Althea Hotaling Hagan
Director: Online Masters of Wildlife and Fisheries Resources Program
Forestry and Environmental Conservation Department
Office: 245 Lehotsky
Phone: 864-656-4823
Email: shotali@clemson.edu
Educational Background
Educational Background
Ph.D. Interdisciplinary Ecology
University of Florida 2014
M.S. Interdisciplinary Ecology
University of Florida 2008
B.S. Marine Biology
University of West Florida 2003
Courses Taught
Environmental Education WFB 4200/6200
Restoration Ecology ENR 4130/6130
Graduate Seminar FNR 8080
Profile
I am an ecologist whose research interests focus broadly on restoration ecology. I work across ecosystems to test restoration theories and improve restoration techniques. I currently have projects in the fire dependent southern blue ridge, longleaf pine of the coastal plain, and fall line stream systems in SC.
Research Interests
Restoration, Wetland Ecology, Novel Ecosystems, Disturbance Processes, Adaptive Collaborative Management, Environmental Law and Policy, Environmental Education and Sustainability, Applied Participatory Research
Publications
Hotaling Hagan, A., M. Monroe, R. Swett (2017). Facilitating and Measuring Social Learning During a Workshop Designed to Foster Adaptive Collaborative Management. Society and Natural Resources (in review).
Hotaling Hagan, A., R. Swett, T. Frazer, L. Rex Ellis (2017). A Spatial Model to Improve Site Selection for Seagrass Restoration in Shallow Boating Environments. Journal of Environmental Management 186, 42-54.
Hotaling, A., B. Lingle, T. Ankersen (2011). Comprehensive Seagrass Restoration Planning in Southwest Florida: Science, Law and Management. Sea Grant Law and Policy Journal 4:1, 61-78.
Hotaling, A., F. Percival, W. Kitchens, J. Kasbohm (2010). The Persistence of the Endangered Florida Salt Marsh Vole in the salt marshes of the Central Florida Gulf Coast. Southeastern Naturalist 9:4, 795-802.
Hotaling, A., J. Martin, W. Kitchens (2009). Estimating Transition Probabilities among Everglades Wetland Communities using Multistate Models. Wetlands 29:4, 1224-1233.