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SUSAN KAY JACOBSON

Department of Wildlife                         
Ecology and Conservation             
303 Newins-Ziegler Hall
P.O. Box 110430
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-0430
Ph:(352) 846-0562
Fax: (352) 392-6984
Send Email :  jacobsons@wec.ufl.edu

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Jacobson, S.K. 2001. Training with the Environment: Soldiers Handbook, 2^nd edition, Camp Blanding Training Site, Florida Army National Guard Publication. 43 pp.

Jacobson, S.K. 1999. Communication Skills for Conservation Professionals. Island Press, Washington, DC. 358 pp.

Jacobson, S.K. 1999. Training with the Environment: Soldiers Handbook, Camp Blanding Training Site, Florida Army National Guard Publication. 42 pp.

Jacobson, S.K. 1996. Guide to Kinabalu Park. 2^nd Edition. Sabah Parks Publication No. 7. Natural History Publications, Sdn. Bhd. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, 66 pp.

Jacobson, S.K. (Editor) 1995. Conserving Wildlife: International Education and Communication Approaches. Columbia University Press, New York, NY. 302 pp.

Jacobson, S.K. 1992. The Bay Islands: Nature and People. Colonial Press International, Miami, FL. 66 pp.

Donaho, R., Haagen, L, Humble, T., Jacobson, S.K. and Atwill W. (Eds.) 1987. Advanced Placement Course in English Language and Composition. Duke University Publication, Durham, N.C. 335 pp.

Refereed Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Jacobson, S.K. (in press) Communications for Wildlife Professionals. In Wildlife Techniques Manual, 6th edition. Clait E. Braun (Editor).

Jacobson, S.K., Sieving, K.S., Jones, G. and A. van Doorn (in press) Assessment of farmer attitudes and behavioral intentions toward bird conservation on organic and conventional Florida farms. Conservation Biology.

Aipanjiguly, S., S.K. Jacobson, S. and R. Flamm, (in press) Knowledge, attitudes and behavioral intentions of Florida boaters about manatee conservation. Conservation Biology.

Monroe, M. and  S.K Jacobson (in press) Professional development for natural resource education: Florida wildland fire outreach program. In Simmons, B. (Ed.) NAAEE Monograph on Environmental Education Training and Professional Development.

M. Monroe, and  S.K Jacobson (in press) Partnerships for natural resource education: Differing program needs and perspectives of extension agents and state agency staff. Journal of Extension

Jacobson, S.K. (in press). Conserving biodiversity through education, in Principles of Conservation Biology, (Meffe, Carroll and Groom, editors). Sinuaer, Sunderland, MA.

Jacobson, S.K. 2001. Monitoring public satisfaction in an ecosystem management framework. Journal of Parks and Recreation Administration 19(4):83-101.

Jacobson, S.K., M. Monroe, and S. Marynowski.  2001.  Fire at the wildland interface: the influences of experience and mass media on public knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral intentions. Wildlife Society Bulletin 29(3):929-937.

McDuff, M.D.* and S.K. Jacobson. 2001. Participatory evaluation of environmental education: Stakeholder assessment of the Wildlife Clubs of Kenya. International Journal of Geographical and Environmental Education 10(2):14-35.

McDuff, M.D.* and S.K. Jacobson. 2000. Assessing impacts and future directions of youth conservation organizations: Wildlife Clubs in Africa. Wildlife Society Bulletin 28(2):414-425.

Marynowski, S.B.* and S.K. Jacobson 1999. Ecosystem management education for public lands. Wildlife Society Bulletin 27(1):134-145.

Rocha, L.* and S.K. Jacobson. 1998. Partnerships for conservation: protected areas and non-governmental organizations in Brazil. Wildlife Society Bulletin 26(4):937-946.

Jacobson, S.K. and M. McDuff*. 1998. Conservation Education. Pages 237-255. In Conservation Science and Action, Sutherland, W. (Ed.) Blackwell Science, Oxford, U.K.).

Jacobson, S.K. and M. McDuff*. 1998. Training Idiot Savants: The lack of human dimensions in conservation biology. Conservation Biology 12(2):263-267.

Norris, K.* and S.K. Jacobson 1998. Content Analysis of Tropical Conservation Education Programs. Journal of Environmental Education 30(1):39-44.

Jacobson, S.K. and S. M. Marynowski*. 1998. New model for ecosystem management interpretation: targeting military audiences. Journal of Interpretation Research 3(1):1-20.

Wallmo, K.* and S.K. Jacobson. 1998. Fuel efficient cookstoves and deforestation in Uganda. Environmental Conservation 25(2):99-108.

Jacobson, S.K. and M. McDuff.* 1997. Replicate success, not failure; success variables in international conservation education. Journal of International Geographic and Environmental Education 6(3):1-18.

Jacobson, S.K. 1997. Rapid Assessment for Conservation Education (RACE). Journal of Environmental Education 27(3):5-15.

Jacobson, S.K. 1997. Nature conservation through education. Pages 551-552 In Principles of Conservation Biology, Meffe, G. and Carroll, R. (Eds.). Sinauer Associations, Sunderland, MA.

Jacobson, S.K. and S. M. Marynowski*. 1997. Public attitudes and knowledge about ecosystem management on Department of Defense Lands in Florida. Conservation Biology 11(2):1-13.

Jacobson, S.K. 1996. New course for environmental studies. (invited editorial) Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy 11(3):142-143.

Jacobson, S.K. and M. Jurado*. 1996. Participatory interpretive training for Tikal National Park, Guatemala. Legacy, Journal of the National Association for Interpretation 7(1):18-23.

Fiallo, E.* and S.K. Jacobson. 1995. Local communities and protected areas: Attitudes of rural residents toward conservation and Machalilla National Park, Ecuador. Environmental Conservation 22(3):241-249.

Jacobson, S.K. 1995. Evaluating impacts on graduate education: the conservation and sustainable development initiative. The Environmental Professional 17:1-12.

Jacobson, S.K. 1995. Needs assessment techniques for environmental education. International Research in Geographic and Environmental Education 4(1):125-133.

Jacobson, S. K. and M. Jurado*. 1995. Environmental education through park interpretation in Guatemala. Pages 143-145. In Nature Tourism and Conservation in Central America, Hay-Smith, L. and J. Harvey (Eds.) Paseo Pantera Publication for the U.S Agency for International Development.

Jacobson, S.K. 1995. Integrated educational approaches to natural resource management. Pages 297-310. In New Century for Natural Resource Management, R.L. Knight and S. Bates (Eds.) Island Press.

Jacobson, S.K., E. Vaughan, and S. Miller. 1995. New directions in conservation biology: graduate programs. Conservation Biology 9(1):5-17.

Jacobson, S.K. 1995. Wildlife conservation through education. Pages XXIII-XXXI. In Conserving Wildlife: International Education and Communication Approaches, S.K. Jacobson (Ed.). Columbia University Press, New York, NY.

Jacobson, S.K. and S.M. Padua.* 1995. Conservation education using parks in Malaysia and Brazil. Pages 1-15. In Conserving Wildlife: International Education and Communication Approaches, S.K. Jacobson (Ed.). Columbia University Press, New York, NY.

Jacobson, S.K. and A.F. Lopez. 1994. Biological impacts of ecotourism: tourists and nesting turtles in Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica. Bulletin of Wildlife Management 22(3):414-419.

White, T.G.* and S.K. Jacobson. 1994. Evaluating conservation education programs at a South American zoo. Journal of Environmental Education 25(4):18-22.

Padua, S.* and S.K. Jacobson. 1993. A comprehensive approach to an environmental education program in Brazil. Journal of Environmental Education 24(4):29-36.

Jacobson, S.K., J.G. Robinson, J.D. Allan, K. Hansen, J.G. Schmitt, T. Moermond, and K.H. Redford. 1992. Nuts and bolts: Building graduate programs integrating conservation and sustainable development. The Environmental Professional 14:282-292.

Jacobson, S.K. and R. Robles. 1992. Ecotourism, sustainable development, and conservation education: Development of a tour guide training program in Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Environmental Management 16(6):701-713.

Jacobson, S.K. and S.M. Padua*. 1992. Parks and pupils: environmental education using national parks in developing countries. Childhood Education 68(5):290-293.

Jacobson, S.K. 1991. Resident attitudes about a national park and conservation in Sabah, Malaysia. Pp. 402-422. In Resident Populations and National Parks in Developing Nations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Policy Implications. West, P.C., and S. Brechin (Eds.), University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.

Jacobson, S.K. and J. Vandenberg. 1991. Reproductive biology of the endangered golden toad (Bufo periglenes). Journal of Herpetology 25(3):321-327.

Jacobson, S.K. 1991. Evaluation model for developing, implementing, and assessing conservation education programs: Examples from Costa Rica and Belize. Environmental Management 15(2):143-150.

Jacobson, S.K. 1990. A model for using a developing country's park system for conservation education. Journal of Environmental Education 22(1):19-25.

Jacobson, S.K. and J.G. Robinson. 1990. Training the new conservationist: cross disciplinary education in the 1990s. Environmental Conservation 17(4):319-327.

Jacobson, S.K. 1990. Graduate education in conservation biology. Conservation Biology 4(4):431-440.

Jacobson, S.K. 1990. The Malaysian National Park System. Pages. 253-272 In The International Handbook of National Parks and Nature Preserves. Allin, C.W. (Ed.), Greenwood Press, CT.

Jacobson, S.K. 1989. Mass media and park management: reaching the public beyond the park boundary. The Environmentalist 9(2):131-137.

Jacobson, S.K. 1988. Media effectiveness in a Malaysian Park System. Journal of Environmental Education 19:22-27.

Jacobson, S.K. 1988. The world's largest flowers and their future. Environmental Conservation 15:275-76.

Jacobson, S.K. and J.L. Hardesty. 1988. 'Diversity,' an editorial. Conservation Biology 2(2):221.

Jacobson, S.K. 1987. Conservation education programs: evaluate and improve them. Environmental Conservation 14(3):201-206.

Jacobson, S.K., 1987. Science Writing. Pages. 1-51. In Donahoo, R., Haagen, L., Jacobson, S., and Atwill W. (Eds.) Advanced Placement Course in English Language and Composition. Duke University Publication, Durham, N.C. 335 pp.

Jacobson, S.K. 1986. The development of a school program for Kinabalu Park, Sabah, Malaysia. Sabah Society Journal 7(2):313-223.

Jacobson, S.K. 1986. Effectiveness of a Mobile Unit Program, Kinabalu Park, Malaysia. Pages. 28-30. In Building Support for Conservation in Rural Areas, QLF/ Atlantic Center for the Environment Publication.

Jacobson, S.K. 1985. Reproductive behavior and male mating success in two species of glass frogs (Centrolenidae). Herpetologica 41(4):396-404.

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