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Appendix
A
Committee and Staff Biographies
COMMITTEE
Patrick J. Sullivan (Chair) is an associate professor in the Department
of Natural Resources at Cornell University. Dr. Sullivan earned a Ph.D.
in biostatistics in 1988 from the University of Washington. His research
focuses on the assessment and management of fisheries resources and the
statistical modeling of biological systems.
F. Jay Breidt is a professor of statistics at Colorado State University. Dr.
Breidt earned a Ph.D. in statistics in 1991 from Colorado State Univer-
sity. His research focuses on non-Gaussian linear time series models,
environmental monitoring, and nonparametric regression in surveys.
Robert B. Ditton is a professor of wildlife and fisheries sciences at
Texas A&M University. Dr. Ditton earned a Ph.D. in recreation and park
administration in 1969 from the University of Illinois. His research
focuses on the sociology of natural resources with special attention to the
human dimensions of fisheries. He is a previous member of the Ocean
Studies Board.
Barbara A. Knuth is the Chair of the Department of Natural Resources
at Cornell University. Dr. Knuth earned a Ph.D. in fisheries and wildlife
sciences in 1986 from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univer-
sity. Her research focuses on risk perception, communication, and man-
agement of fisheries affected by chemical contaminants.
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Bruce M. Leaman is the Executive Director of the International Pacific
Halibut Commission and an affiliate professor in the School of Aquatic
and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington. Dr. Leaman
earned a Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia. His research
focuses on reproductive and evolutionary biology of long-lived fishes;
stock assessment; and fisheries governance, management, and harvest
policy.
Victoria M. O'Connell is the Groundfish Project Leader for the
Southeast Region of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Ms.
O'Connell earned a B.S. in fisheries from the University of Washington.
Her research focuses on the management of southeast Alaskan com-
mercial groundfish fisheries, including longline and pot fisheries for
sablefish, longline fisheries for rockfish, and jig and troll fisheries for
lingcod.
George R. Parsons is a professor in the Graduate College of Marine
Studies and Department of Economics at the University of Delaware. Dr.
Parsons earned a Ph.D. in economics in 1985 from University of
Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on the application of random
utility models to recreational fishing and hunting in Delaware; beach use
on the Mid-Atlantic, Texas, and New England coasts; and diving in the
Caribbean.
Kenneth H. Pollock is a professor of zoology, biomathematics, and
statistics at North Carolina State University. Dr. Pollock earned a Ph.D.
in biometry from Cornell University. His research focuses on sampling
methods used in wildlife and fisheries science and management, includ-
ing the design and analysis of recreational angler surveys.
Stephen J. Smith is a research scientist with the Bedford Institute of
Oceanography. Mr. Smith earned his B.Sc. degree in marine biology and
M.Sc. in statistics from the University of Guelph. His research focuses
on the application and design of surveys for marine populations, pop-
ulation dynamics models, and spatial analysis of species distributions in
conjunction with data on geology and oceanographic conditions.
S. Lynne Stokes is a professor of statistical science at Southern
Methodist University. Dr. Stokes earned a Ph.D. in statistics in 1976
from the University of North Carolina. Her research focuses on sampling
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methods, modeling of non-sampling errors in surveys, and disclosure
limitation methods.
STAFF
Christine Blackburn was a program officer with the Ocean Studies
Board until early 2006. She earned a Ph.D. in oceanography from the
Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Since receiving her doctorate, Dr.
Blackburn has been working in science policy. In 2003, she became a
policy associate for the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, where she
helped prepare the Commission's report. Dr. Blackburn is currently an
ocean program analyst with the California Coastal Conservancy.
David Policansky is a scholar and the director of the Program in Applied
Ecology and Natural Resources in the Board on Environmental Studies
and Toxicology. Dr. Policansky earned a Ph.D. in biology from the Uni-
versity of Oregon. His areas of expertise include genetics; evolution; and
ecology, including the effects of fishing on fish populations, ecological
risk assessment, natural resource management, and how science is used
in informing policy.
Susan Park is an associate program officer with the Ocean Studies
Board. She earned a Ph.D. in oceanography in 2004 from the University
of Delaware. Her dissertation focused on the range expansion of the
nonnative Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus. In the summer of
2002, she participated in the Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology
Graduate Policy Fellowship with the Ocean Studies Board. Prior to
joining the Ocean Studies Board in 2006, Dr. Park worked on aquatic
invasive species management with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal
Zone Management and the Northeast Aquatic Nuisance Species Panel.
Jodi Bostrom is a research associate with the Ocean Studies Board. She
earned a B.S. in zoology in 1998 from the University of Wisconsin-
Madison. Since starting with the Ocean Studies Board in May 1999, Ms.
Bostrom has worked on several studies pertaining to fisheries, marine
mammals, nutrient over-enrichment, and ocean exploration. She will
earn an M.S. in environmental science from American University in
December 2006.
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Phillip Long was a program assistant for the Ocean Studies Board and
recently became a senior program assistant with the Board on Physics
and Astronomy. He earned a B.S. in chemistry and a B.A. in history from
the University of Portland. Before coming to the National Academies,
Mr. Long worked as a medical research assistant at the Oregon Health
Sciences University.
Carrie Wall is a graduate research assistant with the Institute for Marine
Remote Sensing at the University of South Florida. She earned an M.S.
in biological oceanography in 2006 from the University of South Florida.
Ms. Wall has worked on research projects pertaining to marine mam-
mals, environmental education, wetlands restoration, sea turtles, fish-
eries, ocean policy, and remote sensing.