Dr. Michelle Benedum

Michelle Benedum CWS Profile Picture

Instructor, Center for Wildlife Studies

Executive Assistant, Mojave Desert Land Trust

Ph.D. Political Science, University of Colorado Boulder

M.S. and B.S., University of Idaho in Natural Resource Management

Email: benedum.michelle@gmail.com

ResearchGate profile

Michelle is trained as a policy analyst and social scientist. Her research is grounded in environmental justice, social equity, and community-based approaches to environmental governance. She has conducted qualitative and mixed-methods research in multiple global contexts, including Nepal, Honduras, Tanzania, and the United States. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Colorado Boulder in Political Science, holds a M.S. and B.S. from the University of Idaho in Natural Resource Management, and an A.A.S. in Wildlife Resource Management from Hocking College.

    • Zarychta, A., Benedum, M.E., Sanchez, E., & Andersson, K.P. 2023, “Decentralization and Corruption in Public Service Delivery: Local Institutional Arrangements That Can Help Reduce Governance Risks.” Journal of Public Administration and Theory muad022. https://doi-org.colorado.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/jopart/muad022

    • Chavez-Molina, V., Wagner, D., Nocito, E.S., Benedum, M.E., Gaymer, C.F., Currie, D., Beam, E.G., Brooks, C.M. 2023. “Protecting the Salas y Gomez and Nazca Ridges: A Review of Policy Pathways for Creating Conservation Measures in the International Waters of the Southeast Pacific.” Marine Policy 152: 105594.

    • Grabowski, T., Benedum, M.E., Curely, A., Dill-De Sa, C., Shuey, M. 2023. “Pandemic-Driven Changes in the Nearshore Non-Commercial Fishery in Hawai’i: Catch Photos Posted to Social Media Capture Changes in Fisher Behavior.” PeerJ 11: e14994.

    • Benedum, M.E., Brown, S.E., Garrett, T.P., & Sokhey, S.W. 2023. “Learning Together: Experimental Evidence on Promoting Collaboration and Connections in Fully Remote Classes.” PS: Political Science & Politics

    • Cook, N. J., Benedum, M.E., Gorti, G., & Thapa, S., 2023. “Promoting Women’s Leadership under Environmental Decentralization: The Roles of Domestic Policy, Foreign Aid, and Population Change.” Environmental Science & Policy 139: 240–49.

    • Benedum, M.E., Goldstein, B. E., Ely, A., Apgar, M., Pereira, L., & Manuel-Navarret, D., 2022. “Lessons For Transformations Organizations from the Pathways Network: A Transformations Community Dialogue.” Social Innovations Journal 15. https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/4974 (February 1, 2023).

    • Benedum, M.E., & Becker, Dennis R. 2021. “Exploring Northern California forest bio-energy policy using dimensions of network governance.” Regional Environmental Change 21(2):51.

    • Galik, C.S., Benedum, M.E., Kauffman, M., & Becker, D.R. 2021.“A Case Study of Policy and Market Barriers to Forest Biomass Energy in the U.S.” Biomass and Bioenergy 148.106035

    • Nicholls, D. L., Halbrook, J. M., Benedum, M. E., Han, H.-S., Lowell, E. C., Becker, D. R., & Barbour, R. J. 2018. “Socioeconomic Constraints to Biomass Removal from Forest Lands for Fire Risk Reduction in the Western U.S.” Forests 9(5) 264. https://doi.org/10.3390/f9050264