DEPARTMENT of FORESTRY

Current Gradate Students and Associated Research Projects


Mark K. (Molly) Archambeault
email: roxy@gmail.com
  • B.S. Southern Illinois University Carbondale   Major:  Forestry (Outdoor Recreation Resource Management)
  • Major Professor:  Dr. John H. Burde
  • Current Research Project:  Environmental Education at CONWR
Kevin Bold
email: kevincharles3@gmail.com
  • B.S. Southern Illinois University Carbondale  Major:  Forestry ( Resource Management)
  • Major Professor:  Dr. Karl Williard
  • Current Research Project:  Forest Hydrology

 

Molly Braddock
email:  mollyb@siu.edu

  • B.S., Southern Illinois University Carbondale   Major: Plant and Soil Science
  • Major Professor:  Dr. Mae A. Davenport
  • Current Research Project:  Investigation Public Perceptions of Non-Native and Invasive Plants
Christopher Bridges
email: cbridges@siu.edu
  • B.S. University of Tennessee Martin, TN  Major:  Natural Resources Management
  • Major Professor:  Dr. Jean Mangun
  • Current Research Project:  To Be Determined

 

Kimberly Brouwer
email:  kimrose9@siu.edu

  • B.S. Southern Illinois University Carbondale   Major:  Forestry (Outdoor Recreation Resource Management)
  • Major Professor:  Dr. John H. Burde
  • Current Research Project:  Assessment of Recreation Commercial Use Permits in Wilderness

Eunice Buck
email: euniceb@siu.edu

  • B.A.  Cornell College, IA  Major: Art and Spanish  M.ed. Spanish University of Illinois
  • Major Professor:  Dr. Mae Davenport / Dr. Jean Mangun
  • Current Research Project:  Human Dimensions
Ian Cumpston
email: trian@siu.edu
  • B.S. Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Major:  Forestry (Outdoor Recreation Resource Management)
  • Major Professor:  Dr. Jean Mangun
  • Current Research Project:  Sociodemographics of Non-consumptive wildlife recreationists.

Applied For Graduation May 2006
Justin Dodson
email: jdodson@siu.edu
  • B.S. Southern Illinois University Carbondale  Major:  Forestry (Outdoor Recreation Resource Management)
  • Major Professor:  Dr. Jean Mangun
  • Current Research Project:  Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management

 
Xizhen Du
email: xizhendu@siu.edu
  • B.S. Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, CHINA, Major: Forestry
  • Major Professor:  Dr. Karl Williard
  • Current Research Project:  Impact of Channelization and Dam Construction on Kaskaskia River Morphology.

Applied For Graduation May 2006
Justin Fenton
email: jf1987@siu.edu
  • B.S.  Southern Illinois University Carbondale   Major:  Forestry
  • Major Professor:  Dr. Karl Williard
  • Current Research Project:  Sedimentation of Streams
Karen Frailey
email: kfrailey@siu.edu
  • B.S.  Southern Illinois University Carbondale   Major:  Plant Biology
  • Major Professor:  Dr. John H. Burde
  • Current Research Project:  An Assessment of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail in Illinois

Christine Goldstein
email: cgolds@siu.edu

  • B.S. Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Major:  Forestry ( Resource Management)
  • Major Professor:  Dr. Karl Williard
  • Current Research Project:  To be determined.
Elisa (Grafford) Svanda
email: natrgl1@yahoo.com
  • B.S. Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Major:  Forestry (Outdoor Recreation Resource Management)
  • Major Professor:  Dr. Karl Williard
  • Current Research Project:  Adoption of Conservation Practices in the Race Creek Watershed.
John Larson Hartleb
email:  johnhartleb@yahoo.com
  • B.S. Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Major:  Forestry (Outdoor Recreation Resource Management)
  • Major Professor:  Dr. James J. Zaczek
  • Current Research Project:  Giant Cane Restoration.
Roger Haschemeyer
email: rhasch@siu.edu
  • B.S. Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Major: Forestry
  • Major Professor: Dr. Karl Williard
  • Current Research Project:  Influence of Bedrock Geology on Stream Nitrate Concentrations in Forested Watersheds in Southern Illinois.
Scott Holevoet
email: scottholevoet@yahoo.com
  • B.S. Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Major:  Forestry ( Forest Resource Management)
  • Major Professor:  Dr. Charles M. Ruffner
  • Current Research Project:  Effects of fire and Thinning on Tree Regeneration and Herbaceous cover in the Shawnee Hills.
Michael Long
email: mlong37@yahoo.com
  • B.S.  Southern Illinois University Carbondale   Major:  Forestry
  • Major Professor:  Dr. John Groninger
  • Current Research Project:  Mid-rotation Competitive Status of Oak Following Clearcutting.

Travis Lindsay
email:  tlindsay@siu.edu

  • B.S.  Kansas State University   Major:  Sociology
  • Major Professor:  Dr. Mae Davenport
  • Current Research Project:  Management Perspectives of Southern Illinois Waterfowl Hunters

Johnathan McQuaide
email: mcquaide@siu.edu

  • B.S. Northwest Missouri State  Major:  Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Biology
  • Major Professor:  Dr. John Groninger
  • Current Research Project:  Forest Resource Managment.

John L. Nelson
email: nelsonj@siu.edu

  • B.S. Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Major:  Forestry (Resource Management)
  • Major Professor:  Dr. John Groninger
  • Current Research Project:  Fire History and Post-tornado Recovery of a Bottomland Hardwood Forest.
Tami Newman
email:  newt@siu.edu
  • B.A. East Carolina University    Major: English,  Minor: History
  • Major Professor:  Dr. Jean Mangun
  • Current Research Project:  Conservation in the Kaskaskia Corridor:  Understanding Landowner Perceptions of Incentive Programs.
Christopher Rokosh
email: chris_rokosh2@hotmail.com
  • B.S. Southern Illinois University Carbondale,  Major:  Forestry
  • Major Professor:  Dr. Charles Ruffner
  • Current Research Project:   Assessing the Need for New Fuel Models in the Central Hardwoods of Southern Illinois
George Rogalski, III
email:  gcr3@siu.edu
  • B.S. Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Major:  Forestry (Outdoor Recreation Resource Management)
  • Major Professor:  Dr. John H. Burde
  • Current Research Project:  Wilderness Knowledge and Attitudes:  Cook and Lake County Residents.
Kenneth (Kenny) Ruzicka
email: kruzicka@siu.edu
  • B.S. Knox College  Major:  Biology and Economics
  • Major Professor:  Dr. John Groninger
  • Current Research Project:  Early Stand Dynamics in an Afforested Bottomland.
Ryan M. Smith
email: ryan_9862901@yahoo.com
  • B.S. Southern Illinois University Carbondale   Major:  Outdoor Recreation Resources Management
  • Major Professor:  Dr. Mae Davenport
  • Current Research Project:  Forest Recreation

Crystal N. (Scott) Tunstall
email: sunflowers4love25@yahoo.com

  • B.S. Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Major:  Plant and Soil Science
  • Major Professor (s):  Dr. Cem Basman / Dr. Andrew Carver
  • Current Research Project:  To Be Determined
Kara Throgmorton

  • B.S. Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Major:  Forestry

  • Major Professor:  Dr. Andrew Carver

  • Current Research Project:  Stakeholder Perceptions of Harvest Regulation Effects on White-tailed Deer Population Composition.
                                                                  Applied For Graduation May 2006

Paul D. Tikusis
email: pdtikusis@siu.edu

  • B.S. Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Major:  Forestry (Resource Management)
  • Major Professor:  Dr. Charles Ruffner
  • Current Research Project:  To Be Determined.

 

Brian VanWinkle
email:  prague1757@yahoo.com 

  • B.S. Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Major:  Forestry ( Outdoor Recreation Resources Management)
  • Major Professor:  Dr. Charles Ruffner
  • Current Research Project:  To Be Determined.
Chad Yocum
email:  yocumchad28@yahoo.com
  • B.S. Southern Illinois University Carbondale   Major: Forestry
  • Advisor:  Dr. Karl Williard
  • Current Research Project:  Groundwater Nutrient Levels in Southern Illinois Riparian Areas.