Karen Bieluch
Appointments
Practice-based Learning Specialist
Research Associate
Biography
Karen Bieluch is the Practice Based Learning Specialist in ENVS. She is collaborating with faculty and staff in ENVS and groups in the Dartmouth and Upper Valley communities to further integrate practice-based learning opportunities into ENVS academics. Karen supports community partnerships and research in the Africa Foreign Study Program, and she also helps students with internships, career development, and independent work and research. Karen earned her Interdisciplinary PhD in communication and sustainability science from the University of Maine in 2013. Her research examines community-university partnerships, environmental communication and behavior, and place and community identity.
Education
B.A. University of Maine
M.A. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ph.D. University of Maine
Publications
Bieluch, K.H., Sclafani, A., Bolger, D.T., and Cox, M. (2021). Emergent learning outcomes from a complex learning landscape. Environmental Education Research. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2021.1947985.
Bieluch, K.H., Silka, L, & Lindenfeld, L.A. (2021, March). Stakeholder preferences for process and outcomes in community-university research partnerships: Implications for research collaborations. Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, 13(2), article 19. Available at: https://digitalcommons.northgeorgia.edu/jces/vol13/iss2/19.
Jansujwicz, J.S., Calhoun, A.J.K., Bieluch, K.H. et al. (2020) Localism "reimagined": Building a robust localist paradigm for overcoming emerging conservation challenges. Environmental Management. 1-18. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-020-01392-4
Bieluch, K.H., McGreavy, B., Silka, L., Strong, A., & Hart, D. (2019). Empowering Sustainability Leaders: Variations on a Learning-by-Doing Theme. In K.L. Kremers, A.S. Liepins & A.M. York, Developing Change Agents: Innovative Practices for Sustainability Leadership. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing. Retrieved from https://open.lib.umn.edu/changeagents/chapter/empowering-sustainability-leaders/
Bolger, D.T., Bieluch, K.H., Krivak-Tetley, F.E., Maggs-Kolling, G. & Tjitekulu, J. (2018). Designing a real-world course for environmental studies students: Entering a social-ecological system. Sustainability, 10, 2546, doi: 10.3390/su10072546.
Bieluch, K.H., Willis, T.V., Smith, J., & Wilson, K.A. (2017). The complexities of counting fish: Engaging citizen scientists in fish monitoring. Maine Policy Review, 26(2), 9-18, https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mpr/vol26/iss2/4.
Bieluch, K.H., Bell, K.P., Teisl, M.F., Lindenfeld, L.A., Leahy, J. and Silka, L., (2017). Transdisciplinary research partnerships in sustainability science: an examination of stakeholder participation preferences. Sustainability Science, 12, 1-18. doi: 10.1007/s11625 016-0360-x
Meyer, S. R., Levesque, V. R., Bieluch, K. H., Johnson, M. L., McGreavy, B., Dreyer, S., & Smith, H. (2015). Sustainability science graduate students as boundary spanners. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 1-10.
McGreavy, B., Lindenfeld, L., Bieluch, K. H., Silka, L., Leahy, J., & Zoellick, B. (2015). Communication and sustainability science teams as complex systems. Ecology and Society, 20(1), 2.
McGreavy, B., Hutchins, K., Smith, H., Lindenfeld, L. & Silka, L. (2013). Addressing the complexities of boundary work in sustainability science through communication. Sustainability, 5(10), 4195-4221.
Hutchins, K., Lindenfeld, L.A., Bell, K.P., Leahy, J. & Silka, L. (2013). Strengthening Knowledge Co-Production Capacity: Examining Interest in Community-University Partnerships. Sustainability, 5(9), 3744-3770
Hutchins, K. & Stormer, N. (2013). Articulating Identity in and through Maine's North Woods. Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture, 7(1), 24-41.
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