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Wes Eaton

Visiting Assistant Professor 

Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources

Crane Hall, Rm 217 | (616) 893-9537 | weaton@uwyo.edu

 

Education

PhD Sociology, Michigan State University (2015) 

BS Sociology, Grand Valley State University (2003)   

 

Background and Expertise

Weston M. Eaton is a visiting assistant professor with the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Wyoming. He conducts research and teaches courses on collaborative and community stakeholder driven approaches to managing complex environmental problems including water resource challenges and energy transitions. Wes applies mixed qualitative and quantitative research methods to address both practical and scholarly problems. He pursues opportunity to support knowledge co-production, social learning, and relationship building among scientists, practitioners, students, and communities.   

Before joining the University of Wyoming, Wes was Assistant Research Professor with The Pennsylvania State University, where he led a multi-state team conducting research on and with stakeholder engagement to address water quality and quantity challenges in Arizona, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania.   

Wes also leads the Advancing Scholarship and Practice of Stakeholder Engagement in Working Landscapes project that convenes a diverse and international network consisting of scholars and practitioners invested in learning about and bettering the knowledge and practice of stakeholder engagement.  

 

Current Projects

Wes contributes to several active research projects. These include Enough is Enough: Via Ferrata Development in Rural Wyoming as a Case Study for Tourism Amenity Development Conflict (Co-PI); WyACT: Anticipating the Climate-Water Transition and Cascading Challenges to Socio-Environmental Systems in America’s Headwaters (Senior Personnel); and Agricultural Water User Perspectives on Water Conservation in the Colorado River Basin (Co-PI). Wes is also affiliated faculty with the WORTH Initiative: https://www.uwyo.edu/worth/staff.html    

 

Selected Publications

See Wes Eaton's Google Scholar page for more.

Eaton, Weston M., K. J. Brasier, M. E. Burbach, S. Kennedy, J. L. Delozier, S. E. Bonilla Anariba, H. T. Whitley, W. Whitmer, and N. Santangelo. 2023. A new approach for studying social, behavioral, and environmental change through stakeholder engagement in water resource management. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-023-00835-8     

Eaton, Weston M., M. Burnham, K. J. Brasier, S. P. Church, G. Hart-Fredeluces, and G. Wildermuth. 2023. Advancing the Scholarship and Practice of Stakeholder Engagement in Working Landscapes, editors with Special Issue in Socio-Ecological Practice Research.    https://link.springer.com/journal/42532/topicalCollection/AC_7839d65b3eeed754079dafa85b84a63f  

Eaton, W. M., M. Burnham, T., Robertson, K. J. Brasier, et al. 2022. Advancing the scholarship and practice of stakeholder engagement in working landscapes: A co-produced research agenda. Review article with Advancing Engagement Special Issue of Socio-Ecological Practice Research. 4, 283–304 https://doi.org/10.1007/s42532-022-00132-8   

Learn about some of Wes’ work on Google Scholar and ResearchGate 

Contact Us

Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources

Bim Kendall House

804 E Fremont St

Laramie, WY 82072

Phone: (307) 766-5080

Fax: (307) 766-5099

Email: haub.school@uwyo.edu

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