Jesse Abrams

Jesse Abrams is Associate Professor of Natural Resource Policy and Sustainability at the University of Georgia's Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. He holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Forest Resources from Oregon State University and a B.A. in Environmental Studies from New College of Florida. Between 2004 and 2007, he worked for the Ecological Restoration Institute at Northern Arizona University. After receiving his doctoral degree in 2011, he spent two years as Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington and five years as Research Associate at the Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment at the University of Oregon. He previously held various non-academic positions with the National Park Service, Missouri Department of Conservation, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and other agencies and organizations.