IALE-North America Committees
IALE-North America is engaged in a variety of exciting programs to serve its members and the global community of landscape ecology students, scholars, and practitioners. Activities are administered by the Committees listed below.
IALE-North America needs your help in carrying out its programs and developing new initiatives. If you can assist in committee work, contact the Committee Chair to sign up.
IALE-North America needs your help in carrying out its programs and developing new initiatives. If you can assist in committee work, contact the Committee Chair to sign up.
Awards Committee
To recognize outstanding contributions from members of the landscape ecology community, the Regional Chapter presents awards in the following categories: Distinguished Landscape Ecologist; Distinguished Landscape Practitioner; Distinguished Service to the Regional Chapter; Outstanding Publication in the Discipline of Landscape Ecology; and, Best Student Presentation at the Annual Meeting (where both oral and poster presentations are considered)
Jennifer Costanza, Chair
Center for Integrated Forest Science and Synthesis
U.S. Forest Service
P.O. Box 12254
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2254 USA
jennifer <dot> costanza <at> usda <dot> gov
Center for Integrated Forest Science and Synthesis
U.S. Forest Service
P.O. Box 12254
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2254 USA
jennifer <dot> costanza <at> usda <dot> gov
Members: Caitlin Cunningham, Sarah Goslee, Dan Kashian, Emily Minor, and Ilona Naujokaitis-Lewis
Communications Committee
The Communications Committee coordinates and facilitates the communication of the Regional Chapter’s activities to promote an understanding of and appreciation for landscape ecology. The Communications Committee serves a diverse audience that includes current and future members, the broader academic community, educators, policy-makers and decision-makers, businesses and industry, and the general public.
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Travis Heckford, Co-Chair
Landscape Ecologist Ministry of Forests–Cariboo Region British Columbia, Canada Travis.Heckford <at> gov <dot> bc <dot> ca |
Yolanda Wiersma, Co-Chair
Department of Biology Memorial University St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada ywiersma <at> mun <dot> ca |
Members: Amelie Davis, Anita Morzillo, Florencia Sangermano, and Carly Ziter (X/Twitter manager)
Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Committee
The EID Committee works to foster and proactively address equity, inclusion, and diversity (EID) within the Regional Chapter. Specifically, the EID Committee
fosters a shared culture within the Regional Chapter that promotes the goals of accepting, respecting, and valuing differences that include attributes such as age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender expression, sexual identity, ability, language, family circumstances, and cultural backgrounds.
fosters a shared culture within the Regional Chapter that promotes the goals of accepting, respecting, and valuing differences that include attributes such as age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender expression, sexual identity, ability, language, family circumstances, and cultural backgrounds.
Kusum Naithani, Chair
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA
kusum <at> uark <dot> edu
Members: Nathan Alexander, Li An, David Bell, Kristin Braziunas, Kristin Byrd, Caitlin Cunningham, Kelly Green Guilbeau, Xavier Haro-Carrión, Falk Huettmann, Garrett Knowlton, Yessica Rico Mancebo del Castillo, Georgina Sanchez, Sophie Taddeo, Shyam M. Thomas, Miguel Villarreal, and Yolanda Wiersma
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA
kusum <at> uark <dot> edu
Members: Nathan Alexander, Li An, David Bell, Kristin Braziunas, Kristin Byrd, Caitlin Cunningham, Kelly Green Guilbeau, Xavier Haro-Carrión, Falk Huettmann, Garrett Knowlton, Yessica Rico Mancebo del Castillo, Georgina Sanchez, Sophie Taddeo, Shyam M. Thomas, Miguel Villarreal, and Yolanda Wiersma
Foreign Scholar Travel Award Committee
In recognition that international perspectives are valuable to members of the Regional Chapter, the Foreign Scholar Travel Award supports travel to the Regional Chapter’s Annual Meetings for foreign colleagues from non-G7 countries.
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Erin Buchholtz, Co-Chair
USGS South Carolina Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit Clemson University 272E Lehotsky Hall, Clemson, SC 29634 USA ekbuchh <at> clemson <dot> edu ialena <dot> foreignscholar <at> gmail <dot> com |
Anne Kuhn-Hines, Co-Chair
US Environmental Protection Agency Atlantic Ecology Division 27 Tarzwell Drive Narragansett, RI 02835 USA kuhn <dot> anne <at> epa <dot> gov |
Members: Robert Corry, Deahn DonnerWright, and Kathy Vigness-Raposa
Meeting Site Selection Committee
The Meeting Site Selection Committee works on a four-year timeline to target future Annual Meeting hosts and locations. This committee also is responsible for documenting and updating the history for said meeting planning.
Darrel Jenerette, Chair
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences
University of California Riverside
2142 Batchelor Hall
Riverside, CA 92521 USA
Darrel <dot> jenerette <at> ucr <dot> edu
Members: Jennifer Fraterrigo, Jeff Hollister, and Yessica Rico Mancebo del Castillo
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences
University of California Riverside
2142 Batchelor Hall
Riverside, CA 92521 USA
Darrel <dot> jenerette <at> ucr <dot> edu
Members: Jennifer Fraterrigo, Jeff Hollister, and Yessica Rico Mancebo del Castillo
Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee is responsible for seeking diverse nominations for the Executive Committee from members of the Regional Chapter, preparing a balanced slate of candidates, facilitating a standardized process for collecting candidate profiles to present to the membership for election, and collecting and reporting on the voting results.
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Steve Matthews, Co-Chair
School of Environment and Natural Resources College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences The Ohio State University 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210 USA matthews.204 <at> osu <dot> edu |
Todd Lookingbill, Co-Chair
Department of Geography and the Environment University of Richmond Richmond, VA 23173 USA tlooking <at> richmond <dot> edu |
Members: Nathan Gill, Darrel Jenerette, and Carly Ziter
Policy Committee
The Policy Committee leads the Regional Chapter in facilitating the use of landscape ecology knowledge by landscape policy makers and decision makers. It functions as an interface between landscape ecology experts and policy makers/decision makers. The Policy Committee promotes increased use of landscape ecology knowledge in policy and application, collaboration with larger science societies that have complementary goals and ongoing staff and program resources, and promotes the use of Annual Meetings to further synthesize policy-relevant science and training for effective communication on policy issues.
We are actively recruiting a new chair/members for this committee. Please contact an IALE-NA Officer to express your interest in joining this committee.
Sponsorship Committee
The Sponsorship Committee seeks to increase revenue and lower registration fees for the Annual Meeting by obtaining sponsorship from a wide variety of organizations such as government agencies, companies, and educational institutions that support landscape ecology.
We are actively recruiting a new chair/members for this committee. Please contact an IALE-NA Officer to express your interest in joining this committee.