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Linda S Prokopy

Forestry and Natural Resources 

  • Associate Professor of Natural Resource Social Science
765.496.2221
765.496.2422
FORS Room 201B
195 Marsteller Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907

Dr. Linda Prokopy's website

Research Group - Natural Resource Social Science

Facilities - Natural Resource Social Science Lab

Areas of Excellence - Partnering for Land Use Sustainability

Related Centers - Center for the Environment

Purdue Extension - FNR Extension

Natural resources in Indiana and elsewhere are increasingly threatened by human pressures such as land use change, climate change and water pollution. My research, teaching and engagement cumulatively address these human threats with a particular focus on understanding how to encourage more people to become engaged in environmentally friendly behaviors. I use both qualitative and quantitative methods in my research and frequently use techniques such as surveys, interviews and focus groups.

Dr. Prokopy collaborates extensively with scientists across Purdue and co-leads a regional project to develop social indicators to measure the effectiveness of projects that try to minimize non-point source pollution. She conducts social evaluations of watershed projects in Indiana and also has a number of competitive grants that use social indicators to improve the outcomes of water projects.


 

Awards & Honors

(2014) Outstanding New Learning Community Award. Student Success at Purdue.

(2014) Team Award. Purdue University Cooperative Extension Specialists Association.

(2013) Exemplary Faculty Service Award. Department of Forestry and Natural Resources.

(2013) Outstanding Graduate Educator. Department of Forestry and Natural Resources.

(2013) Seed for Success. Purdue University.

(2009) Teach for Tomorrow. Purdue University.

(2008) Community of Service-Leaning Faculty Fellow. Purdue University.

(2008) Indiana Campus Compact Faculty Fellow. Indiana Campus Compact.

(2005) Agricultural Research Program Assistantship. College of Agriculture Agricultural Research Programs.

Selected Publications

Prokopy, L. S., Towery, D., & Babin, N. (2014). Adoption of Agricultural Conservation Practices: Insights from Research and Practice.

Thompson, A., Reimer, A., & Prokopy, L. S. (in press). Farmers' Views of the Environment: The Influence of Competing Attitude Frames on Landscape Conservation Efforts. Agriculture and Human Values.

Reimer, A., Mase, A. S., Mulvaney, K., Mullendore, N., Perry-Hill, R., & Prokopy, L. S. (2014). The Impact of Information and Familiarity on Public Attitudes toward the Eastern Hellbender. Animal Conservation, 17(3), 235-243.

Prokopy, L. S., Morton, L. W., Arbuckle, J. G., Mase, A. S., & Wilke, A. (in press). Agriculture Stakeholder Views on Climate Change: Implications for Conducting Research and Outreach. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

Reimer, A., & Prokopy, L. S. (2014). Farmer Participation in U.S. Farm Bill Conservation Programs. Environmental Management, 53(2), 318-332.

Kalcic, M., Chaubey, I., Frankenberger, J., & Prokopy, L. S. (2014). An In-Depth Examination of Farmers' Perceptions of Targeting Conservation Practices. Environmental Management, 54, 795-813.

Perry-Hill, R., & Prokopy, L. S. (in press). Improving Environmental Management on Small-Scale Farms: Perspectives of Extension Educators and Horse Farm Operators. Environmental Management.

Mullendore, N., Mase, A. S., Mulvaney, K., Perry-Hill, R., Reimer, A., Behbehani, L., . . . Prokopy, L. S. (2014). Conserving the Eastern Hellbender Salamander. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 19(2), 166-178.

Mase, A. S., Cho, H., & Prokopy, L. S. (in press). Enhancing the Social Amplification of Risk Framework (SARF) by Exploring Trust, the Availability Heuristic, and Agricultural Advisors' Belief in Climate Change. Journal of Environmental Psychology.

Carlton, J. S., Angel, J. R., Fei, S., Huber, M., Koontz, T., MacGowan, B., . . . Prokopy, L. S. (2014). State Service Foresters' Attitudes toward using Climate and Weather Information when Advising Forest Landowners. Journal of Forestry, 112, 9-14.