Dara Wald

• Ph.D.- The University of Florida. Gainesville, FL, 2012 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  Areas of Emphasis: Human Dimensions of Conservation
  Certificate in Environmental Education and Communication
  
  
• M.S.- The University of Florida. Gainesville, FL, 2008 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  Areas of Emphasis: Human Dimensions of Conservation
  Certificate in Tropical Conservation & Development
  
  
• B.A.- Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 2004
  Biology, minor in Theater, Certificate in Environmental Studies,

1. Environmental Policy
2. Science, Risk and Environmental Communication
3. Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management
4. Collaborative Governance of Natural Resources

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1. Assessing the effect of source credibility on public perceptions of science and place-based conservation. This work is funded by the National Science Foundation CAREER program. 
2. With support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, I am leading a project examining how perceptions of scientific source credibility vary across the political spectrum and shape polarized responses to environmental policies. 
3. Advancing conservation professional's skills at the agriculture and conservation interface. This project is led by Adam Janke (PI) at Iowa State University and is funded by the USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE). 

• Source Credibility
• Power Dynamics
• Strategic Communication
• Conflict and Collaboration
• Prosocial and Environmental Behavior