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Kathryn Bills WalshPost-Doc
Research Social Scientist
406-924-9779  **Degrees** ****Ph.D.                   Montana State University                 Earth Sciences (Geography)      2020 M.A.                    University of Victoria                        Geography                              2012 B.A.                     Keene State College                          Geography                             2010  **Research Interests** Dr. Walsh is an environmental social scientist working with RRSRU and the USDA Northern Plains Climate Hub to study the human dimensions of rangeland management. Katie’s research uses qualitative social science methods to examine the interaction between social and ecological systems related to ranch and landscape-level decision making in response to weather variability, market forces, and competing demands on the landscape.  **Publications****** **Walsh, K.B.**and Rose, J. 2022.A Review of Restoration Techniques and Outcomes for Rangelands Affected by Oil and Gas Production in North America.*Ecological Restoration*40(4), 259-269.doi:10.3368/er.40.4.259 Taylor, S., **K.B. Walsh**, G.L. Theodori, J. Jacquet, A. Kroepsch, and J.H. Haggerty. 2021. Addressing research fatigue in energy communities. New tools to prepare researchers for better community engagement. *Society & Natural Resources*. Vol. 34. **Walsh, K. B.** and J. H. Haggerty. 2020. Social license to operate during Wyoming’s coalbed methane boom: Implications of private participation.*Energy Policy.*Vol. 138. **Walsh, K. B.,**Haggerty, J. H., Jacquet, J. B., Theodori, G. T., Kroepsch. A. 2020. Uneven impacts and uncoordinated studies: A systematic review of research on unconventional oil and gas development in the United States. *Energy Research and Social Science*. Vol. 66. **Walsh, K. B.** and J. H. Haggerty. 2019. I’d do it again in a heartbeat: Coalbed methane development and satisfied surface owners in Sheridan County, Wyoming. *The Extractive Industries and Society*. Vol. 6, Issue 1, 85-93. Haggerty, J.H., K.K. Smith, J. Weigle, T.W. Kelsey, **K.B. Walsh**, R. Coupal, D.L. Kay, and P. Lachapelle. 2019. Tradeoffs, balancing, and adaptation in the agricultural-oil and gas nexus: Insights from farmers and ranchers in the U.S. *Energy Research and Social Science*. Vol. 47, 84-92.


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