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CREDENTIALS

• B.S., University of Antwerp (Belgium)
• M.S., Ph.D., Ghent University (Belgium)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Phycology & Tropical Reef Monitoring

• Cryptic diversity of marine macroalgae in Micronesia
• Invasive species risk assessments
• Monitoring of benthic reef communities in Guam
• Monitoring of oceanographic parameters
• Microbial (endolithic algal) communities as part of the coral holobiont

RESEARCHGATE

ABOUT

Fred R. Schumann is a Professor of Global Resources Management in the School of Business and Public Administration at the University of Guam. Dr. Schumann teaches courses in International Tourism and Tourism, Policy, Planning & Development, and other tourism-related courses in the university’s business program. He oversees the University of Guam’s International Tourism and Hospitality Management program and serves as graduate faculty member in the University’s Professional MBA program.

Dr. Schumann holds a B.A. from Western State College in Colorado, an M.A. from the University of Oregon, and a PhD from Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University. He has participated in various tourism-related economic revitalization projects with the University of Guam’s Pacific Center for Economic Initiatives (PCEI). Some of the PCEI projects he has worked on, either as team member or project director, include: Guam 2011 CEDS (Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy), Hagatna Revitalization Project, and Guam’s One Village One Product (OVOP) initiative. These projects were supported by Guam Economic Development Authority (CEDS) and U.S. Economic Development Authority (Hagatna Revitalization and OVOP).

Dr. Schumann is active in educating the community about the benefits of a well-managed tourism industry. He serves as Board Member of Guam’s Tourism Education Council (TEC) and Guam Sports Events, Inc. (GSEI).

Curriculum Vitae

CREDENTIALS

• B.A., History, Western Colorado University
• M.A., Asian Studies, University of Oregon
• Ph.D., Asia Pacific Studies – Tourism and Hospitality, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (Japan)

CREDENTIALS

• Ph.D., Anthropology (Emphasis: Ecological/Environmental Anthropology), University of Georgia
• Post-Doc, Geography, Pennsylvania State University
• M,S., Environmental Studies, University of Oregon
• B.S., Biology, Cornell University

Dr. Jen Shaffer joins the faculty of the University of Guam College of Natural & Applied Science as an Extension Agent IV in the Cooperative Extension & Outreach’s Community Development Program during her sabbatical year. She is also an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland College Park in the Department of Anthropology, College of Behavioral & Social Sciences, with an affiliate appointment in the Department of Environmental Science & Technology, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources.

Her research focuses on questions of social-ecological systems complexity from the unique, and often neglected, perspective of the people living within these systems. As an ecological and environmental anthropologist, she investigates the amalgamation of environmental knowledge-practice-beliefs, also known as local, traditional, or indigenous knowledge, that people use to sustain their livelihoods and households in continually changing environments. The interdisciplinary approaches she takes afford opportunities for scientists, community members, and policy makers and implementers to work together, co-producing new knowledge necessary for culturally appropriate and sustainable solutions regarding adaptation to global climate change, food and water security, resource management and governance, and species conservation. She has collaborated with local communities on environmental research in eastern and southern Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, and South Africa), the South Pacific (Fiji, American Samoa), and mainland United States (Oregon, Maryland).