Publications

Link to Curriculum Vitae

BOOKS

Silver, E. J., & Wallen, K. E. (2025). Human dimensions of natural resources: Participation and research foundations. Waveland Press.

Chizinski, C. & Wallen, K. E. (Eds.). (2025). Human dimensions of wildlife management (3rd ed.). John Hopkins University Press


REFEREED ARTICLES


Wallen, K. E., Hammell, A., & Dentzman, K. (in-review). Diary study to explore survey frequency and burden. Survey Practice.


Shaw, K. E., Wallen, K. E. (in-review). Human dimensions of grizzly bear coexistence in the Bitterroot Ecosystem. Ursus.


Detoeuf, D., de Lange, E., Ibbett, H., Gupta, T., Monterrubio Solís, C., Mavakala, K., Capatani, M., Kretser, H., Milner-Gulland, E. J., Brittain, S., 

Newing, H., Fariss, B., Spira, C., Eyter, H., DeMello, N., Wallen, K. E., Thornton, S., Bennett, N. J., & Choo, L. L. (in-review). Gap analysis of social science resources for conservation practice. Conservation Biology.


Dietsch, A. M., Selinske, M. J., van Eeden, L. M., Blount-Hill, K. L., Hauptfeld, R. S., Banerjee, S., Brittain, S., Gelves-Gómez, F., Kaushik, A., Fischer, P. M., Kutub Uddin, M., & Wallen, K. E. (in-review). Commemorating a generation of the conservation social sciences. Conservation Biology.


Wallen, K. E. (2024). Show me the theory. Conservation Biology. http://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14379 PDF


Wallen, K. E. (2024). Psychometric adequacy of a survey attitude scale. Survey Practice. https://doi.org/10.29115/SP-2024-0016 PDF


Redmond, N. T., Wallen, K. E. (2024). Predictors of carnivore tolerance among census-designated and self-identified rural and urban residents in Idaho, USA. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. https://doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2024.2413975 PDF


Wallen, K. E., Robinson, K. W., Redmond, N. T., Shaw, K. E., & Vaske, J. J. (2024). Reflections on twenty-five years of Human Dimensions of Wildlife: A scoping review. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. https://doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2024.2364750 PDF


Reed, M. S., Merkle, B. G., Cook, E. J., Hafferty, C., Hejnowicz, A. P., Holliman, R., Marder, I. D., Pool, U., Raymond, C. M., Wallen, K. E., et al. (2024). Reimagining the language of engagement in a post-stakeholder world. Sustainability Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-024-01496-4 PDF


Paolini, K., Sisneros-Kidd, A., Gautier, N., Bonnie, R., Wallen, K. E., & Bennett, D. (2023). Perpetuating corridor conservation: Using public perception to advance big game management. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 47(4), e1496. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1496 PDF

Thomason, E. C., Wallen, K. E., & Katzner, T. E. (2023). Social and biological perspectives to investigate and address illegal shooting of raptors. Global Ecology and Conservation, 46, e02631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02631 PDF 

 

Linder, T. J., Wallen, K. E., Manley, S. W., & Osborne, D. C. (2023). Rice farmer enrollment and retention in a regional conservation partnership program in the southern United States. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 78(3), 222-223.
https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2023.00027 PDF

Spears, J. G., Wallen, K. E., & Osborne, D. C. (2022). Value similarity and trustworthiness predict support for waterfowl management policy. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 46, e1375. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1375 PDF

Lowe, B. S. Israel, G. D., Paudyal, R., & Wallen, K. E. (2022). The influence of evangelical and political identity on climate change views. Society and Natural Resources, 35(12), 1372-1389. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2022.2113486 PDF

Corsi, C. E., Corsi, M. P., Wallen, K. E., Bouwens, K. A., Kusierz, P. C., Shaw, K. E., Hall, N. E., Maroney, J. S., & Williams, J. S. (2022). From fragments to connections to restoration: A case history of emergent sociocultural services in the Clark Fork River and Lake Pend Oreille fishery. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management, 25(1), 6–15. https://doi.org/10.14321/aehm.025.01.06 PDF

 

Canney, A .C., McGough, L. M., Bickford, N. A., & Wallen, K. E. (2022). Systematic map of human-raptor interaction and coexistence research. Animals, 12(1), 45. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12010045 PDF

 

Johnson, D. N., Shipley, N. J., van Riper, C. J., Kyle, G. T., Wallen, K. E., Landon, A. C., & Absher, J. D. (2021). Place-based motivations and normative beliefs predict pro-environmental behavior across involvement profiles. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 35, 100377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jort.2021.100377 PDF

 

Kyle, G. T., Landon, A. C., J. J. Vaske, & Wallen, K. E. (2020). Tools for assessing the psychometric adequacy of latent variables in conservation research. Conservation Biology, 34(6), 1353–1363. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13625 PDF

Wallen, K. E., & Landon, A. C. (2020). Systematic map of conservation psychology. Conservation Biology, 34(6), 1339–1352. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13623 PDF

 

Dietsch, A. M., Clayton, S., Kyle, G. T., Kretser, H. E., Ma, Z., Vercammen, A., & Wallen, K. E. (2020). New directions in conservation psychology at a critical time. Conservation Biology, 34(6), 1335–1338. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13629 PDF

 

Sherman, G., Walkingstick, T., Wallen, K. E., & Pelkki, M. (2020). Architect familiarity and perceptions surrounding sustainable design, LEED, and engineered wood products in Arkansas. Journal of Sustainable Architecture and Civil Engineering, 27(2),16–31 https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.sace.27.2.25104 PDF

 

Wallen, K. E., & Bickford, N. (2020). Stakeholder perspectives on raptor conservation and falconry in North America. Global Ecology and Conservation, 24, e012802 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01280 PDF

Wallen, K. E., Spears, J. G., Linder, T. J., & Osborne, D. C. (2020). Climate change beliefs among waterfowl hunters in Arkansas. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. https://doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2020.1755477 PDF

 

Schummer, M. L., Simpson, J., Davis, B. Shirkey, B., & Wallen, K. E. (2020). Balancing waterfowl hunting opportunity and quality to recruit, retain, and reactivate. Wildlife Society Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1084 PDF

 

Jones, K., Abrams, J., Belote, T., Beltrán, B. J., Brandt, J., Carter, N., Castro, A. J., Chaffin, B. C., Metcalf, A., Roesch-McNally, G., Wallen, K. E., & Williamson, M. A. (2019). The American West as a social-ecological region: Drivers, dynamics and implications for nested social-ecological systems. Environmental Research Letters, 14, 115008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab4562 PDF

 

Wallen, K. E., Filbee-Dexter. K., Pittman, J., Posner, S., Alexander, S., Romulo, C. L., Bennett, D., Clark, E., Cousins, S., Dubik, B. A., Garcia, M., Haig, H., Koebele, E., Qui, J., Richards, R., Symons, S., & Zipper, S. (2019). Integrating team science into interdisciplinary graduate education: an exploration of the SESYNC Graduate Pursuit. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 9(2), 218–233. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-019-00543-2 PDF

 

van Riper, C. J., Yoon, J. I., Kyle, G. T., Wallen, K. E., Landon, A. C., & Raymond, C. M. (2019). The antecedents of place attachment in the context of an Australian national park. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 61, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2018.11.001 PDF

van Riper, C., Lum, C., Kyle, G. T., Wallen, K. E., Absher, J. D., & Landon, A. C. (2018). Values, motivations, and intentions to engage in pro-environmental behavior. Environment and Behavior, 52(4), 437–462. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916518807963 PDF

 

Wallen, K. E., & Kyle, G. T. (2018). Extending the return potential model with descriptive normative belief measures. Society and Natural Resources, 31(10), 1206–1212. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2018.1485991 PDF

 

Wallen, K. E., & Daut, E. F. (2018). The challenge and opportunity of behavior change methods to reduce demand for illegal wildlife. Nature Conservation, 26, 55–75. https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.26.22725 PDF

Wallen, K. E., & Kyle, G. T. (2018). The efficacy of message frames on recreational boaters’ aquatic invasive species mitigation behavioral intentions. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 23(4), 297–312. https://doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2018.1434705 PDF

 

Morris, E., van Riper, C. J., Kyle, G. T., Wallen, K. E., & Absher, J. D. (2018). Accounting for gender in a study of the motivation-involvement relationship. Leisure Sciences, 40(6), 494–507. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01490400.2016.1256799 PDF

Wallen, K. E., & Daut, E. F. (2017). Exploring social influence and social marketing to reduce consumer demand for illegal wildlife. Asian Journal of Conservation Biology, 6(1), 3–15. ISSN: 2278-7666 PDF

Wallen, K. E., & Romulo, C. L. (2017). Social norms: More details, please. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 117, E5283–E5284. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1704451114 PDF

Wallen, K. E. (2017). Focusing on structure and process to integrate and mainstream the social sciences in conservation. Conservation Biology, 31, 724–726. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12871 PDF

van Riper, C. J., Wallen, K. E., Landon, A. C., Petriello, M. A., Kyle, G. T., & Absher, J. D. (2016). Modeling the trust-risk relationship in a wildland recreation setting: A social exchange perspective. Journal of Outdoor Recreations and Tourism, 14, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jort.2016.03.001 PDF

 

Wallen, K. E., Landon, A. C., Kyle, G. T., Schuett, M. A., Leitz, J., & Kurzawski, K. (2016). Mode effect and response rate issues in mixed-mode survey research: Implications for recreational fisheries management. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 36, 852–863. https://doi.org/10.1080/02755947.2016.1165764 PDF


Petriello, M. A. & Wallen, K. E. (2015). Integrative reflections on the new conservation science debate. Biodiversity and Conservation, 24, 1549–1551. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0874-z PDF


Baum, K. A., & Wallen, K. E. (2011). Potential bias in pan trapping as a function of floral abundance. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 84, 155–159. https://doi.org/10.2317/JKES100629.1 PDF


Wallen, K. E. (2007). Effects of forest management on small mammal communities at Sugar Creek Conservation Area, Missouri. McNair Scholarly Review, 14, 173–184 PDF

BOOK CHAPTERS

Nolan, J. M., & Wallen, K. E. (2021). Social norms and persuasion. In D. D. Sokol & B. van Rooij Cambridge (Eds.), Cambridge handbook of compliance (pp. 404–421). Cambridge University Press. PDF

POLICY BRIEFS

Wilson, P., & Wallen, K. E. (2021). Hunting access in Idaho (No. 23). Policy Analysis Group, University of Idaho. LINK

​​​PREPRINTS

Wallen, K. E., & Bickford, N. A. (2024). Raptor persecution, conflict, and coexistence. SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/xnmq6 


Redmond, N. T., Wallen, K. E. (2024). Predictors of carnivore tolerance among census-designated and self-identified rural and urban residents in Idaho, USA. SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/ufkst


Wallen, K. E., Robinson, K. W., Redmond, N. T., Shaw, K. E., & Vaske, J. J. (2024). Scoping review of the first 25-years of Human Dimensions of Wildlife. SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/92eph


Canney, A., McGough, L., Bickford, N., & Wallen, K. E. (2021). Systematic map of human-raptor interaction and coexistence research. SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/zcmw6

 

Wallen, K. E., Hammell, A., & Dentzman, K. (2021). Exploratory diary study of survey request frequency among research professionals. SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/mrebz

 

Wallen, K. E., & Bickford, N. (2020). Stakeholder perspectives on raptor conservation and falconry in North America. SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/uapv8


Wallen, K. E. (2020). Wildlife stakeholders’ attitude toward surveys. SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/4f8eg

Wallen, K. E., & Landon, A. C. (2020). Systematic map of conservation social psychology research. SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/bjtfn

POPULAR PRESS

Morales, N. A., Gramza, A. R., Carr, W. A., & Wallen, K. E. (2021, September/October). The n of 1 problem. The Wildlife Professional, 50–53. PDF

 

Wallen, K. E. (2018, April 24). Illegal logging costs nations billions of dollars every year: Here's how social science can help curb it. The Conversation. LINK

 

Wallen, K. E. (2018, March 21). Tree board provides pruning do’s and don’ts. Advance-Monticellonian, p. 3A. LINK

 

Wallen, K. E. (2016). Bridging ecology, culture, and governance for effective conservation. Applied Biodiversity Science Perspectives Series, 6, 3. LINK

 

Wallen, K. E. (2015). Communicating action: Informing, improving, influencing. Applied Biodiversity Science Perspectives Series, 5, 3. LINK

 

Wallen, K. E. (2014). Why conservation? Communicating applied biodiversity science. BioDiverse Perspectives. LINK

 

Wallen, K. E. (2014). Our perspective: Communicating applied biodiversity science. Applied Biodiversity Science Perspectives Series, 4, 3. LINK

 

Wallen, K. E. (2013). The essential integration of cultural services and social value: Novel directions for ecosystem service management, valuation, and complexity. Applied Biodiversity Science Perspectives Series, 3, 1–9. LINK

TECHNICAL REPORTS

Wallen, K. E. (2022). Hunter crowding: Preliminary report on the Idaho resident elk and deer general seasons, 2021. Department of Natural Resources and Society, University of Idaho. PDF


Wallen, K. E., & Redmond, N. T. (2021). Hunter crowding: Preliminary report on the Idaho resident elk and deer general seasons, 2020. Department of Natural Resources and Society, University of Idaho. PDF

 

Wallen, K. E., & Redmond, N. T. (2021). Hunter crowding: Preliminary report on the Idaho resident elk and deer general seasons, 2019. Department of Natural Resources and Society, University of Idaho. PDF

 

Wallen, K. E., Hammell, A., & Dentzman, K. (2021). Exploratory diary study of survey request frequency among research professionals. Work paper prepared for the Multistate Research Coordinating Committee and Information Exchange Group, Improving Data Quality from Sample Surveys to Foster Agricultural, Community, and Development in Rural America (WERA-1010), U. S. Department of Agriculture. PDF

 

Wallen, K. E., & Liechty, H. O. (2019). Forests, utilities, and watersheds: Partners in source water protection. Report prepared for the Arkansas Forest Resources Center, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas System. PDF

 

Willits, F. K., Theodori, G. L., & Wallen, K. E. (2019). Effects of follow-up contacts on sample characteristics and substantive research findings in surveys: An exploratory analysis. Working paper prepared for the Multistate Research Coordinating Committee and Information Exchange Group, Improving Data Quality from Sample Surveys to Foster Agricultural, Community, and Development in Rural America (WERA-1010), U.S. Department of Agriculture. PDF

McPeake, R. J. S., Wallen, K. E., & Bennett, C. L. (2019). Assessment of feral hog activity and economic impact in Arkansas. Report prepared for the Arkansas Forest Resources Center, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas System (MP555-PD-8-2019N). PDF


Wallen, K. E. & Kyle, G. T. (2018). Aquatic invasive species in Texas freshwaters: A statewide survey of recreational boaters’ perceptions, preferences, and behaviors. Report prepared for the Inland Fisheries Divisions, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. PDF

 

Wallen, K. E., Kyle, G. T., Absher, J. D., & Van Riper, C. J. (2015). Carrying capacity and commercial services in the southern Sierra Nevada. Report prepared for the USDA Forest Service. PDF


Wallen, K. E. (2013). Perceptions of climate change among mountaineers in Parque Nacional Huascarán, Perú. Report prepared for the American Climber Science Program, American Alpine Club. PDF

Kyle, G. T., Schuett, M. A., Lee, K., Yoon, J. I., Ding, C., & Wallen, K. E. (2013). Demographics, participation, attitudes, and management preferences of Texas anglers. Report prepared for the Inland and Coastal Fisheries Divisions, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. PDF

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Kyle, G., Wallen, K. E., Landon, A., & Schuett, M. (2018). Mode effect and response rate issue in North American mixed-mode survey research: Implications for recreational fisheries management. In J. Dehez (Ed.), Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitors in Recreational and Protected Areas (pp. 349–351). ISBN: 975-2-9551251-1-3. PDF

 

Wallen, K. E., Landon, A. C., Kyle, G. T., & Schuett, M. (2014). The human dimension of fisheries survey research: An exploration of varied collection modes. Proceedings of the 66th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Conference (pp. 129–130). PDF