Ph.D. Research

My research examines the public's role in environmental decision making along several miles of a particularly hard-used landscape in and around Butte, Montana. My guiding question: Was the public a meaningful participant in Silver Bow Creek's environmental restoration?

This research will contribute to the ongoing conversations within environmental communication research. At present, my dissertation proposal has been accepted and I've begun the long and arduous writing process.

My study is titled, "Public participation in environmental decision making: a Pragmatic critique of environmental problem solving in Butte, Montana."