370 North Case Hall
842 Chestnut Road
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48825
T: (517) 432-2199
F: (517) 432-1804
dbk@msu.edu

I am jointly appointed at Michigan State University between James Madison College, a liberal arts, public policy, residential college for undergraduate students and the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife. My research interests center around three broad themes: 1) the conservation of biodiversity, 2) land and water interactions, and 3) global change science, particularly the effects of globalization on remote communities in ecologically rich regions of the world.

Academic Positions
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Associate Professor, James Madison College and Department of Fisheries and Wildlife

St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, USA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics

Qualifications
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
PhD in Conservation Biology, Advisor - Dr. Stephen Polasky

Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Bermuda
Coral Reef Ecology Field Course, Instructor – Dr. Zvi Dubinsky

University of Minnesota, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
MA in Environmental Policy and International Development, Advisor - Dr. Robert Kudrle

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
BA in Philosophy, BS in Biology, Advisor – Dr. Holmes Rolston