Alumni Highlight l Careers l Elective Courses l Internships l Final Project l Faculty Highlight
Use collaborative governance approaches to public decision-making that involves multi-party negotiations to create agreement and resolve conflicts over contentious public issues. Examples include land use, resource management, health care, affordable housing, and transportation. Working in this area, you will use mediation, facilitation, negotiation coaching, training, and project management.
Alumni Highlight
Melanie Knapp, ENVS/CRES '14
Senior Program Associate
Udall Foundation, U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution (Tucson, AZ)
Melanie provides situational and program assessments, facilitates collaboration, capacity-building, conflict resolution, and technical assistance and training.
"Through my graduate coursework and internship, I gained knowledge grounded in the realities of the field, grew my network, and was well-prepared to hit the ground running in my current position."
Careers
- Group Facilitator/Mediator (environmental dispute resolution) SRA International, Arlington, VA
- Senior Facilitator, Kearns & West, Portland, OR
- Public Participation Specialist, California Department of Toxic Substances Control, Chatsworth, CA
- Facilitation Associate, EnviroIssues, Seattle, WA and Portland, OR
Elective Course Ideas
CRES 660 – Environmental Conflict Resolution
ENVS 535 – Environmental Justice
ENVS 550 – Political Ecology
LAW 610 – Nonprofit Clinic
PHIL 645 – Environmental Philosophy
PPPM 507 – Seminar: Public Engagement
PPPM 507 – Seminar: Decision Making Analysis
PPPM 507 – Urban and Community Revitalization
PPPM 518 – Introduction to Public Law
PPPM 522 – Grant Proposal Writing
PPPM 636 – Public Policy Analysis
Internship Ideas
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust
- National Policy Consensus Center (NPCC)
- Our Children’s Trust
- Southern Willamette Forest Collaborative
- Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services
- The Ruckelshaus Center
- Tualatin Riverkeepers
Previous Final Projects
A Solution Under Pressure: Integrating Facilitative Practices into Water-Related Civil Litigations
Agriculture Coexistence Mediation Manual: A Training Manual for Mediators of Farmer-to-Farmer Disputes
Beauty or the Beast: Understanding Attitudes About Wolves in Washington State and Their Implications for Wolf Management
Facilitator Techniques for Groups that Go Home: Wisdom for Resilience in Multiparty Negotiations
North American Groundwater Disputes: A Study of the Impact of Exempt Wells
The Electrification of Transportation in Oregon: Opportunities for University, Government, and Industry Collaboration
The Hammer and the Hand: How the Integration of Top-Down and Bottom- Up Governance Regimes Can Transform Groundwater Conflict in Oregon’s Malheur Lake Basin
The Northwest Regional Environmental Forum: A Case Study for Collaborative Governance
Faculty Highlight - Todd Jarvis
Pro Tem Instructor and Director of the Institute for Water & Watersheds at Oregon State University
Professor Jarvis teaches Environmental Conflict Resolution for the CRES program and a wide variety of courses at Oregon State University. Todd is a consulting groundwater hydrologist with over 30 years of experience working for global water/wastewater engineering and groundwater engineering firms. He also worked as an expert witness and provided litigation support on groundwater rights and water well construction in the western US before becoming enlightened as a licensed and insured mediator in the US. With professional licenses as a Certified Engineering Geologist, Certified Water Right Examiner, and Certified Mediator, Todd’s interests include transboundary aquifers, groundwater and water well conflict resolution. He is a consultant to UNESCO-IHE in Delft where he teaches Environmental Conflict Resolution. He served on the Oregon State Board of Geologists Examiners through an appointment by former Governor Kitzhaber. Todd received his training as a geologist and hydrogeologist from the University of Wyoming and his PhD in Resource Geography from Oregon State University.