Jennifer Schmidt

Focused on the connection between society and the environment in natural resource management, driven by community interest and scientific needs.

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My name is Jennifer (Jen) Schmidt and I live in Anchorage, Alaska. I moved to Alaska in 2002 to pursue a PhD. in Wildlife Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The outdoors has always been an interest of mine spending lots of time outside of the house as a kid. I enjoy triathlons, hunting, fishing, hiking, and exploring new places.

I work at the University of Alaska Anchorage as an Associate Professor of Natural Resource Management and Policy. I teach classes related to public policy and spatial analysis. Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has been a passion of mine for decades and I enjoy using it and teaching people this valuable skill. I was trained in an interdisciplinary program where it became apparent very early that people are an important part of wildlife management. So I became more and more interested in social and environmental issues. To do work that matters I listen to residents of Alaska and attempt to align their interests with funding opportunities. You can find my CV here.

Jennifer Schmidt

Natural Resource Management in Alaska

People standing around solar panels, and standing in front of a wind turbine
Renewable Energy in Rural Alaska
Two people on the beach looking under a large rock
Subsistence harvest
A close-up shot of someone filleting a fish on a gray table.
Fishing
Quin Wuttke, Permission Granted Eric Wuttke
Rain-in-Winter: read policy brief
View of a large wildfire from a distance. There's a huge plume of gray smoke coming up to the sky.
Wildfire
A person is sitting on the ground, smiling into the camera with a mountain bike leaned over on the ground next to them. The ground is covered in snow and there's a rocky mountain in the background.
Outdoor recreation
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