User:BhamBoi/Grace Wang (academic)

Dr. Grace Wang
Born	1968 or 1969 (age 55–56)
Occupation	Professor
Academic background
Education	University of California, Berkeley (BS) University of Minnesota (MS, PhD)
Academic work
Institutions	Western Washington University
Website	cenv.wwu.edu/people/grace-wang

Grace Ann Wang is a full professor at Western Washington University (Western). She served as the chair of the Environmental Studies/Urban and Environmental Planning & Policy Department of the College of the Environment (Huxley); as well as being director of both the Sustainability Engagement Institute, and Curriculum for the Bioregion. Wang grep up in the Seattle area, Washington, but now works in Bellingham, following degrees from Minnesota and work as a professor in Pennsylvania.

She was described in PBS NewsHour as a "public lands expert" following her publication on the Occupation of Malheur.

Education

• BS: Political Economy of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley
• MS: Forestry, University of Minnesota
• PhD: Forestry, University of Minnesota

Roles

Wang has taken on many professional roles at Western, including standing as the Academic Program Director for Sustainability, as co-chair of the Sustainability Advisory Committee, and as a member of the Curriculum Committee for the Morse Leadership Institute. She also acts on the editorial board for the journal Sustainability and Climate Change, on the board of directors of Northwest Natural Resource Group, on the Bellingham School District Sustainability Task Force, and as an organizer for AASHE Centers for Sustainability Across the Curriculum.

Wang was formerly a member of the Board of Governors of the Sehome Hill Arboretum, which is jointly managed by the City of Bellingham and Western.

Career

Wang's academic focus area is largely in public land policy of the United States, as well as in sustainability, though she teaches many environmental policy courses. Wang made an appearance in 2020 on the local TV channel BTV10, in a segment called Climate Squares, a play on Hollywood Squares. She was also a moderator of the event culminating in the TV segment. The event was hosted by the City of Bellingham. Wang was a speaker at the 2021 Climate Action Pursuit by Second Nature.

Wang was a panelist at the 2023 Washington Oregon Cascadia Higher Education Sustainability Conference conference.

Wang's role in Curriculum for the Bioregion has involved her leading community courses on Salish Sea and Puget Sound ecosystems.

The Sustainability Action Plan Team, of which Wang is a member, was a winner of the Team Recognition Award from the WWU President's Office.

Personal life

Relationships

Ethan Remmel

Wang was the partner of fellow professor Ethan Remmel until his death from metastatic colon cancer in 2011, aged 41. Remmel was an associate professor of developmental psychology at WWU until his passing. Remmel was a contributor to American Scientist and Psychology Today, via which he published the blog Living While Dying about his struggles with cancer. He was also a scholarly contributor to multiple academic journals. A scholarship at WWU was named in his honor.

Works

Journal articles and book chapters

• Wang, Grace A.; Anderson, Dorothy H.; Jakes, Pamela J. (1996). "Legislating the past: Cultural resource management in the U.S. forest service" (PDF). Society & Natural Resources. 9 (1): 3–18. doi:10.1080/08941929609380948. ISSN 0894-1920. S2CID 153419605.
• Wang, Grace A.; Anderson, Dorothy H.; Jakes, Pamela J. (2002). "Heritage Management in the U.S. Forest Service: A Mount Hood National Forest Case Study" (PDF). Society & Natural Resources. 15 (4): 359–369. doi:10.1080/089419202753570837. ISSN 0894-1920. S2CID 154755237.
• Clark, William A.; Wang, Grace A. (2003). "Conflicting Attitudes Toward Inter-basin Water Transfers in Bulgaria". Water International. 28 (1): 79–89. doi:10.1080/02508060308691667. ISSN 0250-8060. S2CID 154849049.
• Stedman, Richard; Diefenbach, Duane R.; Swope, Craig B.; Finley, James C.; Luloff, A. E.; Zinn, Harry C.; San Julian, Gary J.; Wang, Grace A. (2004). Decker (ed.). "Integrating wildlife and human-dimensions research methods to study hunters". Journal of Wildlife Management. 68 (4): 762–773. doi:10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0762:IWAHRM]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0022-541X. JSTOR 3803633. S2CID 85607960.
• Wang, Grace A. (2018). "Who Controls the Land? Lessons from Armed Takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge". Case Studies in the Environment. 2 (1): 1–6. doi:10.1525/cse.2017.000778. ISSN 2473-9510.
• Wang, Grace (2019-04-01). "Viewing the UN SDGs through Core Curriculum in Higher Education". Sustainability. 12 (2): 77–78. doi:10.1089/sus.2019.29153. ISSN 1937-0695. S2CID 159273195.
• Schelhas, John; Brown, Jasmine K.; Dockry, Michael; Hitchner, Sarah; Naiman, Sarah; Wang, Grace (2024). "Recent Advances in Race, Ethnicity, and Natural Resources". In Sherren, Kate; Thondhlana, Gladman; Jackson-Smith, Douglas (eds.). Opening Windows. Society and Natural Resources Book Series. Utah State University Press. pp. 34–72. doi:10.7330/9781646426300.c003. hdl:10217/238164.

Standalone papers

• Wang, Grace A. (1999). "The Bear Facts: Grizzly Recovery in the Bitterroot Ecosystem". National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science. University at Buffalo.
• Wang, Grace; Middaugh, Geoff (2016). "Analysis of BLM decision-making in the Context of Land Use Plan Development". White Paper for Pew Charitable Trusts.
• Cortez, Carson; DeGaetano, Maia; Gonzalez, Jennifer; Wang, Grace (2020). Advancing Western Washington University's AASHE STARS Program and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (PDF) (Report).

Books

• Wang, Grace A. (2018). Global Sustainability Issues: Population, Poverty, Consumption, and the Environment (2nd ed.). Facing the Future. ISBN 978-1-940829-15-9. LCCN 2019462865.
• Enger, Eldon D.; Smith, Bradley F. Environmental Science: A Study of Interrelationships. Contributing Authors: Craig D. Phelps, Maarten Vonhof, David Murphy, Grace Wang (16th ed.). McGraw Hill. ISBN 978-1-260-72223-9. LCCN 2020042083.
• Enger, Eldon D.; Smith, Bradley F. Environmental Science: A Study of Interrelationships. Contributing Authors: Craig D. Phelps, Maarten Vonhof, David Murphy, Grace Wang (16th High School ed.). McGraw Hill. ISBN 978-1-264-33368-4. LCCN 2020042083.

Presentations

• Wang, Grace. Measuring Sustainability: Ecological Footprints. Carbon Masters (Presentation).
• Wang, Grace (2016). "Family Support Perspectives: Death with Dignity". Palliative Care Institute.
• Wang, Grace (2017). "What Influences Public Land Managers? An Analysis of BLM Decision Makers". College of the Environment. Western Washington University. Abstract.
• Allen, YeVonne; Osborne, Tracey; Wang, Grace; Mérida, Walter (2021). "Pursuing Climate Justice Through Climate Action – Perspectives across North American Universities". Second Nature.
• Wang, Grace (2021). Let's talk about Sustainability Across the Curriculum!. AASHE. Abstract.
• McLennan, Jason F.; Wang, Grace; Swisher, Joel. "Building Washington's Carbon Neutral Future". Alumni. Western Washington University.

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