Hannah Stewart

Degrees Held:

M.S.  Rural Sociology, Auburn University, 2022

B.S. Magna Cum Laude Environmental Conservation and Sustainability; Environmental Resources Economics, University of New Hampshire, 2020

Degree Sought:

PhD Ecology and Environmental Sciences 

Advisor:

Dr. Sarah Church

Research Project:

An analysis of the advancement and success of the USFS Wildfire Crisis Strategy Implementation Plan

Preferred Email Address:

hannahstewart6@montana.edu

Biography:

Hannah Stewart is an Ecology and Environmental Science PhD student in the People-Places-Water Lab. Her research is composed of two mixed methods objectives. Objective 1 will identify the leading challenges and obstacles to implementing the Wildfire Crisis Strategy (WCS) and understand the geographical distribution of identified barriers across the US. Objective 2 will understand local-level wildfire preparedness, coordination, response, and evaluation, using a network analysis to classify the strength of collaboration and engagement in Gallatin County, MT. Before MSU, Hannah worked in Adams County Colorado as a Water Resources Specialist concentrating on water law, water engineering, and water policy and in Washington D.C. for the National Academies Board on Environmental Change and Society focusing on climate change programs. She received her master’s degree from Auburn University in an interdisciplinary National Science Foundation Climate Resiliency Traineeship, studying rural sociology and geosciences. Hannah’s graduate thesis focused on adopting climate-smart agricultural practices, such as cover cropping, nutrient management, and variable rate irrigation, with and for the Alabama row cropping community. Outside of research, Hannah loves to recreate outside and paint.   

Publications:

Oliveira, G., Mataveli, G., Jones, M. W., Carmenta, R., Brunsell, N. A., Santos, C. A. G., Silva Junior, C. A. D., Cunha, H. F. A., Cunha, A. C. D., Santos, C. A. C. D., Stewart, H., Stark, S. C., Fuchs, V. B., Hellenkamp, S., Artaxo, P., Alencar, A. A. C., Moutinho, P., Shimabukuro, Y. E. 2023. Reversal of Brazil's Amazonia destruction: A change of mentality from solely stopping deforestation to the development of sustainable pathways balancing the forest and its people. Nature.

Stewart, H., Oliveira, G., Fuchs, V. B., Webler, A. D., Lima, J. A. D., Mataveli, G., & the Swiss Society of Americanists. 2023. Climate- And Socio-Smart Pathways for Supporting Community-Based Bioeconomies in Amazonia. Swiss Society of Americanists.

Worosz, Michelle, Stewart, Hannah, Robinette, Mckayla R., et al. 2023. The Challenges of Co-Developing Climate-Smart Strategies, Practices, and Technologies among Research and Extension Teams. Journal of Extension.

Stewart, Hannah, Worosz, Michelle, Thomson, Ryan, & McNeal, Karen. 2022. “Co-Developing Climate-Smart Strategies: Enhancing Resiliency Among Alabama Row Crop Producers and Agricultural Stakeholders.” Master’s Thesis, Auburn University, Auburn.

Stewart, Hannah. 2020. Exploring the Properties of UAS for the Assessment of Ecological Processes and Its Resulting Social Impact. Undergraduate Thesis, University of New Hampshire, Durham.

Stewart, Hannah. (2018, July 30). Exploring communities and a career with UNH Extension internships. University of New Hampshire Extension. https://extension.unh.edu/blog/2018/07/exploring-communities-career-unh-extension-internships

Presentations:

Stewart, Hannah. (2022, September 16). Co-Developing Climate-Smart Strategies: Enhancing Resiliency Among Alabama Row Crop Producers and Agricultural Stakeholders. Future of Farming Symposium, Auburn, AL, United States.

Robinette, McKayla R., Michelle R. Worosz,  Ryan Thomson, & Hannah Stewart. (2022, August 4-7). Reviving Loomis: A Classical Approach to Modern Agricultural Extension. Rural Sociological Society, Westminster, Colorado, United States.

Stewart, Hannah, Worosz, Michelle, & Robinette, McKayla. (2022, April 3-7). Climate-Based Convergence Strategies to Facilitate Sustainable Learning Among Row Crop Producers and Agricultural Stakeholders. Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Stewart, Hannah, Worosz, Michelle, Robinette, McKayla, Gamble, Audrey, Ortiz, Brenda, Duzy, Leah, & Prasad, Rishi. (2022, February 13-14). Co-Developing Climate-Smart Strategies for Alabama Row Crop Producers and Agricultural Stakeholders. Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Robinette, McKayla, Worosz, Michelle, Stewart, Hannah, Gamble, Audrey, Ortiz, Brenda, Duzy, Leah, & Prasad, Rishi. (2022, February 13-14). Climate-Smart Learning Systems in the Future of Farming. Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Stewart, Hannah and Robinette, McKayla. (2021, April 22). Climate Speaks: A Discourse Analysis of Media Depictions of Climate Change and Agriculture. Earth Day Symposium 2021, Auburn, Alabama United States. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.22820.19840

Stewart, Hannah, Worosz, Michelle, Robinette, McKayla, Gamble, Audrey, Ortiz, Brenda, Duzy, Leah, & Prasad, Rishi. (2021, April 1-2). Climate Resiliency: The Co-development of Knowledge for Adapting Sustainable Practices Among Alabama Row Crop Farmers. Geological Society of America 2021, Southeastern Section Meeting, Auburn, Alabama United States.

Honors and Awards:

University of New Hampshire Dean’s List, 2016-2020