Jake Hawes

Assistant Professor | School of Computing | Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources

Email: jhawes@uwyo.edu

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Academic Background

• 2024 - PhD, Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan

• 2019 - MS, Ecological Sciences and Engineering/Natural Resources Social Science, Purdue University

• 2017 – BS, Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University

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Professional Summary

Jason "Jake" Hawes is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wyoming School of Computing and Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources. Jake is an interdisciplinary scholar of the environment, exploring the intersection of computing with social and spatial science. At this intersection, his lab employs mixed methods to explore sustainability, resilience, and justice in coupled natural-human systems. Prior to arriving at Wyoming, Jake worked with the Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience division at Idaho National Laboratory, where he retains a joint appointment. Jake's interdisciplinary training included a BS in Environmental and Ecological Engineering and an MS in Natural Resources Social Science, both at Purdue University, before his PhD in Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan.

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Research Interests

Current projects in Jake’s lab group include:

• Urban agriculture site-level assessment, impacts on cities, and scaling-up;

• Conversational agents (e.g., ChatGPT) for climate adaptation policy development;

• Critical infrastructure resilience, institutional interdependence, and climate change;

• Tourism- and green-growth-driven gentrification, early warning systems, and climate adaptation.

 

Interested in this work or want to hear more about past, present, and future projects? Jake can be reached at jhawes@uwyo.edu.

Interested in an MS, PhD, or Post-Doc at the intersection of computing and sustainability? Jake is currently recruiting for all three positions. Send a CV and a brief explanation of your interests to jhawes@uwyo.edu.

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Teaching Experience

Beginning in Fall 2025, Jake will be establishing new courses at the intersection of computing and coupled natural-human systems for undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Wyoming.

Interested in this intersection? Want to weigh in on new topics you want to see taught at the School of Computing and the Haub School? Get in touch @ jhawes@uwyo.edu.

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Professional Memberships

• Academic Associations and Societies:

  • American Association of Geographers

  • International Society for Industrial Ecology

  • American Geophysical Union

• Outreach and Public Engagement:

  • Jake is a long-time participant in Skype a Scientist

    • Are you a K-12 educator or community group interested in the environment, climate change, or computing for sustainability? Reach out @ jhawes@uwyo.edu

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Recent Publications

• Hawes, Jason K., Benjamin P. Goldstein, Joshua P. Newell, Erica Dorr, Silvio Caputo, Runrid Fox-Kämper, Baptiste Grard, et al. “Comparing the Carbon Footprints of Urban and Conventional Agriculture.” Nature Cities, January 22, 2024, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-023-00023-3

• Limerick, Samuel, Jason K. Hawes, Dimitrios Gounaridis, Nevin Cohen, and Joshua P. Newell. “Community Gardens and the 15-Minute City: Scenario Analysis of Garden Access in New York City.” Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 89 (November 1, 2023): 128107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2023.128107

• Hawes, Jason K, Dimitrios Gounaridis, and Joshua P Newell. “Does Urban Agriculture Lead to Gentrification?” Landscape and Urban Planning 225 (September 1, 2022): 104447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104447

• Hawes, Jason K., Morey Burnham, Margaret V. du Bray, Vicken Hillis, Zhao Ma, and Katrina Running. “Social Vulnerability to Irrigation Water Loss: Assessing the Effects of Water Policy Change on Farmers in Idaho, USA.” Environmental Management, January 5, 2022. https://doi.org/10/gnz5j4

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Google Scholar

Orcid ID: 0000-0001-8215-5046

Research Gate

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