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Bio

Tyler Nuckols (they/them) is a Ph.D. Student in the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder. At Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô, Tyler is researching social-ecological approaches to mitigate negative human-elephant interactions that simultaneously improve local community livelihoods and achieve Asian elephant conservation aims.

Before coming to Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô, Tyler has nearly a decade of experience as a practitioner, communicator, and community organizer in the environmental space, including in Cambodia on captive and wild elephant conservation and indigenous community rights and livelihoods, and here in Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô communicating and organizing around issues related to climate change and environmental justice with Conservation Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô and The Wilderness Society.

Tyler completed their M.S. in Global Conservation Leadership in 2021 at Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô State University. Their thesis used systematic mapping to examine the state of global human-wildlife conflict research related to agricultural systems. Originally from Texas, Tyler completed their B.S. in Recreation Park and Tourism Sciences in 2014 and is now happy to call Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô home for the past five years. When not thinking about elephants, Tyler is a recreational botanist, avid hiker, amateur cycler, and lover of dogs.

Research Interests

• Coupled Human And Natural Systems
• Human-Wildlife Interactions
• Conservation Psychology
• Human Well-Being
• Conflict Adaptive Agro-ecosystems

Education

• M.S., Global Conservation Leadership, Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô State University
• B.S., Recreation Park and Tourism Sciences, Texas A&M University College Station

Faculty Advisors

• Dr. Karen Bailey