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Phone: 828-771-3787
E-Mail: mmcduff@warren-wilson.edu
Office : Carson 5
Address : CPO# 6092
Warren Wilson College Box 9000
Asheville, NC 28815-9000
Arrival Year: 2000
Education: Ph.D., M.A., B.S. from University of Florida, Vanderbilt U.
Publications:
Books:
Jacobson, S.K., McDuff, M.D., and Monroe, M.C. (2006). Conservation education and outreach techniques. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press.
Research Publications
Jacobson, S.K., McDuff, M.D., and Monroe, M.D. (In press). Promoting conservation through the arts: outreach for hearts and minds. Conservation Biology.
McDuff, M.D., Appelson, G., and Jacobson, S.K. (In press) Watershed management in Florida: Public knowledge, attitudes, and information needs. Lake and Reservoir Management.
McDuff, M.D. 2002. Needs assessment for participatory evaluation of environmental education programs. Applied Environmental Education and Communication.1(1), 25-36.
McDuff, M.D., and Jacobson, S.K. 2001. Participatory evaluation of environmental education: Stakeholder assessment of the Wildlife Clubs of Kenya. International Journal of Geographical and Environmental Education. 10(2), 14-35.
McDuff, M.D. 2001. Building the capacity of grassroots conservation organizations to conduct participatory evaluation. Environmental Management. 27(5), 715-727.
McDuff, M.D. 2000. Thirty years of environmental education with the Wildlife Clubs of Kenya. Environmental Education Research. 6(4), 383-396.
McDuff, M.D., & Jacobson, S.K. 2000. Assessing impacts and future directions of youth conservation organizations: Wildlife Clubs in Africa. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 28(2), 414-425.
Jacobson, S.K., & McDuff, M.D. 1998. Training idiot savants: the lack of human dimensions in conservation biology. Conservation Biology 12(2), 1-6.
Jacobson, S.K., Arana, J.K., & McDuff, M.D. 1997. Environmental interpretation for a diverse public: nature center planning for minority populations. Journal of Interpretation Research 2(1), 27-46.
Jacobson, S.K., & McDuff, M.D. 1997. Conservation education. Pages 237 - 255. In Conservation science and action. Sutherland, W. (Ed.) Blackwell Science Limited, Oxford, U.K.
Jacobson, S.K., & McDuff, M.D. 1997. Success factors and evaluation in conservation education programmes. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education 6(3), 1-18.
Wertelecki, W., McDuff, M.D., Hoff, C.J., Schmidt, D.J., Hinds, D., & Superneau, D.W. 1987. The lunula ridge count method. Collegium Antropologicum 11(2), 325-333.
Research:
Recently completed a conservation education and outreach textbook; currently working with local schools to connect youth to local foods; researching faith-based environmental initiatives for new book
Projects:
Community-based research by students in classes has resulted in projects such as the design and construction of an interpretive trail in Fletcher, NC; advocacy campaigns for local NGOs, EE workshops for students in local public schools, etc.