• Associate Professor, Natural Resources and Environmental Policy

Research

• Marine Resource Education Project (MREP)
• MREP Project Enhancement Grant to support a facilitated Ground Fish Amendment 13 Proposal Development
• Scientific Protocols for the Land Cover/Biology GLOBE Program Investigation
• H-MAP (History of Marine Animal Populations) Project

Detailed Description of Research Projects

Graduate Students

M.S. Students
	Heather Ballestero (co-chair)
	Aaron Kornbluth
	Matthew McBride
Ph.D. Students
	John Coon
	Clayton Mitchell
	Lucigleide Nascimento
	Arthur Powers
Alumni :: 2000-present
	William Fleeger	May 2007	Ph.D.
	David Howland	May 2006	Ph.D.
	Penelope Morrow	May 2006	Ph.D.
	William Fleeger	May 2005	M.S.
	Lynda Brushett	May 2004	Ph.D.
	Lucigleide Nascimento	December 2003	M.S.
	Melinda Salazar (co-chair)	December 2002	Ph.D.
	John Tierney	September 2001	M.S.
	Anne Deely	September 2001	M.S.
	David Howland	September 2001	M.S.
	Andrew Conroy (co-chair)	May 2001	Ph.D.

Primary Teaching Responsibilities

• NR 720/820: International Environmental Politics and Policies
• NR 724/824: Resolving Environmental Conflicts
• NR 731/831: Ecosystem Based Governance
• NR 735/835: Land Conservation Principles and Practices

View Natural Resources undergraduate course descriptions
View Natural Resources graduate course descriptions

Selected Publications

Howland, David, Mimi Larsen Becker. 2002. “GLOBE - The Science Behind Launching an International Environmental Program” Jl of Science Education and Technology, Vol. 11 No.3, September 2002:277-287.

Wormstead, S.J., M. Becker, and R. Congalton. 2002. “Tools for Successful Student-Teacher-Scientist Partnerships: Lessons from GLOBE. Jl of Science Education and Technology, Vol. 11 No.3, September 2002:277-287.

Prelli, Lawrence J. and Mimi Larsen Becker. “Learning from the Limits of an Adjudicatory Strategy for Resolving U.S. - Canada Fisheries Conflicts: Lessons from the Gulf of Maine Case. Natural Resources Jl Spring 2001, Vol.41, No.2: 445-486.

Becker, Mimi Larsen, John R. Coon and John Williamson. “Bridging the Gap: A Model for Building Trust and Collaboration Between Marine Resource Regulators and Stakeholders” in Globalization and Water Resources: The Changing Value of Water: Proceedings of AWRA/University of Dundee International Specialty Conference on Globalization and Water Management. August 5-9, 2001 Dundee , Scotland , UK . Washington , D.C. : AWRA, August 2001.

Becker, M., R. Congalton, R. Budd and A. Fried. “A GLOBE Collaboration to Develop Land Cover Data Collection and Analysis Protocols” Jl of Science Education and Technology, Vol. 7 No.1, February 1998:85-96.

Congalton, Russell and Mimi Larsen Becker. "Validating Student Data for Scientific Use: An Example from the GLOBE Project." in K.C. Cohen, ed. The Impact of the Internet and Technology on Student-Scientist Partnerships: A New Force in Science and Science Education. Cambridge : MIT Press, 1997: 133-155.

Fried, A., R. Congalton, and M. Becker. “New Frontiers in Land Cover Classification and Accuracy Assessment.” Proceedings of the First International Conference on Geospatial Information in Agriculture and Forestry. Lake Buena Vista , FL , 1-3 June 1998. ERIM International, Inc. Ann Arbor , MI.: 1998: Vol. I. pp. 290-7.

Straussfogel, Debra and Mimi Larsen Becker. "An Evolutionary Systems Approach to Policy Intervention for Achieving Ecologically Sustainable Societies." Systems Practice, Vol. 9 No.5. Fall 1996:441-468.

Becker, Mimi Larsen. "The International Joint Commission and Public Participation - Binational Cooperation and the Role of the Grass Roots: Past Experiences, Present Challenges, Future Tasks." Natural Resources Journal. Vol. 33 No. 2. Part 2; 1993: 235-274.

Christie J., M. Becker, J. Cowden and J. Vallentyne "Managing the Great Lakes Basin as a Home." Journal of Great Lakes Research Vol. 11 No.4 (1985):2-17.

Education

Selected Service Activities

• Coordinator, UNH-EcoQuest, New Zealand Education Foundation Applied Field Studies Program. Co-Founder of a 15 week study abroad field studies program designed to train students in ecosystem approach to sustainable resource management through intensive field studies and directed research in ecology, resource management, environmental policy and economics in the context of the New Zealand policy and resource management framework and in collaboration with government and private sector resource managers. Participants are upper level students from U.S. universities. Helped design and test core courses and field methods exercises. 1998- 2003.
• Consultant: Environmental and natural resource policy, comprehensive water resource planning, facility siting, Great Lakes ecosystem management, sustainable resource management, local government capacity building, environmental education, public participation, citizen training, environmental dispute resolution, environmental impact and technology assessment. 1972-present.