{"id":96,"date":"2016-10-21T12:33:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T16:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/spire\/?page_id=96"},"modified":"2025-06-17T10:50:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:50:33","slug":"advisory-board","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/spire\/advisory-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Advisory Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-wrap.wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.kb-row-layout-id96_5cfc55-42{margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:30px;}.kb-row-layout-id96_5cfc55-42 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id96_5cfc55-42 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id96_5cfc55-42 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:50px;padding-right:50px;padding-bottom:50px;padding-left:50px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id96_5cfc55-42{border-top:0px solid #003263;border-right:0px 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.kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column96_a739e6-e1 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column96_a739e6-e1 inner-column-1\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_2a0b3e-aa, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_2a0b3e-aa[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading96_2a0b3e-aa\"]{font-size:32px;font-weight:900;font-style:normal;font-family:stratum-2-web;text-transform:capitalize;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_2a0b3e-aa mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_2a0b3e-aa[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading96_2a0b3e-aa\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_2a0b3e-aa img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_2a0b3e-aa[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading96_2a0b3e-aa\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading96_2a0b3e-aa wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-white-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading96_2a0b3e-aa\"><span class=\"stk-highlight\" style=\"color: #003263\">Laura Cowan, Ph.D<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>University of Maine, English Department Chair<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teaching: Modernist Literature, Environmental Literature, Poetry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research: Modernist Literature, Genres<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column96_9685b4-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:20px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px;}.kadence-column96_9685b4-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column96_9685b4-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column96_9685b4-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column96_9685b4-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column96_9685b4-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column96_9685b4-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column96_9685b4-70{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column96_9685b4-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column96_9685b4-70 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column 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img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading96_e82b3d-97 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-white-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading96_e82b3d-97\"><span class=\"stk-highlight\" style=\"color: #003263\">Beth Staples, B.A.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>B.A. Psychology, B.A. Journalism<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Maine, Marketing and&nbsp;Communications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New England Press Association Writing&nbsp;Award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maine Press Association Writing Award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>News Writer for 91¸£Àû Today<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column96_fb4b09-cc > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:20px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px;}.kadence-column96_fb4b09-cc > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column96_fb4b09-cc > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column96_fb4b09-cc > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column96_fb4b09-cc > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column96_fb4b09-cc > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column96_fb4b09-cc > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column96_fb4b09-cc{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column96_fb4b09-cc > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column96_fb4b09-cc > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column96_fb4b09-cc inner-column-1\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_3e2d3f-1f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_3e2d3f-1f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading96_3e2d3f-1f\"]{text-align:left;font-size:32px;font-weight:900;font-style:normal;font-family:stratum-2-web;text-transform:capitalize;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_3e2d3f-1f mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_3e2d3f-1f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading96_3e2d3f-1f\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_3e2d3f-1f img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_3e2d3f-1f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading96_3e2d3f-1f\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading96_3e2d3f-1f wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-white-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading96_3e2d3f-1f\"><span class=\"stk-highlight\" style=\"color: #003263\"><strong><strong>Bridie McGreavy, PhD<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Journalism<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research and teaching focus on environmental communication, rhetoric, and sustainability science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Co-lead the Environmental Communication Community of Practice (EC CooP)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Affiliate faculty with the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consulting Executive Director for the Maine Lakes Science Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collaborator with the New England Sustainability Consortium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column96_c5e9c9-59 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:20px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px;}.kadence-column96_c5e9c9-59 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column96_c5e9c9-59 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column96_c5e9c9-59 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column96_c5e9c9-59 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column96_c5e9c9-59 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column96_c5e9c9-59 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column96_c5e9c9-59{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column96_c5e9c9-59 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column96_c5e9c9-59 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column96_c5e9c9-59 inner-column-1\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_b33da1-0d, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_b33da1-0d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading96_b33da1-0d\"]{text-align:left;font-size:32px;font-weight:900;font-style:normal;font-family:stratum-2-web;text-transform:capitalize;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_b33da1-0d mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_b33da1-0d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading96_b33da1-0d\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_b33da1-0d img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_b33da1-0d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading96_b33da1-0d\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading96_b33da1-0d wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-white-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading96_b33da1-0d\"><span class=\"stk-highlight\" style=\"color: #003263\"><strong><strong><strong>Cheryl Daigle, M.S.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Executive Director of the Sebasticook Regional Land Trust<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.S. Ecology and Environmental Science\/91¸£Àû, B.S. Natural Resources<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Former editor of&nbsp;<em>Northern Woodlands<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Served as&nbsp;Community Outreach Coordinator for the&nbsp;Penobscot River Restoration Project&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Past conservation and communications work with Maine Lakes &#8211; Maine Sea Grant \u2013 The Orion Society\/Orion Magazine \u2013 The Forest Society of Maine \u2013 The Nature Conservancy in Maine and Massachusetts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column96_27d502-24 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:20px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px;}.kadence-column96_27d502-24 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column96_27d502-24 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column96_27d502-24 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column96_27d502-24 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column96_27d502-24 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column96_27d502-24 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column96_27d502-24{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column96_27d502-24 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column96_27d502-24 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column96_27d502-24 inner-column-1\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_798d62-53, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_798d62-53[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading96_798d62-53\"]{text-align:left;font-size:32px;font-weight:900;font-style:normal;font-family:stratum-2-web;text-transform:capitalize;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_798d62-53 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_798d62-53[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading96_798d62-53\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_798d62-53 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_798d62-53[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading96_798d62-53\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading96_798d62-53 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-white-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading96_798d62-53\"><span class=\"stk-highlight\" style=\"color: #003263\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Linda Silka, Ph.D<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Senior Fellow, Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member and Fellow of the American&nbsp;Psychological Association<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member and Fellow of the Society for the&nbsp;Psychological Study of Social Issues<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member of the Knowledge to Action<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sustainability Behavior Team, sponsored by the National Science Foundation\u2019s Sustainability Solutions Initiative<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research in collaboration with:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency \u2013 National Institutes of Health \u2013 U.S. Housing and Urban Development \u2013 National Science Foundation \u2013 National Park Service \u2013 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column96_7713fa-54 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:20px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px;}.kadence-column96_7713fa-54 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column96_7713fa-54 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column96_7713fa-54 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column96_7713fa-54 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column96_7713fa-54 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column96_7713fa-54 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column96_7713fa-54{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column96_7713fa-54 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column96_7713fa-54 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column96_7713fa-54 inner-column-1\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_f1113f-4b, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_f1113f-4b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading96_f1113f-4b\"]{text-align:left;font-size:32px;font-weight:900;font-style:normal;font-family:stratum-2-web;text-transform:capitalize;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_f1113f-4b mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_f1113f-4b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading96_f1113f-4b\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_f1113f-4b img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading96_f1113f-4b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading96_f1113f-4b\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading96_f1113f-4b wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-white-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading96_f1113f-4b\"><span class=\"stk-highlight\" style=\"color: #003263\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Paul \u201cJim\u201d Roscoe, Ph.D<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>University of Maine, Professor of Anthropology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Climate Change Institute, Cooperating Professor of Climate Change Studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research: Cultural Ecology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column96_0c4280-be > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:20px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px;}.kadence-column96_0c4280-be > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column96_0c4280-be > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column96_0c4280-be > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column96_0c4280-be > 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