Heidi Huber-Stearns

Heidi Huber-Stearns

Heidi Huber-Stearns

Associate Research Professor, University of Oregon
Director, Ecosystem Workforce Program, University of Oregon
Director, Center for Wildfire Smoke Research and Practice, University of Oregon
Visiting Professor of Practice, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan

Heidi Huber-Stearns is an associate research professor and director of the Ecosystem Workforce Program, in the Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and Environment at the University of Oregon. She is also a visiting associate professor of practice at the University of Michigan in the School for Environment and Sustainability, focused on engaged research for the Western Forest and Fire Initiative.

Heidi is an interdisciplinary social scientist, with expertise in environmental governance and linking science to action through strategic and diverse partnerships. Her work focuses on organizations and boundary spanning to address wildfire risks and watershed vulnerabilities in at-risk communities, particularly in the western United States.

PhD, Colorado State University, Forest Sciences (Natural Resource Policy) (2015)
MS, Colorado State University, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources (2012)
BS, Southern Oregon University, Environmental Studies Social Science and Policy (2007)

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