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2012 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Keynote Presenter

Susan Stewart

USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station

About the speaker: Susan Stewart received her PhD in Recreation with a Specialization in Resource Economics in 1994; an MS in Recreation in 1990, and a BA in Multidisciplinary Social Science in 1984, all from Michigan State University. She has been a Research Social Scientist with the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, from 1993-present. Her research involves a large and interdisciplinary group of university and Forest Service collaborators, focusing on housing growth and the many natural resource issues that surround it, including growth of the wildland –urban interface and its implications for fire policy and management; amenity-led growth, retirement migration, and second home use; and landscape change. Current research efforts include longitudinal analyses of housing growth and demographic change in the Northeastern US and participation in the Northern Forest Futures Project, a long-range assessment. She is currently on a long-term detail with the Forest Service R&D Washington Office, Resources Use Staff, filling behind Anne Hoover to represent and advocate for recreation and social scientists in Forest Service and interagency policy issues.

Founder's Forum Presenter

Rudy Schuster

U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center

Presentation Title: Interdisciplinary Research: Navigating the Pitfalls, Processes, & Potential of Integrating Social and Natural Science

Abstract: The National Academy of Science (NAS) and National Science Foundation define Interdisciplinary research (IDR) as a mode of research by teams or individuals that integrates information, data, techniques, tools, perspectives, concepts, and/or theories from two or more disciplines or bodies of specialized knowledge to advance fundamental understanding or to solve problems whose solutions are beyond the scope of a single discipline. The NAS further states that social-science research has not yet fully elucidated the complex social and intellectual processes that make for successful IDR. This presentation addresses the double meaning of the former statement. First, definitions of IDR will be presented. Second, issues with process of IDR along with characteristics of successful teams will be presented. third will be a discussion of specific issues faced by social scientists that inhibit successful participation and solutions. Examples of successful IDR teams will be used to illustrate the concepts.