Philip Halliwell
Faculty
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Philip Halliwell completed undergraduate studies at Penn State University with a BS in Industrial Engineering. He followed this degree with a MS in Environmental Engineering, also at Penn State. His masters work focused on hydrologic impacts and river restoration. After a ten-year engineering career in the public and private sectors, he turned his focus to environmental science and sustainability education. He completed a doctorate in Sustainability Education at Prescott College in 2019, focusing specifically on citizen science, diversity, and place attachment in Yellowstone National Park. From 2021-23 Phil served as a research scientist with the Natural Resource Ecology Lab at Colorado State University exploring the use of citizen science for diverse audiences in National Park pollinator research. He concurrently taught environmental science and sustainability courses at Colorado Mountain College, a position held since 2011. Phil strongly believes that experiential nature education is one of the greatest tools to positively impact individuals, as well as society at large. He continues to explore the transformative effects that nature and science education may have on people. At the foundation of all his work is a desire to broaden and diversify science fields. Outside of the classroom, he enjoys living the mountain life, rafting, skiing, and fly fishing with his wife and children in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
Citizen Science, National Parks, Pollinators, Place Attachment
Halliwell, P., Whipple, S., & Bowser, G. (2022). Learning to love protected areas: Citizen science projects inspire place attachment for diverse students in United States National Parks. Journal of Geoscience Education, 70(3), 412-420.
Halliwell, P., Whipple, S., Hassel, K. N., Bowser, G., Husic, D. W., & Brown, M. A. (2020). Twenty‐first‐century climate education: Developing diverse, confident, and competent leaders in environmental sustainability. The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 101(2), e01664.
Halliwell, P., & Bowser, G. (2019). A diverse sense of place: citizen science as a tool to connect underrepresented students to science and the national parks. Mountain Views Cirmount, 13(1), 4-8.
Halliwell, P. M. (2019). National Park citizen science participation: exploring place attachment and stewardship. Prescott College.
Whipple, S., Rohlf, A., Vasquez, C. D., Dominguez, D., Bowser, G., & Halliwell, P. (2022). Combining virtual and in-place field crews to model pollinator species shift in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Ecological Informatics, 68, 101566.