2009 PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONFERENCE

Act Locally and Affect the Whole World

As a research scientist in natural history and ecology, Chris Maser has spent more than 25 years in forest, shrub steppe, sub-arctic, desert, coastal and agricultural settings. Trained primarily as a vertebrate zoologist, he served as a research mammalogist in Nubia, Egypt, with the Yale University Peabody Museum Prehistoric Expedition, as well as in Nepal, where he participated in a study of tick-borne diseases for the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit #3 based in Cairo, Egypt. Today, he is an independent author, as well as an international lecturer and facilitator in resolving environmental conflicts, vision statements and sustainable community development. He also is an international consultant in forest ecology and sustainable forestry practices.

When: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM

Room: PSU Theater