Jordan Smith

Environment & Society

Director


Jordan W.  Smith, Ph.D.

Contact Information

Office Location: Remote
Phone: 435-830-6294
Email: jordan.smith@usu.edu

Educational Background

PhD, Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, (Geospatial Information Science and Technology; Sociology), NC State University, 2011
Adapting to changing environmental conditions: Mixed-methods analyses of how social capital and place-based social-psychological dependencies influence climate change resilience in Southern Appalachia
MS, Recreation Resources Management, Utah State University, 2008
Off-highway vehicle owners’ specialization and its relationship to environmental attitudes and motivations
Other, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Utah State University, 2006

Expertise

Climate Change; Social Media Analytics

Biography

Jordan's work focuses on using the best available data, information, and science to inform outdoor recreation management across the American West.

Teaching Interests

None

Research Interests

Jordan’s research program examines the adaptive behavior of outdoor recreationists and natural resource dependent communities affected by climate change, natural hazards, and crisis events.

Awards

Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Climate Change Research (DISCCRS) VII Symposium Scholar, 2012

National Science Foundation

Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Network National Office Fellowship recipient, 2010

U.S. Department of the Interior

Annual Congress Travel Assistance Scholarship recipient, 2009

National Recreation and Park Association

Doctoral Student of the Year, 2009

Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management

Hofmann Fellowship recipient, 2008

NC State University College of Natural Resources

ISSRM Travel Scholarship recipient, 2008

Utah State University

Lucille and Derby Dustin Future Scholar Award recipient, 2007

National Recreation and Park Association

NEPA Certificate Scholarship recipient, 2007

Shipley Group


    Publications | Book Chapters

  • Powell, J., Rumore, D., Smith, J., Vaugeois, N., (2022). The GNAR Initiative: Empowering gateway communities through collaboration: Innovative and promising practices in sustainable tourism (volume 2)Innovative and promising practices in sustainable tourism (volume 2). VIUf Publications
  • Smith, J., (2018). Effects of climate change on outdoor recreation [Chapter 10]: Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Intermountain Region. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | MultiMedia

Software

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Technical Reports

Research Reports

    Other Reports

    An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

    Publications | Other

    Other

    • Smith, J., (2020). Gateway Communities and the Impacts of COVID-19. CONVERGE, HNERI *
    • Smith, J., (2011). Adapting to changing environmental conditions: Mixed-methods analyses of how social capital and place-based social-psychological dependencies influence climate change resilience in Southern Appalachia. North Carolina State University *
    • Smith, J., (2008). Utah off-highway vehicle owners’ specialization and its relationship to environmental attitudes and motivations. Utah State University

    An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

    Teaching

    ENVS 4920 - Special Projects in Recreation Management, Spring 2020
    ENVS 4920 - Special Projects in Recreation Management, Fall 2019
    ENVS 4920 - Special Projects in Recreation Management, Fall 2019
    ENVS 4920 - Special Projects in Recreation Management, Fall 2019
    ENVS 6800, 7800 - Environment and Society Departmental Seminar, Spring 2016
    ENVS 4980 - Undergraduate Seminar, Spring 2016

    Extension

    Colorado Plateau Dark Sky Cooperative, 2022 - Ongoing
    Gateway and Natural Amenity Region Initiative, 2020 - Ongoing
    Visitor Use Monitoring and Management, 2016 - Ongoing
    Institute of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Website and e-Newsletter, 2016 - Ongoing
    National Association of State Park Directors' Annual Information Exchange, 2016 - Ongoing

    Graduate Students Mentored

    Casey Trout, Environment & Society
    Glendon Van Sandt, Environment & Society
    Elizabeth Depew, Environment & Society
    Will Rempel, Environment & Society
    Bettina Spernbauer, Environment & Society 2022
    Jake Richards, Environment & Society 2022
    Chase Lamborn, Environment & Society 2022
    Hongchao Zhang, Environment & Society 2021
    Emily Wilkins, Environment & Society 2020
    Lauren Dupéy, Environment & Society 2020
    Adam Hestetune, Environment & Society 2019
    Brooke Sausser, Environment & Society 2019
    Riana Gayle, Environment & Society 2018