Janet A Cushing
Deputy Chief
Wildlife Science
The U.S. Geological Survey
United States Virgin Islands
Biography
Janet Cushing is the Deputy Chief of the USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center (NCCWSC). She serves as the principal administrative manager for NCCWSC, providing strategic technical and administrative advice to NCCWSC and the eight regional Department of Interior Climate Science Centers (CSCs), and leads the planning and implementation of administrative processes and systems throughout the NCCWSC-CSC network.
Research Interest
water resources planning; managing an ecosystem restoration planning class; investigating the implications of climate change effects on Corps programs; incorporating environmental justice analyses into the Corps Planning Process; and coastal resilience through the Systems Approach to Geomorphic Engineering program.
