Bill McConnell
Associate Director
Office Phone: 517-432-7108
Email: mcconn64@msu.edu
Link to CV: Bill McConnell's CV
Education:
Ph.D., Graduate School of Geography, Clark University. 2000
M.A., Program in International Development and Social Change, Clark University. 1993
B.Sc., College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley. 1983
Bio:
Bill McConnell is associate director of the MSU Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability. He came to MSU from Indiana University, where he helped coordinate a network of global-change scientists focusing on land use and land-cover change. This broad perspective on global issues is balanced by his research and engagement on sustainability at the local level in the United States as well as in Africa and, more recently, in China.
Research Interests:
sustainability, land-use and land-cover change, Africa
Publications
| Title | Book/Journal | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Research on Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS): Approach, Challenges, and Strategies | Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America | 2011 |
| Panda Preservation: Remote sensing helps counter natural and human complications | GeoWorld | 2010 |
| Effects of Natural Disasters on Conservation Policies: The Case of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, China | Ambio | 2010 |