Susan K Jacobson
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 2309492 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Susan K Jacobson |
| PRENOMES | Susan K |
| SOBRENOME | Jacobson |
| ASSINATURA | JACOBSON S K |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Florida |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5992-939X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 13 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1993 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
The generational divide over climate change among American evangelicals
As urgency grows to address global warming, younger generations can play a strategic role in mobilizing communities that have generally been more opposed to climate action and policy, such as political and religious conservatives in the United States. American evangelical Protestants—and white evangelicals in particular—are the largest religious group in the U.S. and also the most skeptical of climate science. There is growing interest, however, …
Evaluating Organizational Identity of Zoos to Enhance Conservation
Zoos, aquariums, and museums are expanding their identities and efforts to support wildlife conservation, but their impact is unclear. We apply a business theory of organizational identity to assess how conservation identities are created and applied. We examine three foundational and three practical components of identity using semi‐structured interviews with zoo directors and conservation directors at eight institutions. Our qualitative analysi…
The neglected role of religion in fisheries management
Religion and spirituality have long played important roles in fishery systems around the world, and yet are often neglected in modern fisheries management and research. We review current literature and analyse the major small‐scale fishery on Lake Tanganyika, Africa, to highlight how religion may mediate fishing behaviours. Our study surveyed 154 fishers across 11 landing sites in Tanzania, followed by 15 semi‐structured interviews with key infor…
Using Audience Physiology to Assess Engaging Conservation Messages and Animal Taxa
We used heart rate change as a tool to study how positive and negative wildlife conservation messaging impacts a viewer, and which types of animal images stimulate greatest reaction. We used scenes from five wildlife conservation videos available from environmental organization websites and YouTube, with positive and negative messaging. We found both very positive and very negative messaging in videos may be similarly effective in engaging viewer…
Evaluating biodiversity workshops in Chile
Evaluation is a critical component of any conservation education strategy, but especially important in highly threatened ecosystems where no formal incentives for conservation are available. We assessed the effectiveness of biodiversity education workshops in influencing knowledge, beliefs, personal norms and conservation behaviors among Chilean winegrowers. We used a switching replication design with pre, post and follow-up tests to measure the …
Barriers to environmental education
We identified 48 barriers to teaching environmental education reported by teachers in global literature and compared frequency to empirical data we collected from rural Ecuador, part of an understudied region and continent. We utilized Q methodology and interviews with 25 (78%) teachers at 6 schools to identify and categorize barriers. Perceptions of barriers ranked by Ecuadorian teachers were statistically classified into three factors: logistic…
Stakeholder Barriers and Benefits Associated With Improving Livestock Husbandry to Prevent Jaguar and Puma Depredation
Motivating ranchers to adopt preventive husbandry practices that limit livestock depredation by large carnivores, such as jaguars (Panthera onca) and pumas (Puma concolor), requires reducing perceived barriers and increasing benefits associated with coexistence. We assessed stakeholder perspectives on preventive practices by conducting eight focus groups consisting of ranchers, researchers, and government wildlife officers in Costa Rica using a n…
Factors Influencing Recreational Boaters’ Intentions to Comply with Right Whale Regulations in the Southeastern United States
Regulations for boaters can help mitigate adverse effects on threatened marine mammals. One management tool to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales is a 460-m distance restriction rule for all vessels. This study is the first effort to analyze factors that influence recreational boaters’ intentions to comply with this regulation. Using the theory of planned behavior, we analyzed 362 mail surveys of recreational boaters using the offshor…
Using Expert and Non-expert Models of Climate Change to Enhance Communication
Climate change is a significant global risk that is predicted to be particularly devastating to coastal communities. Climate change adaptation and mitigation have been hindered by many factors, including psychological barriers, ineffective outreach and communication, and knowledge gaps. This qualitative study compares an expert model of climate change risks to county administrators' “mental” models of climate change and related coastal environmen…
Stakeholder Participation in Wildlife Management
Participatory methods for people with diverse literacy levels are needed for community-based wildlife conservation, particularly in developing countries. The Nominal Group Technique was adapted for 55 illiterate and semi-literate attendees across 10 stakeholder meetings with rural populations in Kenya. Ranking cards with different colors, sizes, and symbols were used concomitant with research assistants to engage community members and prioritize …
Integrated science and art education for creative climate change communication
Jacobson, S. K., J. R. Seavey, and R. C. Mueller. 2016. Integrated science and art education for creative climate change communication. Ecology and Society 21(3):30.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08626-210330
Conservation education and outreach techniques
This book presents the many techniques available for creating effective education and outreach programs for conservation. It presents a framework for designing programs to achieve biodiversity, sustainability, and education goals. Early chapters provide the theoretical and practical background for understanding the learning process, and therefore how to effectively teach and support behavior change among children and adults. Subsequent chapters i…
Marketing conservation
Public Perceptions of Significant Wildlife in Hyogo, Japan
Public perceptions of wildlife vary by species, context, and culture. Understanding these perceptions helps managers understand how their decisions may generate conflict among stakeholders. We mailed questionnaires to residents in the northern region of Hyogo prefecture in Japan to examine their willingness to tolerate wildlife species of greatest concern to government officials, including: (a) native species frequently causing agricultural damag…
Assessing the impact of a wildlife education program on Japanese attitudes and behavioral intentions
Human–wildlife conflicts are common in agricultural communities and mountainous villages in Japan. Tochigi prefecture has one of the highest amounts of agricultural damage caused by wildlife in the country. To reduce conflicts, the Nature Preservation Division of Tochigi Prefecture launched a wildlife damage prevention program. We evaluated the effects of this program on residents’ attitudes and behavioral intentions by comparing a model district…
Factors Affecting Student Tolerance for Free-Roaming Cats
The management of free-roaming domestic cats is a controversial and challenging issue for animal welfare organizations and government agencies. In this article, we used a previously validated concept, wildlife acceptance capacity, to measure tolerance for free-roaming cats. We also identified the demographic, situational, and affective factors influencing tolerance, and evaluated the effect of tolerance on attitudes toward cat management. We cond…
Media Coverage of Climate Change in Chile
Media influence public awareness through agenda setting and framing of news by selecting what is published, how frequently and through what frames. This content analysis compares portrayals of climate change based on political ideology of the media. It examines daily coverage of climate change in Santiago, Chile by the conservative, El Mercurio, newspaper, and the liberal, La Nación. Twenty percent of the 1,628 articles published in 2003, 2005, a…
Infusing the Psychology of Climate Change into Environmental Curricula
Undergraduate and graduate programs in natural resource management focus on interventions to sustainably manage wildlife, fisheries, and forests. Coursework usually provides in-depth content on the biology and ecology of species and ecosystems. Topics such as climate change are framed as environmental problems, and risks and impacts to the natural world are emphasized. Relatively few courses incorporate concepts from psychology, or more specifica…
Effective primate conservation education
Conservation education goals generally include influencing people's conservation awareness, attitudes, and behaviors. Effective programs can help foster sustainable behavior, improve public support for conservation, reduce vandalism and poaching in protected areas, improve compliance with conservation regulations, increase recreation carrying capacities, and influence policies and decisions that affect the environment. Primate conservation proble…
Stakeholder Mapping for Recreation Planning of a Bahamian National Park
This study engaged key stakeholders in developing a recreation management plan for Abaco National Park. Using a stakeholder analysis and participatory mapping exercises, we determined current and desired future land uses of representatives from the tourism industry, hunters, teachers, business leaders, local community members, and environmentalists. Spatial information was analyzed using a geographic information system (GIS) for trends and overla…
Estimating Illegal Resource Use at a Ugandan Park with the Randomized Response Technique
Illegal resource use is a major threat to conservation in protected areas throughout the world, yet accurately estimating the number of poachers has been difficult. People violating the law seldom identify themselves for fear of retribution; thus quantifying illegal resource use is constrained by methodological problems. We evaluate the effectiveness of the randomized response technique (RRT) with a population that is partially illiterate to asse…
Evaluating Conservation Education Programs at a South American Zoo
Zoological parks, nature centers, natural history museums, and related institutions are valuable resources for urban environmental education in developing countries. To determine the effectiveness of conservation education strategies currently in use at such institutions in Colombia, the authors implemented and compared several program formats. A zoo workshop in wildlife conservation targeting elementary school teachers was designed, evaluated, a…
Assessing the suitability of community-based management for the Nyungwe Forest Reserve, Rwanda
Assessing the suitability of community-based management for the Nyungwe Forest Reserve, Rwanda
Stakeholder Mapping for Recreation Planning of a Bahamian National Park
This study engaged key stakeholders in developing a recreation management plan for Abaco National Park. Using a stakeholder analysis and participatory mapping exercises, we determined current and desired future land uses of representatives from the tourism industry, hunters, teachers, business leaders, local community members, and environmentalists. Spatial information was analyzed using a geographic information system (GIS) for trends and overla…
Using Audience Physiology to Assess Engaging Conservation Messages and Animal Taxa
We used heart rate change as a tool to study how positive and negative wildlife conservation messaging impacts a viewer, and which types of animal images stimulate greatest reaction. We used scenes from five wildlife conservation videos available from environmental organization websites and YouTube, with positive and negative messaging. We found both very positive and very negative messaging in videos may be similarly effective in engaging viewer…
Evaluating biodiversity workshops in Chile
Evaluation is a critical component of any conservation education strategy, but especially important in highly threatened ecosystems where no formal incentives for conservation are available. We assessed the effectiveness of biodiversity education workshops in influencing knowledge, beliefs, personal norms and conservation behaviors among Chilean winegrowers. We used a switching replication design with pre, post and follow-up tests to measure the …
Integrated science and art education for creative climate change communication
Jacobson, S. K., J. R. Seavey, and R. C. Mueller. 2016. Integrated science and art education for creative climate change communication. Ecology and Society 21(3):30.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08626-210330
Evaluating Conservation Education Programs at a South American Zoo
Zoological parks, nature centers, natural history museums, and related institutions are valuable resources for urban environmental education in developing countries. To determine the effectiveness of conservation education strategies currently in use at such institutions in Colombia, the authors implemented and compared several program formats. A zoo workshop in wildlife conservation targeting elementary school teachers was designed, evaluated, a…
Estimating Illegal Resource Use at a Ugandan Park with the Randomized Response Technique
Illegal resource use is a major threat to conservation in protected areas throughout the world, yet accurately estimating the number of poachers has been difficult. People violating the law seldom identify themselves for fear of retribution; thus quantifying illegal resource use is constrained by methodological problems. We evaluate the effectiveness of the randomized response technique (RRT) with a population that is partially illiterate to asse…
Stakeholder Mapping for Recreation Planning of a Bahamian National Park
This study engaged key stakeholders in developing a recreation management plan for Abaco National Park. Using a stakeholder analysis and participatory mapping exercises, we determined current and desired future land uses of representatives from the tourism industry, hunters, teachers, business leaders, local community members, and environmentalists. Spatial information was analyzed using a geographic information system (GIS) for trends and overla…
Effective primate conservation education
Conservation education goals generally include influencing people's conservation awareness, attitudes, and behaviors. Effective programs can help foster sustainable behavior, improve public support for conservation, reduce vandalism and poaching in protected areas, improve compliance with conservation regulations, increase recreation carrying capacities, and influence policies and decisions that affect the environment. Primate conservation proble…
Media Coverage of Climate Change in Chile
Media influence public awareness through agenda setting and framing of news by selecting what is published, how frequently and through what frames. This content analysis compares portrayals of climate change based on political ideology of the media. It examines daily coverage of climate change in Santiago, Chile by the conservative, El Mercurio, newspaper, and the liberal, La Nación. Twenty percent of the 1,628 articles published in 2003, 2005, a…
Infusing the Psychology of Climate Change into Environmental Curricula
Undergraduate and graduate programs in natural resource management focus on interventions to sustainably manage wildlife, fisheries, and forests. Coursework usually provides in-depth content on the biology and ecology of species and ecosystems. Topics such as climate change are framed as environmental problems, and risks and impacts to the natural world are emphasized. Relatively few courses incorporate concepts from psychology, or more specifica…
Factors Affecting Student Tolerance for Free-Roaming Cats
The management of free-roaming domestic cats is a controversial and challenging issue for animal welfare organizations and government agencies. In this article, we used a previously validated concept, wildlife acceptance capacity, to measure tolerance for free-roaming cats. We also identified the demographic, situational, and affective factors influencing tolerance, and evaluated the effect of tolerance on attitudes toward cat management. We cond…
Public Perceptions of Significant Wildlife in Hyogo, Japan
Public perceptions of wildlife vary by species, context, and culture. Understanding these perceptions helps managers understand how their decisions may generate conflict among stakeholders. We mailed questionnaires to residents in the northern region of Hyogo prefecture in Japan to examine their willingness to tolerate wildlife species of greatest concern to government officials, including: (a) native species frequently causing agricultural damag…
Assessing the impact of a wildlife education program on Japanese attitudes and behavioral intentions
Human–wildlife conflicts are common in agricultural communities and mountainous villages in Japan. Tochigi prefecture has one of the highest amounts of agricultural damage caused by wildlife in the country. To reduce conflicts, the Nature Preservation Division of Tochigi Prefecture launched a wildlife damage prevention program. We evaluated the effects of this program on residents’ attitudes and behavioral intentions by comparing a model district…
Conservation education and outreach techniques
This book presents the many techniques available for creating effective education and outreach programs for conservation. It presents a framework for designing programs to achieve biodiversity, sustainability, and education goals. Early chapters provide the theoretical and practical background for understanding the learning process, and therefore how to effectively teach and support behavior change among children and adults. Subsequent chapters i…
Marketing conservation
Using Expert and Non-expert Models of Climate Change to Enhance Communication
Climate change is a significant global risk that is predicted to be particularly devastating to coastal communities. Climate change adaptation and mitigation have been hindered by many factors, including psychological barriers, ineffective outreach and communication, and knowledge gaps. This qualitative study compares an expert model of climate change risks to county administrators' “mental” models of climate change and related coastal environmen…
Stakeholder Participation in Wildlife Management
Participatory methods for people with diverse literacy levels are needed for community-based wildlife conservation, particularly in developing countries. The Nominal Group Technique was adapted for 55 illiterate and semi-literate attendees across 10 stakeholder meetings with rural populations in Kenya. Ranking cards with different colors, sizes, and symbols were used concomitant with research assistants to engage community members and prioritize …
Integrated science and art education for creative climate change communication
Jacobson, S. K., J. R. Seavey, and R. C. Mueller. 2016. Integrated science and art education for creative climate change communication. Ecology and Society 21(3):30.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08626-210330
Stakeholder Barriers and Benefits Associated With Improving Livestock Husbandry to Prevent Jaguar and Puma Depredation
Motivating ranchers to adopt preventive husbandry practices that limit livestock depredation by large carnivores, such as jaguars (Panthera onca) and pumas (Puma concolor), requires reducing perceived barriers and increasing benefits associated with coexistence. We assessed stakeholder perspectives on preventive practices by conducting eight focus groups consisting of ranchers, researchers, and government wildlife officers in Costa Rica using a n…
Factors Influencing Recreational Boaters’ Intentions to Comply with Right Whale Regulations in the Southeastern United States
Regulations for boaters can help mitigate adverse effects on threatened marine mammals. One management tool to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales is a 460-m distance restriction rule for all vessels. This study is the first effort to analyze factors that influence recreational boaters’ intentions to comply with this regulation. Using the theory of planned behavior, we analyzed 362 mail surveys of recreational boaters using the offshor…
Evaluating biodiversity workshops in Chile
Evaluation is a critical component of any conservation education strategy, but especially important in highly threatened ecosystems where no formal incentives for conservation are available. We assessed the effectiveness of biodiversity education workshops in influencing knowledge, beliefs, personal norms and conservation behaviors among Chilean winegrowers. We used a switching replication design with pre, post and follow-up tests to measure the …
Barriers to environmental education
We identified 48 barriers to teaching environmental education reported by teachers in global literature and compared frequency to empirical data we collected from rural Ecuador, part of an understudied region and continent. We utilized Q methodology and interviews with 25 (78%) teachers at 6 schools to identify and categorize barriers. Perceptions of barriers ranked by Ecuadorian teachers were statistically classified into three factors: logistic…
The neglected role of religion in fisheries management
Religion and spirituality have long played important roles in fishery systems around the world, and yet are often neglected in modern fisheries management and research. We review current literature and analyse the major small‐scale fishery on Lake Tanganyika, Africa, to highlight how religion may mediate fishing behaviours. Our study surveyed 154 fishers across 11 landing sites in Tanzania, followed by 15 semi‐structured interviews with key infor…
Using Audience Physiology to Assess Engaging Conservation Messages and Animal Taxa
We used heart rate change as a tool to study how positive and negative wildlife conservation messaging impacts a viewer, and which types of animal images stimulate greatest reaction. We used scenes from five wildlife conservation videos available from environmental organization websites and YouTube, with positive and negative messaging. We found both very positive and very negative messaging in videos may be similarly effective in engaging viewer…
Evaluating Organizational Identity of Zoos to Enhance Conservation
Zoos, aquariums, and museums are expanding their identities and efforts to support wildlife conservation, but their impact is unclear. We apply a business theory of organizational identity to assess how conservation identities are created and applied. We examine three foundational and three practical components of identity using semi‐structured interviews with zoo directors and conservation directors at eight institutions. Our qualitative analysi…
The generational divide over climate change among American evangelicals
As urgency grows to address global warming, younger generations can play a strategic role in mobilizing communities that have generally been more opposed to climate action and policy, such as political and religious conservatives in the United States. American evangelical Protestants—and white evangelicals in particular—are the largest religious group in the U.S. and also the most skeptical of climate science. There is growing interest, however, …
Assessing the suitability of community-based management for the Nyungwe Forest Reserve, Rwanda
Political science (15 obras) · Geography (13 obras) · Ecology (12 obras) · Environmental resource management (12 obras) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (11 obras) · Psychology (10 obras) · Sociology (10 obras) · Business (9 obras) · Computer Science (8 obras) · Wildlife (8 obras)