keywords
- natural resources management and policy, local citizen and stakeholder engagement in policy processes, coalition dynamics, environmental studies pedagogy
- Contact Info
Lawhon, Lydia
Positions
- Lecturer, Masters of the Environment
Research Areas
Research
Publications
selected publications
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journal article
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Do Disasters Lead to Learning? Financial Policy Change in Local Government.
The Review of Policy Research.
564-589.
2018
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Remembering the Past, Anticipating the Future: Community Learning and Adaptation Discourse in Media Commemorations of Catastrophic Wildfires in Colorado.
Environmental Communication: a journal of nature and culture.
132-147.
2018
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A Narrative Policy Framework Analysis of Wildfire Policy Discussions in Two Colorado Communities.
Politics and Policy.
626-656.
2017
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Local media coverage of wildfire disasters: An analysis of problems and solutions in policy narratives.
Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space.
849-871.
2017
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Wildfire Outreach and Citizen Entrepreneurs in the Wildland-Urban Interface: A Cross-Case Analysis in Colorado.
Society and Natural Resources.
918-923.
2015
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Information, Resources, and Management Priorities: Agency Outreach and Mitigation of Wildfire Risk in the Western United States.
Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy.
69-90.
2015
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Do Disasters Lead to Learning? Financial Policy Change in Local Government.
The Review of Policy Research.
564-589.
2018
Teaching
courses taught
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ENVM 5031 - Contemporary Issues in U.S. Public Lands Policy and Management
Primary Instructor - Spring 2020 / Spring 2021
Examines critical and emerging issues on public lands across the U.S. today. Following an overview of the structure of public lands management, including federal land management designations and agencies and major laws and policies relevant to public lands management, we will transition into issue-based discussions of challenges facing public lands management. Previously offered as a special topics course. Recommended requisite: ENVS 5701. -
ENVM 6100 - Special Topics for Master of the Environment Program
Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Spring 2021 / Summer 2021
A variety of topics not currently offered in curriculum; offered depending on instructor availability and student demand. -
ENVM 6101 - Special Topics for Master of the Environment Program
Primary Instructor - Fall 2019 / Spring 2020
A variety of topics not currently offered in curriculum; offered depending on instructor availability and student demand. -
ENVS 5701 - Policy, Politics and Management: Foundations
Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021
Examines concepts related to policy and regulatory processes, institutions and management of the environment and natural resources. Explores environmental laws at the international, national, state and local levels as well as how the processes and institutions at various levels of government help shape laws and their implementation. Focuses on policy tools including property rights, regulation, voluntary compliance and market-based mechanisms.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder 2016
- M.S., Yale University 2003
- B.A., Dartmouth College 2001