KEVIN PREISTER

EDUCATION

Ph.D.  1994            University of California at Davis, Anthropology

                               emphasis in economic development, Latin America, and applied social change.

M.S.   1979            Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., Anthropology.

B.S.   1971              Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO., with distinction, Psychology.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Managing Director, Social Ecology Associates, P.O. Box 3493, Ashland, Oregon 97520, 1997.

Lecturer, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon, 1991-98, courses in cultural and applied anthropology, and conflict studies.  University teaching assistant: Department of Anthropology, University of California at Davis, 1985-7; Department of Anthropology, Catholic University, Washington, D.C., 1977-8.

Staff anthropologist, Director, Community Action Program, The Rogue Institute for Ecology and Economy, September 1993 to 1997.

Executive Director, Peace House (affiliate with Fellowship of Reconciliation), Ashland, Oregon, devoted to principles of nonviolent social justice, 1992-93.

Research associate and program director, The Foundation for Urban and Neighborhood Development (FUND), Inc., Denver, Colorado, 1980-85.

CONSULTATIVE PRACTICE:  APPLIED RESEARCH AND ACTION PROJECTS

2000    Issue Management for a proposed Multi-Use Park along the Middle Snake River, for the National Park Service and South Central Idaho Recreation and Tourism Development Association (SCIRTDA).

2000            "Preparing for Change in High Desert of Central Oregon: Using Human Geographic Boundaries to Create Partnerships," A report to the Central Oregon Initiative of the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and the Prineville BLM, July.

2000            Developing a collaborative planning process for the Southern Bradshaw Mountains, Arizona with the Bureau of Land Management and other partners.

1999            "Making Connections: Research and Action Planning for Economic Development in the Illinois River Valley." Cave Junction, Oregon: the Illinois Valley Community Response Team with a grant from Oregon State Lottery through the Rural Investment Fund administered by the State Office of Economic and Community Development Department.

1999            "Building Our Communities: An Organizational Evaluation of the Sunny Wolf Community Response Team." Wolf Creek, Oregon: The Sunny Wolf Community Response Team, June.

1999    An Issue Management Approach to Off-Highway Recreational Vehicle Park Development, Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division, California Department of Parks and Recreation, the James Kent Associates.

1994-9 Project management services, "Ethnography as a management tool," for federal land management agencies.  -Bureau of Land Management, 1994-97;  -Rogue River National Forest, 1996; Chattahoochee National Forest, 1998; Mt. Hood National Forest, 1999; Region 6 office, 1999.

1998-9            "Human Geographic Mapping: Tool for Integrated Resource Management"; five year Cooperative Agreement with Bureau of Land Management, Office of Assessment, Planning and Community Support, 1998; Applied ethnography in natural resource management using GIS technology to map cultural dimensions of society.

1998    "A Market Study of Various Forest Products and Fee-for-Services Opportunities for the Sunny Wolf Community Response Team," Social Ecology Associates.

1997    The McKenzie Discovery Process: Grounding Forest Managers in Community Process. Willamette             National Forest, Blue River District. Social Ecology Associates.

1997            Identifying community issues related to forest management projects, Applegate Valley, Oregon.             Bureau of Land Management, Grants Pass Resource Area, Social Ecology Associates.

1997            Outreach and Education Project, Upper Rogue Watershed Council, Shady Cove, Oregon. The      Rogue Institute.

1997            "Walking Through a Narrow Gate: The Prospects for a Log Sort Yard in Southern Oregon,"             Wells             Fargo National Bank for the Rogue Institute.

1996    The State of Oregon's Regional Problem Solving Program Applied to Aggregate Development in Josephine County: A Successful Community-Based Approach to Policy, Applegate River Watershed Council.

1996            "Strategic Planning in the Applegate Valley: Issues and Priorities in Phase One of the Planning             Process." Medford, Oregon: Rogue River National Forest.

1996            "Community Issues and Opportunities in Sunny Valley, Oregon," Report of citizen effort to Sunny   Wolf Community Response Team. Ashland, Oregon: The Rogue Institute.

1996            Community Mobilization Project. Report: "It's that 1%: A Social Assessment of White City, Oregon." Jackson County Urban Renewal Agency and the White City Community Improvement Association

1995            Community Issues Regarding the Master Transportation Plan. City of Grants Pass, Oregon,             Josephine County, and the Rogue Valley Council of Governments.

1995    Issue Management Pilot Project. Report: "I Feel Famous Here: Community Issues Regarding             Transportation and Growth in Talent, Oregon." Oregon Department of Transportation and the             Rogue             Valley Council of Governments.

1995            Outreach and Education Project, Applegate Valley, Oregon, State Watershed Health Program.             Report: "Stewardship in the Applegate Valley: Issues and Opportunities in Watershed             Restoration."

1994-7 Empowerment and Improved Service Delivery in Distressed Neighborhoods, West Medford Community Coalition, Medford, Oregon. Report: "No One is Thrown Away: The West Medford Community Coalition and Opportunities for Change."

1994            Strategic Planning for Four Rogue Valley Communities.  Rogue Valley Council of Governments, Central Point, Oregon. Reports: "Rural Past and Urban Future: A Community Assessment of Eagle Point," "Growing Like Topsy: A Community Assessment of Shady Cove, Oregon," "Losing Our Rural Patience: A Community Assessment of Rogue River, Oregon," and "A Little Gem in the Rough: A Community Assessment of Gold Hill, Oregon."

1994-7            Consultation with Bureau of Land Management (Grants Pass Resource Area), Forest Service (Rogue River National Forest) on planning, public participation, and social/economic components of ecosystem health (assessment and monitoring).

1993            Community assessment for the Applegate Partnership, Rogue River National Forest, Siskiyou National Forest, and Bureau of Land Management.  Words Into Action: A Community Assessment of the Applegate Valley.  Ashland, OR.: The Rogue Institute for Ecology and Economy, May.

1993    Hot meals program for homeless youth, Ashland, Oregon, Peace House.  "Kids Are Stuck: Street People and Panhandling in Ashland, Oregon," Ashland City Council and Chamber of Commerce, September.

1992            Research and program development for homeless youth in Jackson County.  "Out-of-Home Youth and Housing Programs Serving Them:  Implications for Jackson County," (with John M. Burns). Medford, OR.: Youthworks, Inc. and Jackson County Youth Services Commission, October.

1990    The use of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to affect transportation decisions.  "The Use of NEPA to Mitigate Construction Impacts on Highway 82: The Light Rail Alternative" (with James A. Kent, Mark Welsh, Robert Schultz), a report to the City of Aspen, Colorado.

1989    The identification and resolution of issues related to the operation of Superfund, Aspen, Colorado.  "Our Lives Are On Hold: The Prospects for Issue Management with the Aspen Superfund Site," The Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8, Nov. 21.

1988    Social risk analysis for gold mine development in an urban recreation area, Mt. Shasta, CA., Coca Mines, Denver, CO.

1987    The promotion of tourism development as a mechanism for economic diversification, City of Matewan, West Virginia.

1986    Local and community issues related to hardwood range management in the State of California.  "Steaks and Stakes: Extensions' Linkages on the Hardwood Range," A report to Cooperative Extension, University of California at Davis, July (with Joan Wright).

1985            Evaluation of resettlement projects and training in community description, El Salvador.  "Promoting Self-Sufficiency in Resettlement Projects," for World Vision International, Monrovia, CA., by the Foundation for Urban and Neighborhood Development (FUND), Inc., September.

1985    Social feasibility of a food irradiation facility in Guatemala. "Social Feasibility Study: Caribbean Area Food Irradiation," for National Food Processors Association and U.S. Department of Energy through the U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington D.C., May.

1984    Social risk management, Chevron U.S.A., Richmond, CA.

1984            Culturally-appropriate oil and gas leasing program, Northern Ute Indian Reservation, Ft. Duchesne, Utah, Lear Petroleum, Denver, CO.

1983    Social boundary identification in the Pacific Northwest as an aid to project planning, U.S. West, Seattle, WA.

1982            Community assessment for oil and gas development, Yakima Reservation, Washington State.  "Protecting Future Generations Through Energy Development," Lear Petroleum, Denver, CO.: Foundation for Urban and Neighborhood Development, Inc., July (with Linda Bacigalupi and Jeronimo Soliz).

1982    Social and economic assessment of Homestake II water diversion project near Vail, CO.  "Homestake II Water Diversion Project: A Social and Economic Assessment," Cities of Aurora and Colorado Springs, CO.  Denver, CO.: Foundation for Urban and Neighborhood Development (FUND), Inc., February (with Robert Gallegos).

1981            Assessment of interests of Denver neighborhoods related to the cable franchise.  "Assessment of Interests and Issues of Denver Neighborhoods Related to the Cable Franchise," United Cable. Denver, CO.: Foundation for Urban and Neighborhood Development, Inc.

1980    Social impact assessment of the proposed Adam's Rib Recreational Area.  A Future in Motion: Social Impact Assessment for Adam's Rib Recreational Area (with Robert Gallegos), April, 1981; Impact Questions Regarding the Lower Eagle valley:  A Summary of Issues, Concerns and Opportunities to be Used in the Review of the Adam's Rib Recreational Area (with Robert Gallegos and the Joint Review Committee), November, 1980; Social Impact Assessment for Adam's Rib Recreational Area: Report No. 1, The Current Situation (with Robert Gallegos, James Kent and Kathi Cannan), March, 1980.  Hospital Builders Inc., St. Louis, MO., Denver, CO.: Foundation for Urban and Neighborhood Development.

CONSULTATIVE PRACTICE: TRAINING PROGRAMS IN SOCIAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Training workshops have been conducted for industry and government groups seeking to improve the social responsiveness of their development programs.  The training is based on ethnographic fieldwork involving direct contact with affected people in order to broaden understanding of diverse points of view.  Such understanding offers the basis for structuring management practices and for integrating community and organizational goals.  From one day to six months in length, the training is useful for day-to-day operations, project planning and implementation, and strategic planning.

2000            "Building Community Partnerships: Tools for Discovery and Action." Canon City BLM. 1999: John Day-Snake Resource Advisory Council, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Services. 1997: Rogue River National Forest.

2000    "Using Social Ecology to Address NEPA's Requirement for Productive Harmony," Phoenix Field Office of BLM, Two Day Course, February 14-19.

1997-2000             "Community-Based Partnerships and Ecosystems for a Healthy Environment," Phoenix, Arizona; Bend, Oregon; Ely, Nevada; Elko, Nevada, Pinedale, Wyoming, Tonopah, Nevada, Safford, Arizona; Bureau of Land Management National Training Center.

1999            "Learning Community: Linking People, Place and Perspective," a three-day course developed and implemented under the auspices of BLM's National Training Center in Phoenix, Arizona.

1996    "Public Participation in Environmental Decision-Making," program for Russian delegation sponsored             by U.S. Agency for International Development,  July 26-27.

1995    Issue Management: Cultural Alignment in the 1990s, U.S. Forest Service (Rogue River National             Forest) and Bureau of Land Management (Ashland Resource Area).

1995    Issue Management in the Nineties, U.S. Forest Service, Southeast Region, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

1990    Four-forest networking seminar.  U.S. Forest Service, Willamette, Siuslaw, Mt. Hood, & Gifford Pinchot National Forests, Region 6, Portland, OR.

1990    Impact management for economic transition, Lolo National Forest, City and County of Missoula, Dept. of State Lands, Dept. of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Missoula, MT.

1990    Issue-centered strategic planning, Homeless and Housing Project of the Jackson County Community Services Consortium, United Way, Medford, OR.

1985    World Vision Project Office, San Salvador, El Salvador.

1984    City of Vancouver, WA., City of Bellevue, WA., U.S. Forest Service, Portland, OR.

1984    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento, CA.

1982    Oil and gas industry representatives, Farmington, N.M.

1982            University of Denver, MBA program in Energy Management.

1980    Bureau of Forest Development, Division of Natural Resources, Republic of the Philippines.

PUBLICATIONS

1999            "Sectoral Relations and Dependency in a First World Peripheral Area: The Case of Oregon's South Coast." (In press)

1999             "Methods for the Development of Human Geographic Boundaries and Their Uses", in partial completion of Cooperative Agreement No. 1422-P850-A8-0015 between James Kent Associates and the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Task Order No. 001.

1997   "Social Ecology: A New Pathway to Watershed Restoration."  in Watershed Restoration: Principles and Practices, by Jack E. Williams, Michael P. Dombeck and Christopher A. Wood, Editors. Bethesda, Md.: The American Fisheries Society (with James A. Kent).

1996    "Social Ecology in Ecosystem Restoration," in The Role of Restoration in Ecosystem             Management, David L. Pearson & Charles V. Klimas (eds), pp. 199-207. Madison, WI.: Society             for Ecological Restoration (with James A. Kent).

1994    From Natural Resource Sectors to Trade and Services Sectors Along South Oregon's Coast:  A Case Study in Economic Transition.  Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.  Davis: University of California.

1992    "The Theory and Management of Tourism Impacts," IN Tourism Environment: Nature, Culture, Economy, Tej Vir Singh, Valene L. Smith, Mary Fish & Linda K. Richter (eds.), pp. 148-60.  New Delhi: Inter-India Publications.  Also in, Tourism Recreation Research, Vol. XIV (1): 15-22, 1989.

1987    "Issue-Centered Social Impact Assessment," IN Anthropological Praxis - Translating Knowledge Into Action, Robert W. Wulff & Shirley J. Fiske (eds.), pp. 39-55.  Boulder, CO.: Westview Press.

1984            "Clinical Sociological Perspectives on Social Impacts: From Assessment to Management," Clinical Sociological Review, Vol. 2, pp. 120-132 (with James A. Kent); also published as "The Issue-Centered Approach to Social Impacts: From Assessment to Management," Social Impact Assessment, No. 71/72, Nov.-Dec. 1981.

1982            "Making a Difference: Linking Anthropological Fieldwork with Government and Industry Decision-Making," in Highlights, Second Annual Meeting, High Plains Section, Society for Applied Anthropology, Boulder, CO., February.

1979    "Role Relations With A Social Network: Adaptive Behavior as a Vehicle for Sobriety,"  M.S. Thesis, Washington D.C.: Catholic University of America.

AWARDS AND OFFICES HELD

1988            Recipient, Rural Policy Fellowship, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.  Title:  "From Natural Resource Sectors to Trade and Services Sectors Along South Oregon's Coast:  A Case Study in Economic Transition."

1981            Honorary Praxis Award by the Washington Association of Professional Anthropologists, Washington D.C.  Title: "The Issue-Centered Approach to Social Impact Assessment."

PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES

1999    Annual Meeting, Society for Applied Anthropology, Tucson, Arizona, April 21-25. Title: "Human Geographic Mapping and Issue Management: Tools for Integrated Resource Management."

1997            Sustainability: From Ethics to Action, University of Washington Department of Landscape             Architecture and the National Park Service. May 22-23, Seattle. Title: "Community-Based Policy             Development."

1997    Annual Meeting, Oregon Society of American Foresters, May 6-8, Coos Bay, Oregon. Title:             "Demographics/Changing Values and Needs."

1997            H.O.P.E.S. Eco Design Arts Conference, April 11-13, University of Oregon, Eugene. Title: "The             Discovery of Community for Citizen Activism in Land Use Decisions."

1997            Klamath Basin Restoration and Management Conference, March 11-13, Yreka, California. Title:             "Social Ecology: A New Pathway to Watershed Restoration" (with James A. Kent).

1997    Society for Applied Anthropology, March 4-9, Seattle, Washington. Title: "Shift Happens:             Anthropological Contributions to Paradigm Changes in Natural Resource Management and       Human Service Delivery in the Pacific Northwest."

1996    Society for Applied Anthropology, March 27-31, Baltimore, Maryland. Title: "Rural and Urban   Stories in an End Time: The Social Ecology of Ecosystem Management."

1995    Society for Ecological Restoration, September 26-29, University of Washington, Seattle,             Washington. Title: "The Social Ecology of Watershed Restoration."

1994            Creating Community Sustainability Across America, Community Sustainability Resource Institute, Silver Spring, Maryland, November 16-19, 1994.  Title:  "Informal Community Systems and the Applegate Partnership."

1993            Partners In Change, Oakridge, Oregon, Rogue Institute for Ecology and Economy, October 14-16.  Title: "How to Understand and Involve the Community in Ecosystem Management."

1992            American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, CA., Dec. 2-5.  Title: "A Case Study in Economic Transition: From Natural Resource Sectors to Trade and Services Along South Oregon's Coast."

1988    First Global Conference: Tourism--A Vital Force for Peace, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Oct. 23-27.  Title: "The Theory and Management of Tourism Impacts."

1986    Society for Applied Anthropology, Reno, Nevada.  Title: "The Practical Uses of Ethnography in the Development of Socially-Responsive Management Systems."

1982            Western Social Science Association, Denver, CO.  Title: "The Development of Social Impact Management Systems."

1982            Member of Program Planning Committee for the First International Conference on Social Impact Assessment, Vancouver, British Columbia, October.  Presenter of paper entitled, "Social Risk Management: Toward Impact Prevention."

1982    New Perspectives on Planning in the West, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ., March.  Title: "The Introduction of Social Impact Management to Urban Planning: The Honolulu Case."