JOEL C. BARNES, PhD 634 W. Maricopa Drive Prescott, AZ 86303
928-925-6592
Professional objectives:
• Seeking a faculty position in environmental studies and sustainability education that integratesteaching, research, and community-based service learningapplied in the larger context ofenvironmental studies, and ecological and social justice. This position will allow me to utilize my experience and talentsin academic and institutional leadership, program design and implementation, and interpersonal communication and group dynamics, along withmy passion for cultivating positive, sustainable connections between individuals, communities, and the larger ecosystems on which they depend.
• Seeking a position in environmental policy, monitoring, and education that integrates research, fieldwork, and community-based education and training. This position will enable me to utilize my experience and talents inwater resource management, environmental monitoring program design and implementation, organizational leadership, interpersonal communication and group dynamics, along with my passion for cultivating positive, sustainable connections between individuals, communities, and the larger water systems on which they depend.
EDUCATION
Doctorate of Philosophy, Environmental Conservation & Education. 2005.The Union Institute & University, Cincinnati, OH. Research & course work in Aridland River Systems & Watershed Conservation. Dissertation included a six-year research partnership with Grand Canyon National Park to support Wild and Scenic River designation for the Colorado River and its tributaries.
Masters of Science, Interdisciplinary Resource Management. 1991.College of Natural Resources,Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA. Research and course work in Wilderness Management & Water Resource Management.
Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Sciences, Environmental Education, & Adventure Education. 1981. Prescott College, Prescott, AZ.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Prescott College. Prescott, Arizona.
• DIRECTOR, GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT PROGRAM. 2009-present.
Responsible for the conception, design, leadership, instruction of this institution-wide graduate program. This includes program vision & evolution, planning & teaching graduate residential cohort courses in experiential education, training cohorts of graduate students to teach undergraduate courses, & facilitating student-centered experiential education in both theory & practice in campus-based/residential and limited residency/community-based models.
• AFFILIATE FACULTY, Ph.D. PROGRAM, SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION. 2007-present.
Responsible for planning & facilitating components of the Ph.D. curriculum including lectures for campus-based colloquia, teaching community-based, online courses & leading cohort discussions, and reviewingdissertations.
• PROFESSOR, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES & ADVENTURE EDUCATION, ON-CAMPUS UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM. 1997-present.
Responsible for teaching a variety of undergraduate courses in environmental studies & adventure education
including Restoration Ecology: Watersheds of the SW, Water in the West, Grand Canyon Semester, Field Ecology, Park & Wilderness Management, Coastal & Cultural Ecology of Kino Bay, Environmental Perspectives & Whitewater Rafting, River Guides Training, Environmental Education, Environmental Topics in Adventure Education, and Wilderness Orientation. Serve as mentor for independent studies & senior projects in field ecology, resource management & conservation. Academic advisor for 15-20 students. Also engaged in institutional committee work, program development, faculty hires, etc.
• ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION PROJECT LEADER & CONSULTANT. 2012-present.
Project leader and academic advisor for the Butte Creek Restoration Council, focused on design and implementation of the ongoing Butte Creek Restoration & Education Project. With Butte Creekas the centerpiece of the Prescott College campus, students, faculty, community members, and city & county governments engage in research and hands-on projects focused on monitoring & restoring the physical/fluvial geomorphological, biological, socio-cultural, politico-economic, and aesthetic values of the creek & riparian corridor in the context of the larger watershed.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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• CHAIR (1999-2004) PROFESSOR (2009-present), ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, MASTER OF ARTS PROGRAM.
Responsibleforsupervisinggraduateadvisorsstudents in a limitedresidency, online deliverymodel. Also responsable forprogramadministrationdevelopmentsuch as marketing, academicpolicyprocedures.Providedleadershiptofacultytodesign, deliver, & coordinatethree-day long colloquimsfour times a year. Alsoinvolved in self-governancecommitteeworkfacultyhires.
• GRADUATE ADVISOR, MASTER OF ARTS PROGRAM. 1992-1999.
Responsible for supervising 5-9 students to design & carry outindividualized, interdisciplinarygraduatestudies in a limitedresidency, community-based, onlinedeliverymodel.
The School for Field Studies.Boston, Massachusetts.
• RESIDENT FACULTY, Marine Mammal Studies Ctr., Universidad Autònoma de Baja
California Sur,La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mèxico.1990-1992.
A semester-long, cross-cultural university program established & run in coordination with Mèxican universities & research institutions, emphasizing field research and course work in conservation biology. Primary responsibilities included teaching courses in Cultural Ecology, Resource Management & Field Ecology, serving as academic advisor for research projects each semester, covering a variety of biological science, cultural ecology, & environmental conservation topics. Assumed responsibilities of Assistant Director during the latter semesters, which involved leadership & coordination of program components on a daily basis, & facilitating group dynamics of students, faculty & staff.
• FIELD FACULTY, Sea Turtle Biology & Conservation Program, Ostional, Costa Rica. 1991.
A month-long interdisciplinary field program based at the Ostional Research Station on Costa Rica’s west coast. Responsibilities included teaching core concepts of conservation biology & advising student-directed research projects. This program was co-instructed with a Costa Rican sea turtle biologist.
Wildlands Studies Institute, San Francisco State University. San Francisco, California.
• ADJUNCT FACULTY. 1988-1991.
Lead administrator & faculty for three interdisciplinary field programs, each of which explored a particular bioregion. Studies in regional ecology & cultural history served as a backdrop for exploring contemporary environmental conservation issues with an emphasis in wild river systems & watersheds.
Program Titles:
National Park Wilderness Challenges: The Colorado Plateau Program
Bioregional Perspectives of Baja California the Sea of Cortèz
Ecosystems Cultures of the South Pacific: The New Zealand Program
Outward Bound Schools.
• COURSE DIRECTOR / INSTRUCTOR,
Colorado Outward Bound School River Program.Denver, CO. 1981-1989.
Voyageur Outward Bound School River Program.Big Bend Nat’l Pk, TX. 1984-1985.
Australia Outward Bound.Sydney, Australia. 1984.
New Zealand Outward Bound School. Picton, South Island, N.Z. 1984 .
The Boojum Institute. San Diego, California.
• COURSE DIRECTOR / INSTRUCTOR / EXPEDITION LEADER. 1981-1986.
A non-profit organization providing environmental education programs for private schools and universities in southern California. Administrative & teaching responsibilities were very similar to those of Outward Bound, with a stronger emphasis on environmental studies. Also responsible for administration & field instruction of the following adventure-based ecotourism expeditions in 1985 &1986:
The Yukon Territory Expedition
A 21 day hiking/canoeing/cultural adventure from Seattle, Washington to Dawson City, Yukon.
New Zealand Expedition
A 30 day hiking/cultural/whitewater rafting exploration of the New Zealand Islands.
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PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
• Wilderness First Responder. Wilderness Medical Institute.
• CPR Certification. American Red Cross.
• Swiftwater Rescue Certification, Professional. Rescue 3 International.
• Utah River Guide’s License, Class I. Utah Department of Parks & Recreation.
• Grand Canyon National Park River Guide's License. Grand Canyon National Park/NPS.
• Food Manager’s Certificate. Coconino County Department of Environmental Health.
• Avalanche Certification, Level I. Silverton Avalanche School. Silverton, CO.
• Open Water Scuba Diving Certification, Professional Association of Diving Instructors.
• Ordained Minister, American Marriage Ministries.
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE & ADVISORY ROLES
• Watershed Improvement Committee, City of Prescott, 2015-2016.
• Sustainability Council & Grant Review Committee, Prescott College. 2013-2015.
• Environmental Fund Grant Review Committee, Arizona Community Foundation of Yavapai
County. 2013 & 2014.
• Board of Directors Officer, Secretary, Arizona Wilderness Coalition. 2010-present.
• Water Resources Academic Certificate, Administrative Oversight Team & Prescott College
Representative, The Eco League & Prescott College, 2012 to present.
• River Studies & Leadership Academic Certificate, Administrative Oversight Team & Prescott
College Representative, The River Management Society & Prescott College, 2013 to present.
• Greater Grand Canyon Landscape Assessment Project, Vegetation Technical Working Group,
Grand Canyon National Park Science Center; workshops in 2012 & 2013.
• Wild & Scenic Rivers Policy & Mgt. Advisor, Grand Canyon Wildlands Council. 2008-present.
• Wild & Scenic Rivers Policy & Mgt. Consultant, Grand Canyon Nat’l. Park. 2005-present.
• Watershed Education Advisor, Prescott Creeks Preservation Association. 2005-present.
• President, Prescott Creeks Preservation Association. 1999-2007.
• Board of Directors Officer, Secretary, Prescott Creeks Preservation Association. 1997-2005.
• Grant Review Panel, Yavapai County Fund for the Environment, 2000.
• Steering Committee, Prescott National Forest Friends. 1995-2003.
• North Central Arizona Math & Science Consortium. 1996 & 1997.
• Board of Directors, Prescott College. 1980-1982.
• Graduation Review Committee, Prescott College. 1980-1982.
GRANTS & HONORS
• Funding obtained from Prescott College Sustainability Council for The Butte Creek Restoration
& Education Project.$4,000 in 2012, $19,700 in 2013, $18,870 in 2014, and $34,000 in 2015.
• Central Yavapai County Community Leadership Excellence Award. 2014 Nominee. Prescott
Alternative Transportation. Prescott, AZ.
• Montclair Who’s Who in Collegiate Faculty. 2007 & 2008.
• Cambridge Who’s Who Executive & Professional Directory. 2007 & 2008.
• Funding obtained (in collaboration with Prescott Creeks Preservation Association) from the
Yavapai County Environmental Fund of the Yavapai County Community Foundation (an
affiliate of the Arizona Community Foundation) for the Prescott CreekWatch Network.
$5,000 in 2000/2001 and $11,000 in 2001/2002.
• Funding obtained (in collaboration with Prescott College) from the United States Forest
Service for wilderness management research, and consulting to the Prescott National Forest.
$20,000 in 1991/1992.
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PERSONAL INTERESTS & SPECIAL SKILLS
• Natural history field studies, conservation education & advocacy, bioregional living & gardening, hiking, surfing, recreational boating on rivers, lakes, & oceans, wildland expeditions & foreign travel, conversational Spanish, and outdoor pursuits in general.
• Personal and professional expeditions include 50 trips down the Colorado River through Grand Canyon (22 educational, 20 private, 4 research, 4 commercial), extensive explorations throughout the American Southwest and the Colorado Plateau as well as New Zealand, southeastern Alaska, Costa Rica, and Mèxico including the Baja Peninsula, & Yucatàn Peninsula.
• Ongoingprofessional memberships/affiliations include the Society for Ecological Restoration, Association for Experiential Education, River Management Society, AZ Riparian Council, AZ Hydrological Society, Society for Conservation Biology, American Rivers, The River Network, Prescott Chapter of the Audubon Society, Prescott Creeks Preservation Association, Arizona Wilderness Coalition, Grand Canyon Trust, Grand Canyon River Guides Association, Grand Canyon Private Boaters' Association, The Nature Conservancy, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, The Wilderness Society, The Wildlands Network.
CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, WEBINARS, WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
• Become a Nature-Connected Coach and Transformational Wilderness Guide. Webinar, Earth-Based
Institute, April 28, 2016.
•Managing the Colorado River in the 21st Century. Webinar, Colorado Found.for Water Ed. April 14, 2016.
•Joint Chief’s Landscape Restoration Explained. Workshop, Prescott National Forest. April 14. 2016.
• Geomorphic Processes & Classification of Natural Channels in the Arid Southwest. Workshops facilitated
by Natural Channel Design. March 2012-16.
• Tech, Talk & Tradeoffs. Annual Conference of the Water Resources Research Center, University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ.March 21, 2016. Served as judge for conference posters.
• Asking the Right Questions: Discussing Water With Policymakers. Online Training Session &
Webinar sponsored by Arizona Audubon Society. August 15, 2014.
• Managing Rivers in Changing Climes.Training Tomorrow’s River Professionals. River
Management Society Annual Symposium. Denver CO, April 15-17, 2014.
•Choke Point. Navigating California’s Water Maze, A New Era of Much Drier. Special Interactive
Briefing & Teleconference sponsored by Circle of Blue. February 13, 2014.
• Protecting Our Rivers Workshop, Western River Action Network, Audubon Soc. Aug. 17, 2013.
• Introduction to Section 7 of the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act. Webinar sponsored by the Interagency
Wild & Scenic River Coordinating Council & the River Management Society. December 11, 2012.
• Grand Canyon River Guides Training Seminar. Marble Canyon, AZ. 1986, ‘98, 2012,’13,’15, ’16.
• Resource Management Symposium.Grand Canyon National Park.Grand Canyon, AZ. 2011.
• Arizona Riparian Council Annual Symposium. Flagstaff, AZ. 2006 & ‘07.
• Grand Canyon National Park Backcountry Research Workshop. Grand Canyon, AZ. 2006
• Society for Conservation Biology, Colorado Plateau Chapter Conference.Prescott, AZ. 2005.
• Inner Nature Workshop, Joseph Cornell.Prescott, AZ. 2005.
• River Management Society Symposium, Boise, ID. 2002, 2014.
• Arizona Hydrological Society Annual Symposium. 1999.
• Interagency River Managers' Conferences, River Management Society. 1999 & 2000.
• Wild and Scenic River Interagency Coordinating Council Meetings. 1999 & 2000.
• Project WILD and/or Project Learning Tree Workshops. Annually from 1991 – ‘97.
•Earth Education Workshops. Prescott College, Prescott, AZ. 1995 & ‘96.
• Joseph Cornell Env. Education Workshops. Prescott College, Prescott, AZ. 1993 & ‘95.
• North American Association of Environmental Education Annual Conference. 1987 & ‘89.
• Symposium on The Role of Social Science in Resource Management. 1988.
• Corporations in the Wilderness, sponsored by the Colorado Outward Bound School. 1984.
• Association of Experiential Education Annual Conferences. 1980-‘83, 2000, 2012-‘14.
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS FACILITATED
• The River Studies Leadership Certificate: An inter-university collaboration with the River
Mgt. Society. Webinar co-facilitated withDr. Gigi Richard, sponsored by RMS. April 15, 2015.
• Local and Regional Water Issues in the Central Arizona Highlands. One of five speakers on an
expert panel; citizens askedquestions of elected officials and topical expertsabout local and
regionalwater issues. Peregrine Book Co., Prescott, AZ. August 16, 2014.
• Restoration Ecology & Ecological Restoration. Teleconference class taught for undergraduate
students at Northland College. Ashland, WI. May 1, 2014.
• The River Studies and Leadership Certificate. Workshop facilitated at the River Management
Society Annual Symposium. Denver CO, April 2014.
• Assessing Complex Issues of Resource Protection and Allocation: A Grand Canyon Case Study.
Co-presented with Cassie Thomas, Linda Jalbert, & Bill Hansen, all from the NPS. Workshop
facilitated at the River ManagementSociety Annual Symposium. Denver, CO. April 2014.
• The Butte Creek Restoration & Education Project. Fundamentals of urban watershed &
riparian restoration. Workshop facilitated at the Natural History Institute, Prescott College,
Prescott, AZ. Feb. 21, 2013.
• Natural history & ecological restoration, connections with nature through observation & action.
Workshop facilitated at the Grand Opening of the Natural History Institute, Prescott College,
Prescott, AZ. Nov. 9, 2013.
• Wild & Scenic Rivers in Grand Canyon. If Not Now, When? Grand Canyon River Guides
Training Seminar. Grand Canyon, AZ. March 30, 2013.
• Protecting the Wet Parts of Our Dry World. January Colloquium, Prescott College Master of
Arts Program. January 19, 2013.
• Landscape Geography & Interpretation for River Guides: Sharing the Stories of Grand Canyon.
Guides Training Seminar for Canyon Explorations Expeditions. Flagstaff, AZ. July 11, 2012.
• Wild & Scenic Rivers in Grand Canyon, and Landscape Interpretation for Sense of Place
Education. Grand Canyon River Guides Training Seminar. Grand Canyon, AZ. May 1, 2012.
• Integrated Landscape Studies & Sense of Place Learning - Prescott College’s First Grand
Canyon Semester. Association of Experiential Education, Rocky Mountain Regional
Conference. Durango, CO. January 17, 2012.
• Voices of Learning and Leadership from the Greater Prescott Community. Panel speaker,
1st AnnualNat’l. Sustainability Education Symposium, Prescott College. June 3-5, 2009.
• Prescott Waterways and Local Ecosystems Perspectives.Workshop facilitated at the 1st
National Sustainability Education Symposium at Prescott College. June 3-5, 2009.
• Ancient Voices, Modern Times. The Future of Phoenix. Public debate & panel discussion
speaker, sponsored by High Country News in Scottsdale, AZ. January, 2008.
• Riparian Restoration in Aridland Watersheds of the Southwest: Principles & Practice.
Workshop facilitated at the Walnut Creek Research Station. Walnut Creek, AZ. April, 2006.
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS FACILITATED
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• Using Wild and Scenic Rivers to better understand and protect riparian areas in the American
Southwest, a case study with Grand Canyon National Park. Presentation at the Arizona
Riparian Council Annual Symposium. Flagstaff, AZ. April, 2006.
• The Role of Wild and Scenic Rivers in Grand Canyon’s Backcountry. Presentation at the
GCNP Backcountry Research Workshop.Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon, AZ.
January 2006.
• Strengthening the Bridge Between Agencies & Educational Institutions. J. Barnes &
R. Peters. River Management Society Symposium. Boise, ID. May, 2002.
• Environmental Ethics in Adventure Education. J. Barnes & R. Peters. Association of
Experiential Education, Rocky Mountain Regional Conference. Prescott, AZ. April, 2002.
• Environmental Literacy at Prescott College. 15th Annual Environmental Education Conference
Sponsored by the Arizona Association for Learning in and about the Environment. Heber, AZ.
October, 1994.
• Identification of fish species in the Bay of La Paz, and their relative importance to the California Sea Lion (Zalophuscalifornianus) and artisenal fishermen of La Paz, Baja California, Mèxico. Barnes J. et al. Poster presented at the 1992 XVII Reunion Internacional de Mamiferos
Marinos. La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mèxico. 1991. Also presented at Conference of the
Society for Ethnobiology. Wash., D.C. 1992.
• Cross Cultural Programs Addressing Environmental Issues in the Sea of Cortèz. J. Barnes,
D. Hulmes, L. Meltzer. North American Ass.of Environmental Ed. San Antonio, TX. 1992.
PUBLICATIONS
• Barnes, J., G. Richard, R. Shimoda. 2014. River Studies and Leadership Certificate. River
Management Society Journal. 27 (2) Summer 2014. River Management Society, Missoula, MT.
• Barnes, J. 2013. Awareness to Action: the journey to a deeper ecological literacy. Journal of
Sustainability Education. Vol. 5, May 2013. ISSN: 2151:7452.
• Barnes, J. 2013. Protecting Wild Waters in Grand Canyon. The International Journal of Wilderness.
Spring 2013. 19 (1).
• Barnes, J. 2013.Wild and Scenic Rivers in Grand Canyon. If Not Now, When? Boatman's
Quarterly Review. Winter 2012-2013, 25 (4). Grand Canyon River Guides, Flagstaff, AZ.
• Barnes, J. 2012.A Grand Canyon Semester of Wilderness Explorations & Landscape Studies.
River Management Society Journal, 25 (3) Fall 2012. River Management Society, Missoula, MT.
• Barnes, J. 2011.Prescott College & Grand Canyon National Park Offer a Semester of Wilderness
Explorations & Landscape Studies. River Management Society Journal, 24 (3) Fall 2011. River
Management Society, Missoula, MT.
• Barnes, J. (ed.).2007. Winter Wilderness Orientation Bioregional Resource Guide. Prescott
College Press. Prescott College. Prescott, AZ.
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PUBLICATIONS
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• Barnes, J. 2005. Protecting Wild Waters in a Dry World: The Role of Wild and Scenic Rivers in
the Conservation of Aridland River Systems and Watersheds in the American Southwest.