Wendy R. Eisner
Professor
Department of Geography
University of Cincinnati
United States of America
Biography
My research links past vegetation and climatic processes with the wider physical environment, and is specifically concerned with the range of variability at which temporal and spatial landscape changes take place. I am primarily engaged in research in the Arctic. I am very interested in impact of Global Climate Change in the Arctic and the interactions of the indigenous people and scientists in the Arctic. I also study gender roles in prehistoric and ethnographic contexts and Women in Science. My current project is specifically concerned with the impact of humans on the environment. I am developing a project with Alaskan Native elders to incorporate their perceptions and understanding of their environment in order to improve our scientific knowledge of the Arctic region.
Research Interest
Research Areas: Paleoecology, paleoclimatology, Arctic system science, human impacts on the environment, human cultural evolution
Publications
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Eisner, W.R., Cuomo, C.J., Hinkel, K.M., Jones, B.J. and Brower, R.H., Sr. (2009). Advancing landscape change research through the incorporation of Iñupiaq Knowledge. Arctic, 62(4), 429-442.
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Eisner, W. R., Jelacic, J., Cuomo, C.J., Kim, C.J., Hinkel, K.M., 2012, Producing an Indigenous Knowledge Web GIS for Arctic Alaska Communities: Challenges, Successes, and Lessons Learned, Transactions in GIS 16 (1) pp. 17-37.
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Eisner, W. R.; Hinkel, K.M.; Cuomo, C.J.; Beck, R.A., 2012, Environmental, Cultural, and Social Change in Arctic Alaska as Observed by Iñupiat Elders Over Their Lifetimes: A GIS Synthesis, Polar Geography. DOI:10.1080/1088937X.2012.724463
