Rachel Smith

PhD Candidate
BA  Bioethics  Whitman College, 2003
AAS  Chemistry/Environmental Science  Everett Community College, 1999

216 Giannini Hall
Berkeley, California, United States 94720-3114
smithrc@nature.berkeley.edu
 cell: 626-823-6964  
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I'm interested in exploring how stakeholders and communities can be effectively involved in collaborative fire risk abatement planning.

Annually, the National Science Foundation awards 1,000 fellowships to graduate students for full support. I've posted examples of successful NSF proposals and other application advice at: www.rachelcsmith.com/NSF.html

Smith, R. An International Survey of Wildland Fire: Global Problem, Local Solutions. Thomas J. Watson Foundation, 2004.

The Global Fire Partnership: The Nature Conservancy, The International Conservation Union, and the World-Wide Fund for Nature. Fire, Ecosystems and People: the Preliminary Fire Assessment Executive Summary. The Nature Conservancy, 2005.

Smith, R.C., Shlisky, A., Waugh, J., Stephens, S., Moritz, M., and R. Myers. Fuego Como Edición Global de la Conservación. Conference proceedings, Primer Taller Internacional sobre Manejo del Fuego, 2006.

Smith, R., Shlisky, A., Waugh, J., Stephens, S., and Moritz, M. Fire as a Global Conservation Issue” To be published in: Conference proceedings 3rd International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, 2006.

Shlisky, A., Waugh, J., Stephens, S., Moritz, M., Smith, R. and R. Myers. “Fire as a Global Conservation Issue: Regional Collaboration Toward Collective Action”. To be published in: Conference proceedings IALE World Congress, 2007.