2-5, 2003. Mt. Olive, New Jersey. Project Reports (* significant outreach component) *Lute, M. L. Gore, M. L., Nelson, M. P. and J. A. Vucetich. (2012). Toward improving the effectiveness of wolf management in Michigan: insights from a 2010 statewide survey. Michigan State University. *Riley, S. J., Muter, B. A., and M. L. Gore (2010). When wildlife and livestock go nose- to-nose: a review of bovine tuberculosis management policies in Michigan and Minnesota. Report prepared for the Michigan State University Agricultural Experiment Station. *Gore, M. L., Riley, S. J., and B. A. Muter (2009). Improving decision making in contentious Great Lakes fishery management. Project Completion Report to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. Ann Arbor, Michigan. *Siemer, W. F., Decker, D. J., Otto, P., and M. L. Gore. (2007). Working through black bear management issues: A practitioners' guide. Northeast Wildlife Damage Management Research and Outreach Cooperative. Ithaca, New York. Gore, M. L. and B. A. Knuth.