Erin Seekamp
Biographic Data
| ID | 142391 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erin Seekamp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erin |
| FAMILY NAME | Seekamp |
| SIGNATURE | SEEKAMP E |
| AFFILIATIONS | North Carolina State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5082-1921 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 78 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Cultural Expressions of Climate: Art as a Tool for Change
This study explores the role of art in raising awareness and inspiring action on climate change. It focuses on the “Small Island Big Song” performance, an art project that combines music, film, and live performances from artists impacted by climate change. The research aimed to measure how this artistic intervention influenced audience members’ climate change awareness, inspiration to act, and connection to nature, through a series of pre-, post-…
Social capital as a predictor of collective environmental action in high school students
As youth are increasingly engaged in collective environmental action, more research is needed on how to best support their efforts. Commonly used existing environmental behavior models such as the theory of planned behavior and environmental literacy models are inadequate predictors of collective action. However, emerging research suggests factors such as social capital may be promising additions. This paper compares the utility of three competin…
Discrimination Experience and Park Visitation of People of Color: The Case of North Carolina State Parks
Perspectives on Liberating and Deliberating Knowledge in Science
Pushing toward systemic change in the Capitalocene: Investigating the efficacy of existing behavior prediction models on individual and collective pro-environmental actions in high school students
Environmental education often advocates for individual pro-environmental behavior—which, while beneficial to a degree, fails to match the large scale of today’s capitalism-fueled socio-ecological challenges. Rather, collective action holds promise as a means for the large-scale changes required in the Capitalocene. These actions can take the shape of encouraging group uptake of behaviors (collective non-activist behaviors) or through fostering sy…
Uncovering Implicit Western Science and Indigenous Values Embedded in Climate Change and Cultural Resource Adaptation Policy and Guidance
If the terminology – words, concepts, and expressions – of discourse is understood to reflect a writer’s values, perspectives, and ways of knowing, then it is important to compare the terminology used by various writers to understand key value differences. This paper provides an initial exploration into the explicit and implicit differences in terminology surrounding climate adaptation planning from the perspective of federal agencies and Tribal …
Conceptualizing community-level environmental literacy using the Delphi method
A Systematic Literature Review on Climate Change Adaptation Planning for Archaeological Site Management and the Prevalence of Stakeholder Engagement
This article presents a systematic literature review of publications from 2014 to 2021 using “archaeological site” and “climate change” as keywords, in addition to several terms representing forms of stakeholder engagement. Articles were thematically coded to explore trends at the intersection of climate change, archaeology, and local and Traditional stakeholders. Results show that nearly half of the selected publications did not include local an…
Self-reported participation in outdoor and nature-based recreation before and during the Covid-19 pandemic supports psychological health and well-being
Restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic significantly altered daily lives and affected human health and well-being. Outdoor and nature-based activities could potentially mitigate some of these negative impacts. To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on outdoor recreation and subjective well-being, we combined two samples of U.S. adults collected from April 30 th - June 15 th , 2020 and from August 7 th - August 26 th , 2020 (tot…
Climate adaptation planning for cultural heritages in coastal tourism destinations: A multi-objective optimization approach
Substantial climate change impacts threaten the persistence of cultural resources globally. The need exists for conceptualizing decision support tools that focus on quantifying and optimizing the managerial priorities to leverage historic preservation and adaptation actions that enhance the continuity of heritage values and sites. Informed by the Structured Decision Making (SDM) approach, this study advances the singular objective Optimal Preserv…
Cultural Cognition and Ideological Framing Influence Communication About Zoonotic Disease in the Era of Covid-19
The efficacy of science communication can be influenced by the cultural values and cognitions of target audiences, yet message framing rarely accounts for these cognitive factors. To explore the effects of message framing tailored to specific audiences, we investigated relationships between one form of cultural cognition—political ideology—and perceptions about the zoonotic origins of the COVID-19 pandemic using a nationally representative Qualtr…
Optimizing preservation for multiple types of historic structures under climate change
Outdoor Activity Participation Improves Adolescents’ Mental Health and Well-Being during the Covid-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 is reshaping human interactions with the natural environment, potentially generating profound consequences for health and well-being. To assess the effects of COVID-19 on the outdoor recreation participation and subjective well-being of adolescents, as well as how participation in outdoor activities may mitigate declines in subjective well-being, we used a Qualtrics XM panel to conduct a nationally representative survey of youth ages 10-…
Using theory to better communicate to different audiences about Whooping Crane conservation
Effective outreach for an endangered species often requires an understanding of human dimensions information to guide pro-conservation behavior. To provide a foundation for outreach communication strategies regarding Whooping Crane conservation in Alabama, we administered surveys to local residents, waterfowl hunters, and birders. We tested a theoretical framework using constructs from the cognitive hierarchy, value-belief-norm theory, emotional …
Uncovering climate (in)justice with an adaptive capacity assessment: A multiple case study in rural coastal North Carolina
Assessing Residents’ Place Attachment to the Guatemalan Maya Landscape Through Mixed Methods Photo Elicitation
We developed mixed methods photo elicitation to mitigate cultural and language barriers and to acquire deeper understandings of indigenous participants’ place attachment. We define mixed methods photo elicitation to integrate quantitative rankings of photos with qualitative induction of the meanings ascribed to the photos. Multidimensional scaling is used to thematically analyze the resulting photo clusters in relation to qualitative investigatio…
Evaluating climate change behaviors and concern in the family context
Although research suggests that family dynamics likely play a role in shaping children’s behaviors, few studies focus on environmental behaviors, and none to our knowledge investigate how parents shape climate change mitigation behaviors among their children. We begin to fill this gap through a quantitative case study using matched household-level survey data from 182 coastal North Carolina families (n = 241 parents aged 29–77; n = 182 students a…
Optimizing historic preservation under climate change: Decision support for cultural resource adaptation planning in national parks
Battling the Tides of Climate Change: The Power of Intangible Cultural Resource Values to Bind Place Meanings in Vulnerable Historic Districts
Climate change increases not only the vulnerability of cultural resources, but also the cultural values that are deeply embedded in cultural resources and landscapes. As such, heritage managers are faced with imminent preservation challenges that necessitate the consideration of place meanings during adaptation planning. This study explores how stakeholders perceive the vulnerability of the tangible aspects of cultural heritage, and how climate c…
Sea level rise impacts on rural coastal social-ecological systems and the implications for decision making
Intergenerational learning: Are children key in spurring climate action
A measurement framework to increase transparency in historic preservation decision-making under changing climate conditions
Are cultural heritage and resources threatened by climate change? A systematic literature review
Perceptions of Whooping Cranes among waterfowl hunters in Alabama: Using specialization, awareness, knowledge, and attitudes to understand conservation behavior
A central component of successful wildlife conservation is the understanding of public perceptions toward a species. We administered an online survey to Alabama waterfowl hunters (n = 284) to examine differences in awareness and knowledge of and attitudes toward Whooping Cranes. We investigated if these variables and/or birding specialization influenced likeliness to participate in conservation behaviors. Specialization level was positively relat…
Evaluating a decision analytic approach to climate change adaptation of cultural resources along the Atlantic Coast of the United States
Intergenerational learning: Are children key in spurring climate action
Assessing Residents’ Place Attachment to the Guatemalan Maya Landscape Through Mixed Methods Photo Elicitation
We developed mixed methods photo elicitation to mitigate cultural and language barriers and to acquire deeper understandings of indigenous participants’ place attachment. We define mixed methods photo elicitation to integrate quantitative rankings of photos with qualitative induction of the meanings ascribed to the photos. Multidimensional scaling is used to thematically analyze the resulting photo clusters in relation to qualitative investigatio…
Evaluating climate change behaviors and concern in the family context
Although research suggests that family dynamics likely play a role in shaping children’s behaviors, few studies focus on environmental behaviors, and none to our knowledge investigate how parents shape climate change mitigation behaviors among their children. We begin to fill this gap through a quantitative case study using matched household-level survey data from 182 coastal North Carolina families (n = 241 parents aged 29–77; n = 182 students a…
Sea level rise impacts on rural coastal social-ecological systems and the implications for decision making
Uncovering climate (in)justice with an adaptive capacity assessment: A multiple case study in rural coastal North Carolina
A measurement framework to increase transparency in historic preservation decision-making under changing climate conditions
Evaluating a decision analytic approach to climate change adaptation of cultural resources along the Atlantic Coast of the United States
Do Recreation Motivations and Wilderness Involvement Relate to Support for Wilderness Management? A Segmentation Analysis
Surveys show relatively little support for use restrictions to protect wilderness experiences. However, such conclusions based on aggregate data could hide important differences among visitors. Visitors with more wilderness-dependent trip motives were hypothesized to be more supportive of use restrictions. Using survey data from visitors to 13 wildernesses, cluster analysis of motivations and wilderness involvement generated three clusters that d…
Climate adaptation planning for cultural heritages in coastal tourism destinations: A multi-objective optimization approach
Substantial climate change impacts threaten the persistence of cultural resources globally. The need exists for conceptualizing decision support tools that focus on quantifying and optimizing the managerial priorities to leverage historic preservation and adaptation actions that enhance the continuity of heritage values and sites. Informed by the Structured Decision Making (SDM) approach, this study advances the singular objective Optimal Preserv…
Optimizing historic preservation under climate change: Decision support for cultural resource adaptation planning in national parks
Battling the Tides of Climate Change: The Power of Intangible Cultural Resource Values to Bind Place Meanings in Vulnerable Historic Districts
Climate change increases not only the vulnerability of cultural resources, but also the cultural values that are deeply embedded in cultural resources and landscapes. As such, heritage managers are faced with imminent preservation challenges that necessitate the consideration of place meanings during adaptation planning. This study explores how stakeholders perceive the vulnerability of the tangible aspects of cultural heritage, and how climate c…
A Multilevel Community Capacity Model for Sustainable Watershed Management
We present a multilevel community capacity model that responds to the question: What human community conditions, characteristics, and interactions are essential for sustainable watershed management? Specifically, we review relevant literature associated with community responses to ecological change. We examine the concept of community capacity and describe our theoretical model for understanding, assessing, and building community capacity for wat…
Conceptualizing community-level environmental literacy using the Delphi method
A Systematic Literature Review on Climate Change Adaptation Planning for Archaeological Site Management and the Prevalence of Stakeholder Engagement
This article presents a systematic literature review of publications from 2014 to 2021 using “archaeological site” and “climate change” as keywords, in addition to several terms representing forms of stakeholder engagement. Articles were thematically coded to explore trends at the intersection of climate change, archaeology, and local and Traditional stakeholders. Results show that nearly half of the selected publications did not include local an…
Assumptions about Ecological Scale and Nature Knowing Best Hiding in Environmental Decisions
Hull, R., D. P. Robertson, G. J. Buhyoff, E. Seekamp and G. J. Buhyoff 2002. Assumptions about Ecological Scale and Nature Knowing Best Hiding in Environmental Decisions. Conservation Ecology 6(2):12. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-00441-060212
A Mixed Methods Approach to Measuring Depth of Group Information Processing in the Context of Deliberative Public Involvement
This article presents a mixed methods procedure for evaluating information processing and the role of social influences in deliberative public involvement groups. Specifically, it describes an interpretive, qualitative coding scheme for analyzing group discussions to quantitatively assess how group differences in information processing and social influences affect decision judgments. To substantiate the need for this new approach, the contributio…
Do Recreation Motivations and Wilderness Involvement Relate to Support for Wilderness Management? A Segmentation Analysis
Surveys show relatively little support for use restrictions to protect wilderness experiences. However, such conclusions based on aggregate data could hide important differences among visitors. Visitors with more wilderness-dependent trip motives were hypothesized to be more supportive of use restrictions. Using survey data from visitors to 13 wildernesses, cluster analysis of motivations and wilderness involvement generated three clusters that d…
Natural Resource Agencies and Their Motivations to Partner: The Public Lands Partnership Model
Public land management agencies, such as the USDA Forest Service (USFS), utilize partnerships to accomplish a variety of tasks and meet specific targets. However, public agency personnel invest considerable time and energy to develop and maintain partnerships. Research on partnering motivations typically focuses on volunteers, nonprofit organizations and corporations, leaving the motivations of public agency personnel relatively unknown. This pap…
Assessing the Necessity of a Wildlife Toxicology Certificate: A Survey of Professional Perceptions
This article details the study findings and methodology used in developing a survey instrument to assess the need for a professional certificate in wildlife toxicology. Following discussion at a 2007 wildlife toxicology conference, researchers used the Delphi process to develop a survey questionnaire that was administered to members of two professional societies. Survey results indicated a high level of variability in support for a wildlife toxic…
A Multilevel Community Capacity Model for Sustainable Watershed Management
We present a multilevel community capacity model that responds to the question: What human community conditions, characteristics, and interactions are essential for sustainable watershed management? Specifically, we review relevant literature associated with community responses to ecological change. We examine the concept of community capacity and describe our theoretical model for understanding, assessing, and building community capacity for wat…
An Examination of Behavior Change Theories to Predict Behavioral Intentions of Organisms-in-Trade Hobbyists
This study examined the effects of theoretical constructs from the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and value-belief-norm theory (VBN) on intentions to perform purchase and disposal behaviors that help prevent aquatic invasive species (AIS) spread by organisms-in-trade (OIT) hobbyists. More specifically, the goals of this study were to explore (1) the predictive ability of theoretical constructs on intention to perform desired behaviors and (2) d…
Preventing the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species: Boater Concerns, Habits, and Future Behaviors
This article examined the role of value orientations and attitudes toward aquatic invasive species (AIS) on responsible boating behavior to reduce the likelihood of spreading AIS. Mitigation strategies developed to prevent the spread of AIS are most successful when the determinants of boating behaviors are well understood. Data were collected using a self-administered mail survey of a regionally stratified random sample of registered boaters in I…
Projected impacts to the production of outdoor recreation opportunities across US state park systems due to the adoption of a domestic climate change mitigation policy
Shifting demand for winter outdoor recreation along the North Shore of Lake Superior under variable rates of climate change: A finite-mixture modeling approach
Are cultural heritage and resources threatened by climate change? A systematic literature review
Perceptions of Whooping Cranes among waterfowl hunters in Alabama: Using specialization, awareness, knowledge, and attitudes to understand conservation behavior
A central component of successful wildlife conservation is the understanding of public perceptions toward a species. We administered an online survey to Alabama waterfowl hunters (n = 284) to examine differences in awareness and knowledge of and attitudes toward Whooping Cranes. We investigated if these variables and/or birding specialization influenced likeliness to participate in conservation behaviors. Specialization level was positively relat…
Evaluating a decision analytic approach to climate change adaptation of cultural resources along the Atlantic Coast of the United States
Battling the Tides of Climate Change: The Power of Intangible Cultural Resource Values to Bind Place Meanings in Vulnerable Historic Districts
Climate change increases not only the vulnerability of cultural resources, but also the cultural values that are deeply embedded in cultural resources and landscapes. As such, heritage managers are faced with imminent preservation challenges that necessitate the consideration of place meanings during adaptation planning. This study explores how stakeholders perceive the vulnerability of the tangible aspects of cultural heritage, and how climate c…
Sea level rise impacts on rural coastal social-ecological systems and the implications for decision making
Intergenerational learning: Are children key in spurring climate action
A measurement framework to increase transparency in historic preservation decision-making under changing climate conditions
Assessing Residents’ Place Attachment to the Guatemalan Maya Landscape Through Mixed Methods Photo Elicitation
We developed mixed methods photo elicitation to mitigate cultural and language barriers and to acquire deeper understandings of indigenous participants’ place attachment. We define mixed methods photo elicitation to integrate quantitative rankings of photos with qualitative induction of the meanings ascribed to the photos. Multidimensional scaling is used to thematically analyze the resulting photo clusters in relation to qualitative investigatio…
Evaluating climate change behaviors and concern in the family context
Although research suggests that family dynamics likely play a role in shaping children’s behaviors, few studies focus on environmental behaviors, and none to our knowledge investigate how parents shape climate change mitigation behaviors among their children. We begin to fill this gap through a quantitative case study using matched household-level survey data from 182 coastal North Carolina families (n = 241 parents aged 29–77; n = 182 students a…
Optimizing historic preservation under climate change: Decision support for cultural resource adaptation planning in national parks
Using theory to better communicate to different audiences about Whooping Crane conservation
Effective outreach for an endangered species often requires an understanding of human dimensions information to guide pro-conservation behavior. To provide a foundation for outreach communication strategies regarding Whooping Crane conservation in Alabama, we administered surveys to local residents, waterfowl hunters, and birders. We tested a theoretical framework using constructs from the cognitive hierarchy, value-belief-norm theory, emotional …
Uncovering climate (in)justice with an adaptive capacity assessment: A multiple case study in rural coastal North Carolina
Cultural Cognition and Ideological Framing Influence Communication About Zoonotic Disease in the Era of Covid-19
The efficacy of science communication can be influenced by the cultural values and cognitions of target audiences, yet message framing rarely accounts for these cognitive factors. To explore the effects of message framing tailored to specific audiences, we investigated relationships between one form of cultural cognition—political ideology—and perceptions about the zoonotic origins of the COVID-19 pandemic using a nationally representative Qualtr…
Optimizing preservation for multiple types of historic structures under climate change
Outdoor Activity Participation Improves Adolescents’ Mental Health and Well-Being during the Covid-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 is reshaping human interactions with the natural environment, potentially generating profound consequences for health and well-being. To assess the effects of COVID-19 on the outdoor recreation participation and subjective well-being of adolescents, as well as how participation in outdoor activities may mitigate declines in subjective well-being, we used a Qualtrics XM panel to conduct a nationally representative survey of youth ages 10-…
Geography (22 works) · Psychology (19 works) · Environmental resource management (18 works) · Political science (18 works) · Ecology (17 works) · Climate change (15 works) · Computer Science (14 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Environmental planning (12 works) · Social Psychology (12 works)