I'm fascinated with studies about why people do what they do. James L. Pease, PhD, is a neat guy that I heard speak at the National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association (NWRA) annual conference in Chicago.
He is the director of Iowa State University's Wildlife Extension.
His talk was focussed on the qualities of individuals that make them more, or less, likely to participate in hands on conservation practices. He has some of that research online and you can read about it in papers like Why Landowners Restore Wetlands: A National Survey (PDF).
As I try to find similar journal articles at the library I recall a conversation with my old director. I asked her what types of university research communications people go back to school for. I had noticed that quite few science staff were working on masters degrees and wondered what communicators go back for. My background is in environmental policy and ethics as well as sociology. I then went back for programming and design. I never took formal communications training. She said "Their MBA"? ♦
I'm now wondering what the favourite academic journals are for communications staff. A few of mine are Alternatives Journal and the Journal of Political Ecology.
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