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Susan Senecah

Professor

(on leave through May 2010)

109 Marshall Hall
Phone: (315) 470-6570
Fax: (315) 470-6915
Email: ssenecah@esf.edu

Recipient, President's Award for Excellence in Public Service, ESF, 1999, 2005

Affiliate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflicts and Collaboration, Syracuse University
Affiliate, Randolph G. Pack Environmental Institute, SUNY-ESF

Education:

Ph.D., Communication Studies, University of Minnesota, 1992
M.A., Speech Communication, University of Minnesota, 1987
B.S., Secondary Teaching (English, Speech, Outdoor Recreation), Bemidji State University, Minnesota, 1972

Research interests:

Communication aspects of public participation in the formation of environmental public policy/decisions, especially the origins, dynamics, persuasive strategies, and tactics of environmental campaigns
Legislative process, environmental public policy
Conflict and alternative dispute resolution, consensus building processes
Grassroots leadership
Social construction of nature
Ecotourism
The history, evolution, philosophies, organizations, and current of U.S. and global environmental movements

Selected Publications:

Senecah, S. 2007. "Impetus, Mission, and Future of the Environmental Communication Commission/ Division: Are We Still on Track? Were We Ever?" Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture 1(1):5-20.
Walker, G., S. Senecah, and S. Daniels. 2006. "From the Forest to the River: Citizens' Views of Stakeholder Engagement," Human Ecology Review 13(2):193-202. [PDF]
Senecah, S., ed. 2005. The Environmental Communication Yearbook, Vol. II. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Senecah, S., ed. 2004. The Environmental Communication Yearbook, Vol. I. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Senecah, S. 2004. "The Trinity of Voice: The Role of Practical Theory in Planning and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Environmental Participatory Processes." Pp. 13-33 in Communication and Public Participation in Environmental Decision Making, eds. Stephen P. Depoe, John W. Delicath, and Marie-France Aepli Elsenbeer. Albany: State University of New York Press. [PDF]
Senecah, S., ed. 2004. Environmental Dispute Resolution for the 21st Century. Sector on Environmental Public Policy, Association of Conflict Resolution.
Senecah, S., co-editor. 2003. The MacMillan Encyclopedia on Pollution. 3 vols. The Gale Group.
Cantrill, J., and S. Senecah. 2001. "Using the 'Sense of Self-in-Place' Construct in the Context of Environmental Policy-Making and Landscape Planning," Environmental Science and Policy 4(Fall):185-203. [PDF]
Senecah, S. 2000. "Current Issues in the Field of Environmental Mediation," Mediation Quarterly 17(4):391-408.
Senecah, S. 1996. "Forever Wild or Forever in Battle: Metaphors of Empowerment in the Continuing Controversy over the Adirondacks." Pp. 95-118 in Earthtalk: Communication Empowerment for Environmental Action, eds. Star A. Muir and Thomas L. Veenendall. Westport, CT: Praeger. [PDF]

Courses:

CMN 493/EST 696, Environmental Communication Workshop (Spring)
EST 361/696, History of the American Environmental Movement (Fall)
EST 605, Qualitative Research Methods (Spring, even years)
EST 608, Environmental Advocacy Campaigns and Conflict Reslolution (Fall)
EST 609, Collaborative Governance Processes for Environmental and Natural Resource Management (Spring, odd years)

Professional Affiliations:

National Communication Association, Environmental Communication Section
Association for Conflict Resolution
International Association for Public Participation
Society of Environmental Journalists
North American Association for Environmental Education

Public Service:

New York Ocean and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Council, Stakeholder Involvement Coordinator
New York Sea Level Rise Task Force, Stakeholder Advisory Group, Member