Emily Jane Davis
Biographic Data
| ID | 110198 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emily Jane Davis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emily Jane |
| FAMILY NAME | Davis |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIS E J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oregon State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9878-1252 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Does contracting for labor-intensive forestry work advance equity in the Pacific West, USA
Federal contracting of labor-intensive forestry (LIF) activities can support local economies, but the distribution of these economic benefits remains uneven. Over the past two decades, USDA Forest Service LIF contracts have been concentrated in the western United States, with most awarded to non-minority-owned businesses. This study examines whether federal LIF contracting advances economic equity in the Pacific West, particularly for small and m…
Racial capitalism and the duality of exploitation in forest labor contracting
Studies of labor markets in forestry have consistently found that white workers tend to fill better-paying, higher-quality jobs than workers of color. Such segmentation of labor markets is well documented in other industries and has been theorized as a general feature of racial capitalism. Although it is widely recognized that racial capitalism marginalizes entrepreneurs of color, scholarship on racial capitalism has generally focused on the prec…
Equity in resilience: A case study of community resilience to wildfire in southwestern Oregon, United States
In the fire-prone and fire-adapted landscape of the Rogue River Basin of southwestern Oregon, communities mobilize to prepare, respond, and recover from wildfire while modifying the current social and ecological system. Marginalized communities are often most affected and least prepared for disturbances of this kind, where racism, colonialism, and structural equities prevent meaningful inclusion and equitable allocation of resources. This researc…
Managed Wildfire: A Strategy Facilitated by Civil Society Partnerships and Interagency Cooperation
Federal land managers in the United States are permitted to manage wildfires with strategies other than full suppression under appropriate conditions to achieve natural resource objectives. However, policy and scientific support for “managed wildfire” appear insufficient to support its broad use. We conducted case studies in northern New Mexico and southwestern Utah to examine how managers and stakeholders navigated shifting barriers and opportun…
Disturbance shapes the US forest governance frontier: A review and conceptual framework for understanding governance change
Comparing social constructions of wildfire risk across media, government, and participatory discourse in a Colorado fireshed
This study examined how wildfire risk is framed by different entities and actors within a common region, during and after experiencing several large wildfire events. Using a social constructionist lens, we viewed wildfire risk as a fluid and variable concept that is socially constructed and framed through public discourse. Inconsistent social constructions of wildfire risk may pose challenges for effective wildfire risk governance and management,…
Adaptive governance in a complex social-ecological context: Emergent responses to a native forest insect outbreak
Commentary on collaborative governance dynamics
At a recent Forest Service workshop about collaboration that helped facilitate, participants shared some of their greatest hopes and fears. The collaborative groups have become institutionalized, participants have oft-mentioned, well-trodden spaces through which they travel. Most common perhaps is the meeting room with its attendant flip charts, presentations, and shuffling papers – and a neutral, skilled facilitator who sets the tone and creates…
Community-based forestry on federal lands in the western United States: A synthesis and call for renewed research
New Modes of Environmental Governance in Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation in Oregon
Natural resource challenges often span administrative jurisdictions and include actors and processes operating at different spatial and political scales. We applied concepts of new environmental governance to analyze Oregon’s approach to greater sage-grouse conservation. Through one in-depth case study in Lake County, we traced features of new environmental governance (cross-scale interactions, decentralization, and capacities of actors) through …
Rangeland Fire Protection Associations as disaster response organisations
Rangeland Fire Protection Associations (RFPAs) are volunteer‐based groups of trained private landowners who are authorised to respond to events in partnership with governmental agencies. This study analysed the functioning and structure of RFPAs in Idaho and Oregon in the western United States to characterise this under‐researched model of disaster response. RFPAs represent an expanding type of disaster response organisation that interfaces with …
State lines, fire lines, and lines of authority: Rangeland fire management and bottom-up cooperative federalism
Making and Breaking Trust in Forest Collaborative Groups
There has been a recent increase in use of an organized, forest ‘collaborative’ group approach for multi-stakeholder input on federal forestlands in the U.S. West. This approach relies on the creation of shared trust to achieve social agreement. Yet growing critiques suggest a lack of trust in the U.S. Forest Service [Forest Service], between stakeholders, and the collaborative process itself. We conducted three comparative case studies of establ…
Rangeland Fire Protection Associations in Great Basin Rangelands: A Model for Adaptive Community Relationships with Wildfire
Beyond localism: The micropolitics of local legitimacy in a community-based organization
Agenda-setting and framing of policy solutions for forest pests in Canada and Sweden: Avoiding beetle outbreaks
Community-Based Organizations and Institutional Work in the Remote Rural West
The institutional landscape for public land management in the U.S. West underwent a seismic shift in the 1990s as the long-dominant resource extraction paradigm was replaced by the ecosystem management paradigm. Here we analyze the efforts of community-based organizations (CBOs), entities that emerged in some locations across the West to help their respective communities navigate the transition from resource extraction to environmental stewardshi…
The Community Economic Impacts of Large Wildfires: A Case Study from Trinity County, California
Wildfires are increasing in severity and frequency in the American West, but there is limited understanding of their economic effects at the community level. We conducted a case study of the impacts of large wildfires in 2008 in Trinity County, California, by examining labor market, suppression spending, and qualitative interview data. We found that the 2008 fires had interrelated effects on several economic sectors in the county. Labor market da…
Comparing Conditions of Labor-Intensive Forestry and Fire Suppression Workers
Since the late 1970s, labor-intensive forest workers in the Pacific Northwest have been mostly Latino. These workers and their Anglo counterparts plant and thin trees, perform other forestry services, and fight wildland fires. Poor job quality has been persistent, especially for Latino workers. We compare working conditions between fire suppression and nonsuppression forest work across Latino and non-Latino populations in Oregon. We find that alt…
Multi-level governance of British Columbia’s mountain pine beetle crisis: The roles of memory and identity
Beyond localism: The micropolitics of local legitimacy in a community-based organization
Multi-level governance of British Columbia’s mountain pine beetle crisis: The roles of memory and identity
Community-Based Organizations and Institutional Work in the Remote Rural West
The institutional landscape for public land management in the U.S. West underwent a seismic shift in the 1990s as the long-dominant resource extraction paradigm was replaced by the ecosystem management paradigm. Here we analyze the efforts of community-based organizations (CBOs), entities that emerged in some locations across the West to help their respective communities navigate the transition from resource extraction to environmental stewardshi…
The Community Economic Impacts of Large Wildfires: A Case Study from Trinity County, California
Wildfires are increasing in severity and frequency in the American West, but there is limited understanding of their economic effects at the community level. We conducted a case study of the impacts of large wildfires in 2008 in Trinity County, California, by examining labor market, suppression spending, and qualitative interview data. We found that the 2008 fires had interrelated effects on several economic sectors in the county. Labor market da…
Agenda-setting and framing of policy solutions for forest pests in Canada and Sweden: Avoiding beetle outbreaks
Comparing social constructions of wildfire risk across media, government, and participatory discourse in a Colorado fireshed
This study examined how wildfire risk is framed by different entities and actors within a common region, during and after experiencing several large wildfire events. Using a social constructionist lens, we viewed wildfire risk as a fluid and variable concept that is socially constructed and framed through public discourse. Inconsistent social constructions of wildfire risk may pose challenges for effective wildfire risk governance and management,…
Adaptive governance in a complex social-ecological context: Emergent responses to a native forest insect outbreak
State lines, fire lines, and lines of authority: Rangeland fire management and bottom-up cooperative federalism
Comparing Conditions of Labor-Intensive Forestry and Fire Suppression Workers
Since the late 1970s, labor-intensive forest workers in the Pacific Northwest have been mostly Latino. These workers and their Anglo counterparts plant and thin trees, perform other forestry services, and fight wildland fires. Poor job quality has been persistent, especially for Latino workers. We compare working conditions between fire suppression and nonsuppression forest work across Latino and non-Latino populations in Oregon. We find that alt…
New Modes of Environmental Governance in Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation in Oregon
Natural resource challenges often span administrative jurisdictions and include actors and processes operating at different spatial and political scales. We applied concepts of new environmental governance to analyze Oregon’s approach to greater sage-grouse conservation. Through one in-depth case study in Lake County, we traced features of new environmental governance (cross-scale interactions, decentralization, and capacities of actors) through …
Multi-level governance of British Columbia’s mountain pine beetle crisis: The roles of memory and identity
The Community Economic Impacts of Large Wildfires: A Case Study from Trinity County, California
Wildfires are increasing in severity and frequency in the American West, but there is limited understanding of their economic effects at the community level. We conducted a case study of the impacts of large wildfires in 2008 in Trinity County, California, by examining labor market, suppression spending, and qualitative interview data. We found that the 2008 fires had interrelated effects on several economic sectors in the county. Labor market da…
Comparing Conditions of Labor-Intensive Forestry and Fire Suppression Workers
Since the late 1970s, labor-intensive forest workers in the Pacific Northwest have been mostly Latino. These workers and their Anglo counterparts plant and thin trees, perform other forestry services, and fight wildland fires. Poor job quality has been persistent, especially for Latino workers. We compare working conditions between fire suppression and nonsuppression forest work across Latino and non-Latino populations in Oregon. We find that alt…
Agenda-setting and framing of policy solutions for forest pests in Canada and Sweden: Avoiding beetle outbreaks
Community-Based Organizations and Institutional Work in the Remote Rural West
The institutional landscape for public land management in the U.S. West underwent a seismic shift in the 1990s as the long-dominant resource extraction paradigm was replaced by the ecosystem management paradigm. Here we analyze the efforts of community-based organizations (CBOs), entities that emerged in some locations across the West to help their respective communities navigate the transition from resource extraction to environmental stewardshi…
Rangeland Fire Protection Associations in Great Basin Rangelands: A Model for Adaptive Community Relationships with Wildfire
Beyond localism: The micropolitics of local legitimacy in a community-based organization
State lines, fire lines, and lines of authority: Rangeland fire management and bottom-up cooperative federalism
Making and Breaking Trust in Forest Collaborative Groups
There has been a recent increase in use of an organized, forest ‘collaborative’ group approach for multi-stakeholder input on federal forestlands in the U.S. West. This approach relies on the creation of shared trust to achieve social agreement. Yet growing critiques suggest a lack of trust in the U.S. Forest Service [Forest Service], between stakeholders, and the collaborative process itself. We conducted three comparative case studies of establ…
Commentary on collaborative governance dynamics
At a recent Forest Service workshop about collaboration that helped facilitate, participants shared some of their greatest hopes and fears. The collaborative groups have become institutionalized, participants have oft-mentioned, well-trodden spaces through which they travel. Most common perhaps is the meeting room with its attendant flip charts, presentations, and shuffling papers – and a neutral, skilled facilitator who sets the tone and creates…
Community-based forestry on federal lands in the western United States: A synthesis and call for renewed research
New Modes of Environmental Governance in Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation in Oregon
Natural resource challenges often span administrative jurisdictions and include actors and processes operating at different spatial and political scales. We applied concepts of new environmental governance to analyze Oregon’s approach to greater sage-grouse conservation. Through one in-depth case study in Lake County, we traced features of new environmental governance (cross-scale interactions, decentralization, and capacities of actors) through …
Rangeland Fire Protection Associations as disaster response organisations
Rangeland Fire Protection Associations (RFPAs) are volunteer‐based groups of trained private landowners who are authorised to respond to events in partnership with governmental agencies. This study analysed the functioning and structure of RFPAs in Idaho and Oregon in the western United States to characterise this under‐researched model of disaster response. RFPAs represent an expanding type of disaster response organisation that interfaces with …
Adaptive governance in a complex social-ecological context: Emergent responses to a native forest insect outbreak
Disturbance shapes the US forest governance frontier: A review and conceptual framework for understanding governance change
Comparing social constructions of wildfire risk across media, government, and participatory discourse in a Colorado fireshed
This study examined how wildfire risk is framed by different entities and actors within a common region, during and after experiencing several large wildfire events. Using a social constructionist lens, we viewed wildfire risk as a fluid and variable concept that is socially constructed and framed through public discourse. Inconsistent social constructions of wildfire risk may pose challenges for effective wildfire risk governance and management,…
Managed Wildfire: A Strategy Facilitated by Civil Society Partnerships and Interagency Cooperation
Federal land managers in the United States are permitted to manage wildfires with strategies other than full suppression under appropriate conditions to achieve natural resource objectives. However, policy and scientific support for “managed wildfire” appear insufficient to support its broad use. We conducted case studies in northern New Mexico and southwestern Utah to examine how managers and stakeholders navigated shifting barriers and opportun…
Equity in resilience: A case study of community resilience to wildfire in southwestern Oregon, United States
In the fire-prone and fire-adapted landscape of the Rogue River Basin of southwestern Oregon, communities mobilize to prepare, respond, and recover from wildfire while modifying the current social and ecological system. Marginalized communities are often most affected and least prepared for disturbances of this kind, where racism, colonialism, and structural equities prevent meaningful inclusion and equitable allocation of resources. This researc…
Does contracting for labor-intensive forestry work advance equity in the Pacific West, USA
Federal contracting of labor-intensive forestry (LIF) activities can support local economies, but the distribution of these economic benefits remains uneven. Over the past two decades, USDA Forest Service LIF contracts have been concentrated in the western United States, with most awarded to non-minority-owned businesses. This study examines whether federal LIF contracting advances economic equity in the Pacific West, particularly for small and m…
Racial capitalism and the duality of exploitation in forest labor contracting
Studies of labor markets in forestry have consistently found that white workers tend to fill better-paying, higher-quality jobs than workers of color. Such segmentation of labor markets is well documented in other industries and has been theorized as a general feature of racial capitalism. Although it is widely recognized that racial capitalism marginalizes entrepreneurs of color, scholarship on racial capitalism has generally focused on the prec…
Political science (17 works) · Geography (15 works) · Environmental resource management (12 works) · Business (11 works) · Economics (11 works) · Forest Management and Policy (11 works) · Corporate governance (10 works) · Fire effects on ecosystems (10 works) · Environmental planning (9 works) · Sociology (9 works)