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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Human Dimensions of Natural Resources</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">M.S. Assistantship Available</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">I am currently looking for an M.S. student to join my lab in Fall 2016. The project will focus on the social drivers of ecological
change in the southern Great Plains of the United States. The successful candidate will design and implement survey research to understand how landowner dynamics (e.g., risk perceptions, attitudes, land management preferences) are related to the changing social
and ecological landscape. The student will work as part of an interdisciplinary team, collaborating with other social scientists, ecologists, hydrologists, and remote sensing specialists to increase the resilience of grassland ecosystems and rural livelihoods.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Qualifications</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">B.S. or B.A. in a social science or conservation-related (human dimensions, environmental psychology/sociology, conservation biology,
etc.) field.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Candidates with a degree in an ecological field (ecology, wildlife and fisheries, rangeland management, etc.) are equally welcome,
but must demonstrate a specific and committed interest in conducting social science research for their M.S.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Funding</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">The student will enroll in the master’s degree program in Virginia Tech’s Department of Forest Resources & Environmental Conservation.
Funding is for two years; a full graduate research assistantship (with stipend) and tuition waiver will be provided. The target start date is August 2016 but I will consider exceptional candidates willing to start in January 2016.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please send a letter of interest and your CV to:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Baskerville;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Dr. Michael G. Sorice</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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