Ph.D. Candidates
 
Mike Sorice
Mike's research interests focus on wildlife conservation as a social process.  He is interested in understanding people's attitudes and behaviors and their implications in wildlife management and the policy process.  Moreover, he is interested in examining the decision making process itself and the role of stakeholders in planning for endangered species recovery.

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Yung-Ping Tseng
Yung-Ping's (Emilio) research interests encompass three major fields: marine tourism, coastal recreation management and marine environmental interpretation and education.  He is especially interested in analyzing human dimensions of whale watching issues and conflicts among tourists, marine mammals, and fisherman.
  
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Nathan Wolber
Nathan’s research interests include the cultures of recreational fishing and hunting, managing resources for future users and predicting and compensating for coming demographic changes. He is also interested in the human dimensions of natural resource management, particularly from a sociocultural perspective, as well as theories of specialization and substitution.