Emily J Wilkins, PhD

Emily Wilkins is a Research Social Scientist in the Social and Economic Analysis Branch (SEA) at the USGS Fort Collins Science Center. Broadly, she conducts human dimensions research to help inform public land and outdoor recreation management. Emily earned her Ph.D. at Utah State University in environment and society. She also has a M.S. in forest resources from the University of Maine, and a B.S. in environmental science and policy from Drake University. Much of her past research has focused on how weather affects visitors to public lands, and how to use freely available online data (for example, social media) to help inform public land management. She enjoys programming in R, working with geospatial data, and conducting survey research to help better understand visitors to public lands.