John Schelhas, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Gregory E. Frey, Reem Hajjar, Susan Charnley, Kathleen McGinley, John Schelhas, Nathan A. Tarr, Lauren McCaskill, Frederick W. Cubbage. 2024. “Community Forests” in the United States – How Do we Know One When we See One?
• Kylle Roy, Susan J. Frankel, Lauren Oakes, Kainana S. Francisco, Kekuhi Kealiʻikanakaʻoleohaililani, Rachael A. Sitz, Emily Huff, John Schelhas. 2024. Perceptions of tree diseases in Indigenous communities: Native Alaskan and Hawaiian insights
• Reem Hajjar, Kathleen McGinley, Susan Charnley, Gregory E. Frey, Meredith Hovis, Frederick Cubbage, John Schelhas, Kailey Kornhauser. 2024. Characterizing Community Forests in the United States
• Amanda Robillard, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, John Schelhas, Brett J. Butler. 2023. Black Family Forest Owners in the Southeastern United States: A Case Study in Six Counties
• Susan Charnley, Emily Jane Davis, John Schelhas. 2023. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Forest Service: Insights for local job creation and equity from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
• Kathleen McGinley, Susan Charnley, Frederick Cubbage, Reem Hajjar, Gregory E. Frey, John Schelhas, Meredith Hovis, Kailey Kornhauser. 2022. Community forest ownership, rights, and governance regimes in the United States
• Michelle Baumflek, Tommy Cabe, John Schelhas, Maria Dunlavey. 2021. Managing culturally significant plants in Cherokee homelands: emerging platforms
• Sarah Hitchner, Noah Goyke, Marc Thomas, John Schelhas, Puneet Dwivedi. 2021. Beyond the math: Case studies of Black forest landowners in Georgia, United States
• John Schelhas, Sarah Hitchner, Puneet Dwivedi, Marc Thomas. 2021. Understanding black landowner’s engagement in forestry in Georgia, United States: a closer look
• Sarah Hitchner, John Schelhas, Puneet Dwivedi. 2021. Safe havens: The intersection of family, religion, and community in black cultural landscapes of the southeastern United States
• John Schelhas, Thomas Brandeis, Thomas K. Rudel. 2021. Planted forests and natural regeneration in forest transitions: patterns and implications from the U.S. South
• John Schelhas, Janice Alexander, Mark Brunson, Tommy Cabe, Alycia Crall, Michael J. Dockry, Marla R. Emery, Susan J. Frankel, Nina Hapner, Caleb R. Hickman, Rebecca Jordan, Michael J. LaVoie, Zhao Ma, Joe Starinchak, Jelena Vukomanovic. 2021. Social and Cultural Dynamics of Non-native Invasive Species
• John Schelhas. 2020. Comment on: Race, ethnicity, and natural resources in the United States: A review – with reprinted article
• John Schelhas. 2020. Research and reconciliation: Unsettling ways of knowing through indigenous relationships.
• John Schelhas, Sarah L. Hitchner. 2020. Integrating research and outreach for environmental justice: African American land ownership and forestry
• Sarah Butler, John Schelhas, Brett J. Butler. 2019. Minority family forest owners in the United States
• John Schelhas, Sarah Hitchner, Alan McGregor. 2019. The Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention Program
• Noah Goyke, Puneet Dwivedi, Sarah Hitchner, John Schelhas, Marc Thomas. 2019. Exploring diversity in forest management outlooks of African American family forest landowners for ensuring sustainability of forestry resources in the southern United States
• Sarah Hitchner, Puneet Dwivedi, John Schelhas, Arundhati Jagadish. 2019. Gatekeepers, shareholders, and evangelists: Expanding communication networks of African American forest landowners in North Carolina
• Cody Cox, Christopher J. Anderson, Wayde C. Morse, John Schelhas. 2019. Applying Public Participation Geographic Information Systems for coastal wading bird conservation
• John Schelhas, Sarah Hitchner, Puneet Dwivedi. 2018. Strategies for successful engagement of African American landowners in forestry
• Sarah Hitchner, John Schelhas, J. Peter Brosius, Nathan Nibbelink. 2018. Thru-hiking the John Muir Trail as a modern pilgrimage: implications for natural resource management
• John Schelhas, Sarah Hitchner, J. Peter. Brosius. 2018. Envisioning and implementing sustainable bioenergy systems in the U.S
• John Schelhas, Sarah Hitchner, J. Peter. Brosius. 2018. Envisioning and implementing wood-based bioenergy systems in the southern United States: Imaginaries in everyday talk
• Sarah Jane Wilson, John Schelhas, Ricardo Grau, A. Sofía Nanni, Sean Sloan. 2017. Forest ecosystem-service transitions: the ecological dimensions of the forest transition
• John Schelhas. 2017. The battle for Yellowstone: Morality and the sacred roots of environmental conflict, by Justin Farrell
• Sarah Hitchner, John Schelhas, J. Peter Brosius. 2017. “Even our Dairy Queen shut down”: Risk and resilience in bioenergy development in forest-dependent communities in the US South
• John Schelhas, Sarah Hitchner, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Viniece Jennings. 2017. “Sunshine, sweat, and tears”: African-American ties to land and forests in the south
• Sarah Hitchner, John Schelhas, Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2017. A privilege and a challenge: valuation of heirs' property by African American landowners and implications for forest management in the southeastern U.S
• Sarah Hitchner, John Schelhas, J. Peter  Brosius. 2016. Snake oil, silver buckshot, and people who hate us: metaphors and conventional discourses of wood-based bioenergy in the rural southeastern United States
• Cassandra Johnson Gaither, David Himmelfarb, Sarah Hitchner, John Schelhas, J. Marshall Shepherd, Binita K.C. 2016. "Where the sidewalk ends": sustainable mobility in Atlanta's Cascade community
• John Schelhas, Sarah Hitchner, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Rory Fraser, Viniece Jennings, Amadou Diop. 2016. Engaging African American landowners in sustainable forest management
• Puneet Dwivedi, Arundhati Jagadish, John Schelhas. 2016. Perceptions of stakeholder groups about the participation of African American family forest landowners in federal landowner assistance programs
• Christopher A. Lupoli, Wayde C. Morse, Conner Bailey, John Schelhas. 2015. Indicator development methodology for volunteer tourism in host communities: creating a low-cost, locally applicable, rapid assessment tool
• Sarah Hitchner, John Schelhas, Teppo Hujala, J. Peter Brosius. 2014. Public opinion and wood energy
• Christopher Anthony Lupoli, Wayde C. Morse, Conner Bailey, John Schelhas. 2014. Assessing the impacts of international volunteer tourism in host communities: A new approach to organizing and prioritizing indicators
• David Himmelfarb, John Schelhas, Sarah Hitchner, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, KathErine Dunbar, J. Peter Brosius. 2014. Perceptions of and Attitudes Toward Climate Change in the Southeastern United States
• cassandra Johnson-Gaither, John Schelhas, Wayne C. Zipperer, Ge Sun, Peter V. Caldwell, Neelam Poudyal. 2014. Water stress and social vulnerability in the southern United States, 2010-2040
• J. Peter Brosius, John Schelhas, Sarah Hitchner. 2013. Social acceptability of bioenergy in the U.S
• John Schelhas, Yaoqui Zhang, Robert Zabawa, Bin Zheng. 2012. Exploring family forest landowner diversity: Place, race, and gender in Alabama, United States
• John Schelhas, Sarah Hitchner, Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2012. Social vulnerability and environmental change along urban-rural interfaces
• John Schelhas, James Miller, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2012. Non-native plants and adaptive collaborative approaches to ecosystem restoration [Chapter 8]
• John Schelhas. 2012. Using multiple research methods to understand family forest owners
• John Schelhas. 2012. Book review: Unveiling the Whale: Discourses on Whales and Whaling
• John Schelhas, Joseph Molnar. 2012. A Common-Pool Resource Approach to Forest Health: The Case of the Southern Pine Beetle
• Susan Charnley, Pamela J. Jakes, John Schelhas. 2012. Socioeconomic assessment of Forest Service American Recovery and Reinvestment Act projects: key findings and lessons learned
• Susan Charnley, Pamela J. Jakes, John Schelhas. 2011. A socioeconomic assessment of Forest Service American Recovery and Reinvestment Act projects: eight case studies
• John Schelhas, Max J. Pfeffer. 2010. When global conservation meets local livelihoods: People and parks in Central America
• John Schelhas, S. Samar, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, K. Asumadu, F. Tease, John A. Stanturf, D. Blay. 2010. Opportunities and capacity for community-based forest carbon sequestration and monitoring in Ghana
• Buddhi Gyawali, Rory Fraser, James Bukenya, John Schelhas. 2010. Regional Growth and income convergence in the western black belt counties of Alabama: evidence from census block group data
• John Schelhas. 2010. The U S national parks in international perspective: The Yellowstone model or conservation syncretism?
• Yaoqi Zhang, Indrajit Majumdar, John Schelhas. 2010. Changes in Woodland Use from Longleaf Pine to Loblolly Pine
• John Schelhas, Max J. Pfeffer. 2009. When global environmentalism meets local livelihoods: policy and management lessons
• Y. Zhang, X. Liao, B.J. Butler, John Schelhas. 2009. The increasing importance of small-scale forestry: evidence from family forest ownership patterns in the United States
• B. Gyawali, R. Fraser, John Schelhas, Y. Wang, W. Tadesse, J. Bukenya. 2009. Human well-being and land cover types in the southeastern U.S.A.
• John Schelhas, Robert Zabawa. 2009. The social structure of family and farm forestry in Alabama
• Buddhi Gyawali, Rory Fraser, James Bukenya, John Schelhas. 2008. Income convergence in a rural, majority African American region
• Ellene Kebede, John Schelhas, Janet Haslerig. 2008. Alternative forest resource use - outdoor recreation and rural economics
• Ellene Kebede, Mudiayi Ngandu, John Schelhas, Doris Batalia. 2006. Recreational demand for Tuskegee National Forest, a non-market valuation
• John Schelhas, G. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa. 2006. Post-frontier forest change adjacent to Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica
• Max J. Pfeffer, John Schelhas, Catherine Meola. 2006. Environmental globalization, organizational form, and expected benefits from protected areas in Central America
• Buddhi R. Gyawali, Rory F. Fraser, Yong Wang, Wubishet Tadesse, James Bukenya, John Schelhas. 2006. Spatial analysis of the change in land cover and human well-being in the black-belt counties of Alabama
• John Schelhas, Robert Zabawa. 2005. Model forest landowners in Alabama: are they different from typical landowners?
• Jianbang Gan, Okwuldili O. Onianwa, John Schelhas, Gerald C. Wheelock, Mark R. Dubois. 2005. Does race matter in landowners' participation in conservation incentive programs?
• John Schelhas, Max J. Pfeffer. 2005. Forest Values of national park neighbors in Costa Rica
• Yaoqi Zhang, Daowei Zhang, John Schelhas. 2005. Small-scale non-industrial private forest ownership in the United States: rationale and implications for forest management
• Okwudili Onianwa, Gerald Wheelock, Buddhi Gyawali, Jianbang Gan, Mark Dubois, John Schelhas. 2004. An analysis of factors affecting participation behavior of limited resource farmers in agricultural cost-share programs in Alabama
• John Schelhas. 2004. Natural enemies: people-wildlife conflicts in anthropological perspective
• Joseph J. Molnar, John Schelhas, Carrie Holeski. 2003. Controlling the Southern Pine Beetle: Small Landowner Perceptions and Practices
• Sarah Day Crim, Mark Dubois, Conner Bailey, John Schelhas. 2003. Female forestland owners: Characterization of assistance needs
• John Schelhas, Robert Zabawa, Joseph J. Molnar. 2003. New opportunities for social research on forest landowners in the south
• John Schelhas. 2002. Activities of the Alabama Consortium on forestry education and research, 1993-1999
• John Schelhas, Ruth E. Sherman, Timothy J. Fahey, James P. Lassoie. 2002. Linking community and national park development: A case from the Dominican Republic
• John Schelhas, Louise E. Buck, Charles C. Geisler, Eva Wollenberg. 2001. Ecoregional management in southern Costa Rica: Finding a role for adaptive collaborative management
• John Schelhas, James P. Lassoie. 2001. Learning Conservation and Sustainable Development: An Interdisciplinary Approach
• Charles F. Nicholson, Robert W. Blake, Robin S. Reid, John Schelhas. 2001. Environmental impacts of livestock on the developing world
• John Schelhas. 2000. Catalyzing sustainability: Cornell University's field practicum in conservation and sustainable development

Multimedia

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  Engaging African American Landowners in Sustainable Forest Management

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• University of Arizona, Ph.D., Renewable Natural Resources. Anthropology, 1991
• University of Arizona, M.S., Watershed Management, 1979
• University of Michigan, B.S., Natural Resources, 1977