Health, Human Performance, and Recreation Department
Christopher Wynveen, Ph.D.
- Professor and Graduate Program Director
Dr. Chris Wynveen is a professor in the Department of Health, Human Performance, and Recreation. Chris's research focuses on the human dimensions of natural resource management. Specifically, he has a continuing interest in the meanings people ascribe to protected areas and how understanding those meanings can lead to more effective stakeholder engagement. Place meaning refers to the thoughts and feelings people hold for specific settings. The concept provides the foundation for understanding other constructs important to conservation psychology (e.g., sense of place and place attachment) and the sustainable management of protected areas (e.g., relationships between various resource uses and users, community stakeholder involvement, and collaborative management). Lastly, he has been involved in projects related to the evaluation of grassroots conservation projects and the management of wildlife and other natural resources. Dr. Wynveen has worked across campus, lending his methodological and statistical expertise to several projects.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZygLDpUAAAAJ&hl=en
https://hhpr.robbins.baylor.edu/person/christopher-j-wynveen-phd
