Rate My Professor Jamie Trammell

Jamie Trammell, Ph.D., is a landscape ecologist specializing in the integration of socioeconomic and biophysical drivers to model landscape change and alternative futures for terrestrial and aquatic systems. He earned his Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2011, an M.S. in Geography from the same university in 2006, and a B.A. in Environmental Biology and Environmental Studies from Western State College of Colorado in 2003. Trammell's career trajectory includes key appointments such as Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Rural Futures, University of New England (2011–2012), where he contributed to research on land use trends and climate adaptation scenarios in Australian coastal regions. He continued as Adjunct Lecturer at the same institute (2012–2017) while advancing to Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Lead Landscape Ecologist at the University of Alaska Anchorage's Alaska Center for Conservation Science (2012–2017). Currently, he serves as Associate Professor and Chair of Environmental Science at Southern Oregon University (since 2019), with additional roles as Affiliate Faculty at the Alaska Center for Conservation Science and Adjunct Research Professor at the Desert Research Institute.

Trammell's research employs GIS and geospatial analyses to translate diverse data into frameworks for understanding environmental change, with applications in conservation, natural resource planning, and climate resilience. Notable publications include "Using comprehensive scenarios to identify social-ecological threats to salmon in the Kenai River watershed, Alaska" (Sustainability, 2021), "Bridging the research-management gap: Landscape science in practice on public lands in the western United States" (Landscape Ecology, 2020), "Future of Pacific Salmon in the Face of Environmental Change: Insights from the Kenai River, Alaska" (Fisheries, 2017), "Past, present and future landscapes: Understanding alternative futures for climate change adaptation of coastal settlements and communities" (2012, co-authored during UNE tenure), and "Identifying land use/land cover trends for Future Scenarios in the Northern Rivers Region of New South Wales" (with UNE collaborators). His work has advanced integrative approaches in sustainability science, influencing policy and management across jurisdictions. At UNE, he delivered research seminars, such as on quantifying intactness in ecoregional assessments.