Barbara Knuth

• Ph.D. 1986 in Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Tech
• M.En. 1982 in Environmental Science, Miami University
• B. Phil. 1980 in Interdisciplinary Studies, Miami University
• A.B. 1980 in Zoology, Miami University

Barbara oversees a research program focusing on the social science and policy dimensions of ecosystem-based management in Great Lakes and marine systems, risk communication and management associated with chemical contaminants in fish, and environmental stewardship related to fisheries resources.  Through theory-development and empirical studies, her research program advances understanding and practice related to conservation social sciences and aims to foster integration of social science and natural/physical science information within natural resource management and policy decision making processes.  She is also involved with research projects on advancing equity and inclusion in graduate education. 

Fisheries-related outreach activities focus primarily on advising state, national, tribal, and international environmental and natural resource management agencies and scientific organizations on issues related to health benefits and risks of fish consumption, ecosystem-based management, and planning and decision-making processes.  Higher education outreach focuses on improving graduate education, particularly in the areas of doctoral student professional development, mental health, equity and inclusion, and faculty mentoring.

Selected Publications

• Knuth, B.A.  2019.  Politically-relevant fisheries science:  Reflections on the work of Henry Regier, or, lessons from the sassy scientist.  Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management.  22:3, 258-262.  DOI: 10.1080/14634988.2019.1652533
• Connelly, N.A., Lauber, T.B., McCann, P.J., Niederdeppe, J., and Knuth, B.A.  2019.  Estimated exposure to mercury from fish consumption among women anglers of childbearing age in the Great Lakes region.  Environmental Research.  171:11-17.  DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.01.005
• Niederdeppe, J., Connelly, N.A., Lauber, T.B., and Knuth, B.A. 2019. Effects of a personal narrative in messages designed to promote healthy fish consumption among women of childbearing age. Health Communication.  34(8): 825-837. DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2018.1437526
• Connelly, N.A., Lauber, T.B., Niederdeppe, J., and Knuth, B.A. 2018.  Using a web-based diary method to estimate risks and benefits from fish consumption. Risk Analysis. Risk Analysis. 38(6):1116-1127.  DOI: 10.1111/risa.12925
• Lauber, T.B., Connelly, N.A., Niederdeppe, J., and Knuth, B.A. 2018. Effects of an advisory brochure on fish consumption of urban anglers in the Great Lakes region. Risk Analysis. 38(7):1405-1421. DOI: 10.1111/risa.12953
• Triezenberg, H.A. and B.A. Knuth.  2018.  Predicting positive outcomes for waterfowl hunters and waterfront residents.  Journal of Wildlife Management and Wildlife Monographs.  82(6):1311-1319.  DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21471
• Biedron, I., and B.A. Knuth.  2016.  Toward shared understandings of ecosystem-based fisheries management among fishery management councils and stakeholders in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and New England regions.  Marine Policy.  70:40-48.
• Knuth, B.A., T.L., Brown, and K.M. Hunt.  2013.  Measuring the human dimensions of recreational fisheries.  Chapter 21 in  A. Zale, D. Parrish, and T. Sutton, eds. Fisheries Techniques, 3rd edition.  American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD.
• Lepak, J., H. Shayler, C. Kraft, and B. Knuth. 2009.  Mercury contamination in sport fish in the Northeastern United States: Considerations for future data collection.  BioScience. 59: 174-181.
• Knuth, B.A. and W.F. Siemer, editors. 2007.  Aquatic Stewardship Education in Theory and Practice. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 55, Bethesda, Maryland.
• Zanetell, B.A. and B.A. Knuth. 2004. Participation rhetoric or community-based management reality?  Influences on willingness to participate.  World Development. 32(5): 793-807.
• Hites, R.A., J.A. Foran, D.O. Carpenter, M.C. Hamilton, B.A. Knuth, and S.J. Schwager. 2004. Global assessment of organic contaminants in farmed salmon. Science. 303: 226-229.
• Connelly, N.A., and B.A. Knuth.  2002.  Using the coorientation model to compare community leaders' and residents' views about Hudson River ecosystem restoration.  Society and Natural Resources. 15(10): 933-948.

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• Dean-in-Residence, Council of Graduate Schools, 2020-2021.
• Debra W. Stewart Award for Outstanding Leadership in Graduate Education, Council of Graduate Schools, 2019.
• Fellow, American Fisheries Society, 2015.
• Gerald H. Cross Outstanding Alumni Leadership Award, Virginia Tech Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, 2007.
• Dwight A. Webster Memorial Award of Merit, Northeastern Division of the American Fisheries Society, 2006.
• Faculty Program Member of the Year, Cornell University Community Development Office, 2004. 
• United States Department of Agriculture Food and Agricultural Sciences Excellence in College and University Teaching Award, Northeast Region, 2002.
• Distinguished Service Award, American Fisheries Society, 1999.
• Teaching Award of Merit, National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture and Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 1999.
• Distinguished Teaching Award, Cornell Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta, 1999.
• Constance E. Cook and Alice H. Cook Recognition Award, Cornell Advisory Committee on the Status of Women, 1999.
• Kellogg Fellow in Food and Agricultural Policy, National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy, Resources for the Future, 1987.
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