Kyle Trefny is a faculty research assistant and co-manager of the Forest and Fire Workforce Pathways project. 

On the job, Kyle loves to be creative and to collaborate with others. He draws on his passions for environmental justice and indigenous sovereignty, and his experiences as a wildland firefighter and co-founder of FireGeneration Collaborative. 

Kyle is also a lifelong Ducks fan. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 2024 with degrees in economics and Chinese. His thesis research focused on using discrete choice experiments to learn about youth preferences for wildfire resilience involvement. 

Off the job, Kyle enjoys making art, fostering kittens, watching Star Wars, and being outdoors.