Lincoln Larson
Bio
Larson Lab Website
Education:
- B.S., Biology, Duke University
- M.S., Forest Resources, University of Georgia
- Ph.D., Natural Resources Recreation and Tourism, University of Georgia
Courses Taught at NC State:
IPGE/PRT 295 – Nature, Health & Wellness
PRT 230 – Foundations of Outdoor Recreation Management
PRT 452/552 – Field Experience in Nature-based Recreation & Tourism Management
PRT 500 – Conceptual Foundations of Recreation
PRT 550 – Human Behavior & the Environment
For more information about the courses Dr. Larson teaches, please visit: https://faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu/lincolnlarson/teaching/courses/
Research Interests:
Dr. Larson uses a variety of social science methods to understand human-environment interactions and address natural resource management and conservation issues. His human dimensions research questions and projects focus on three broad themes (natural resource management and conservation, outdoor recreation and health, and environmental education and stewardship) that are designed to help scientists, land managers, and the general public understand, communicate, and collaboratively respond to emerging challenges facing parks and protected areas. Dr. Larson’s recent work has focused on many different topics including:
- Parks and protected area management
- Nature-based recreation, health, and well-being
- Community-based conservation and sustainable development
- Human-wildlife interactions and conflict
- Environmental education and interpretation
For more information about Dr. Larson’s work, please visit: https://faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu/lincolnlarson/
Grants & Research Projects:
Dr. Larson has served as a principal investigator or co-investigator on many different research projects funded by a variety of agencies and organizations, including:
- National Science Foundation
- U.S.D.A. Forest Service
- U.S.D.A. National Institute of Food and Agriculture
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- Institute of Museum and Library Services
- North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
- North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
- South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- Georgia Department of Natural Resources
- Boy Scouts of American National Foundation
- National Audubon Society
He has also conducted unfunded research focused on improving teaching and learning at multiple levels ranging from non-formal youth camps to college classrooms.
Publications
- Becoming the change we want to see: Aspirations and initial progress with diversity, equity, access, and inclusion practices to create welcoming environments and center community in informal science institutions , CURATOR-THE MUSEUM JOURNAL (2024)
- Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Students’ Social Experience: A Cross-Sectional Qualitative Study across Seven Universities in the U.S. , SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education (2024)
- Nature or the outdoors? Understanding the power of language in elementary students' self-reported connection to nature , ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESEARCH (2024)
- Place attachment mediates links between pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors among visitors to Mt. Bukhan National Park, South Korea , FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY (2024)
- ?Going Green?: Investigating Environmental Sustainability Practices in Camp Organizations across the United States , JOURNAL OF OUTDOOR RECREATION EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP (2023)
- Advancing social equity in urban tree planting: Lessons learned from an integrative review of the literature , URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING (2023)
- Better Health is Right Outside Your Door , (2023)
- Beyond "bluespace" and "greenspace": A narrative review of possible health benefits from exposure to other natural landscapes , SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT (2023)
- Collaborative capacity-building for collective evaluation: a case study with informal science education centers , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE EDUCATION PART B-COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT (2023)
- Correlates of stress are interactive and not unidimensional: Evidence from US college students early in the COVID-19 pandemic , PLOS ONE (2023)