Jennifer M. Holzer

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Brock University 235 Bowman St. Unit 113

Environmental Sustainability Research Centre Hamilton, Ontario L8S T29 Niagara Region 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way Canada

St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1 416-***-****

Canada

EDUCATION

2019 PhD, Environmental Studies

Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Haifa, Israel Dissertation: “Evaluating activities and impacts of socio-ecological research in the European Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research network” 2010 Master of Public Administration, Environmental Science and Policy School of International and Public Affairs

Columbia University New York, NY, USA

2005 BA, High Honors Major: Religion. Minors: Biology, Environmental Studies Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA, USA

EMPLOYMENT

2020-2021 Postdoctoral Research Fellow St. Catharines, ON, Canada Brock University, Environmental Sustainability Research Centre McGill University, Sustainable Futures Research Laboratory NSERC ResNet: Mapping the decision space for ecosystem services management PEER-REVIEW JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Orenstein, D.E., Troupin, D., Segal, E., Holzer, J.M., Hakima-Koniak, G. (2019). Integrating ecological objectives in university campus strategic and spatial planning: a case study. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-12- 2017-0219

Holzer, JM, Adamescu, M., Bonet-García, F., Díaz-Delgado, R, Dick, J, Grove, M, Rozzi, R and Orenstein, D. (2018). Negotiating local vs. global needs in the International Long Term Ecological Research (ILTER) Network’s Socio-Ecological Research Agenda. Environmental Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aadec8 Holzer, J.M., Carmon, N. and D.E. Orenstein. (2018). Evaluating socio-ecological research: A proposed methodology. Ecological Indicators, 85, 808-819. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.10.074

Holzer, J.M., Adamescu, CM, Cazacu, C, Diáz-Delgado, R, Dick, J, Méndez, PF, Santamaría, L, DE Orenstein. Results from a Case Study Evaluation of Transdisciplinary Science in the European Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research (LTSER) Network.” Accepted to Biological Conservation, August 2019.

Dick, J., D.E. Orenstein, J. Holzer, C. Wohner, A. Achard, C. Andrews, N. Avriel-Avni, P. Beja, N. Blond, J. Cabello, C. Chen, R. Díaz-Delgado, G.V. Giannakis, S. Gingrich, Z. Izakovicova, K. Krauze, N. Lamouroux, S. Leca, V. Melecis, K. Miklós, M. Mimikou, G. Niedrist, C. Piscart, C. Postolache, A. Psomas, M. Santos-Reis, U. Tappeiner, K. Vanderbilt, G. Van Ryckegem. (2018). What is socio-ecological research delivering? A literature survey across 25 international LTSER platforms. Science of the Total Environment, 622, 1225-1240. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.324

Refereed Book Chapters

Avriel Avni, N., Holzer, J., Shachak, M., Orenstein, D.E., Groner, E. (2017). Using transdisciplinary action research toward sustainable management in the Negev Highlands. In T. Maposte (Ed.). Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to Action Research and Action Learning (pp. 215-225). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Professional Reports

Orenstein, DE, Angelstam, P, Dick, J, Holzer, J, Sijtsma, F. (2019). Long-term socio-ecological research platforms: A best practices guide book. Deliverable 10.3 of European Union Horizon 2020 Grant Number 654359 “European Long-Term Ecosystem and Socio-Ecological Research Infrastructure—eLTER”.

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS

• Faculty scholarship (Technion Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning) (2015-2019)

• Rieger-Tullin Jewish National Fund Fellow in Environmental Studies (2018)

• Award of Excellence, Technion Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning (2018)

• SESYNC Boundary Spanning Symposium travel grant (2018)

• Horizon2020 “Transnational Access Grant” for international field research (2017)

• Barcelona Training School (COST Action TD1408) participation grant (2017)

• Udall Scholarship (2004)

• Scheuer Environmental Studies Award to conduct field research (2004)

• Bloome Scholarship (2004)

CONFERENCES

Workshops Organized

“The LTSER platform: Integrative socio-ecological knowledge production and learning.” March 4-8, 2018. Kibbutz Ketura, Israel.

“LTSER platforms as vehicles for scientific inquiries into synergies, conflicts and trade-offs in the relationship between nature and society.” ALTER-Net Conference. May 4-8, 2017. Ghent, Belgium.

Invited Talks

Holzer, J. A review of key ideas that inspire and support social-ecological systems science. The 20th Sede Boqer Symposium in Memory of Merav Ziv: Conservation Ethics and Philosophy. May 29, 2019. Sede Boqer, Israel.

Conference Talks

Holzer, J. Is socio-ecological research meeting expectations? Results from a case study evaluation of Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research (LTSER) programs in Europe. International Long Term Ecological Research (ILTER) Network 2nd Open Science Meeting (OSM). 2–6 September, 2019. Leipzig, Germany.

Holzer, J. Lessons from global socio-ecological research for the Cairngorms National Park LTSER. Ecosystem Services Community Scotland (ESCom) Annual Conference 2018. June 28, 2018. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Holzer, J. Negotiating local vs. global needs in ILTER’s socio-ecological research agenda. National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center Symposium: Boundary Spanning: Advances in Socio-Environmental Systems Research. June 11-13, 2018. Annapolis, Maryland, USA.

Holzer, J. Witness to a paradigm shift or confronting inertia? Results from qualitative interviews at four LTSER platforms. ILTER annual conference. Nantes, France. October 2-4, 2017.

Holzer, J. Insights from a qualitative evaluation of three European socio-ecological research platforms. ALTER-Net Bi-annual conference. Ghent, Belgium. May 2-5, 2017. Holzer, J. A brief history of Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research. ALTER-Net Bi-annual conference. Ghent, Belgium. May 2-5, 2017.

Holzer, J. Transdisciplinary toward collaborative socio-ecological research. XXIst International Conference of the Society for Human Ecology, Santa Ana, CA, April, 2016. Holzer, J. Using lessons from transdisciplinarity toward assessing the effectiveness of long-term socio-ecological research (LTSER). 11th Annual Graduate Conference in Political Science, International Relations and Public Policy. Hebrew University of Jerusalem. December 8-11, 2015.

Poster Presentations

Holzer, J., Avriel Avni, N., Orenstein D.E., Shachak, M., Groner, E. (2017). Using transdisciplinary action research in the Negev Highlands to address soil erosion. Intrepid Knowledge Barcelona Training School – on Inter and Transdisciplinary Urban Research, Barcelona.

Holzer, J., Orenstein DE. (2015) Lessons from Transdisciplinary Science for Socio-Ecological Research in Israel. Annual Meeting of the Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Jerusalem.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Environmental Planning (graduate course), Teaching assistant, 2018-2019 Porter School of Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel Guest lecture. November 7, 2019.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

2011-2013 Willdan Energy Solutions, Project Manager Pleasanton, CA, USA Managed project implementation, marketing, and compliance for three utility- sponsored energy efficiency incentive programs. Led energy education program on four university campuses, including managing student intern teams and energy audit trainings. Developed 18 elementary school lesson plans on energy efficiency. 2010-2011 Strategic Energy Innovations, Assistant Project Manager San Rafael, CA, USA Developed and coordinated residential and commercial energy efficiency rebate programs for six municipal governments. Developed and delivered monthly professional development trainings for 30 AmeriCorps interns. Supervised 7 interns.

2010 Environmental Defense Fund, Consultant New York, NY, USA Co-authored a policy report evaluating options for proceeding in international climate negotiations, with a focus on strategic national alliances. 2008 ICLEI – Local Gov’ts for Sustainability, Program Associate Oakland, CA, USA Conducted municipal climate mitigation and adaptation plans. Collected and analyzed data for inventories of greenhouse gas emissions for 12 California municipalities.

SERVICE TO PROFESSION

Referee for Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Environmental Science and Policy, Journal of Environmental Management and IGI Global book publisher. LANGUAGES

English Native speaking, reading, and writing

Hebrew Very good speaking, good reading and writing Spanish Beginner speaking, reading and writing with a dictionary SOFTWARE

Atlas.ti, GIS; Google Forms; Mental Modeler software, Microsoft Office; Moodle; Salesforce; Slack; SPSS; SurveyMonkey; Wix, WordPress; Workday; Wufoo, Zoom. RELEVANT TRAINING EXPERIENCES

Columbia University MPA ESP Community Outreach Coordinator (2009-2010). San Francisco Community Boards Community Mediator Training (2008). Sacramento State University Center for Collaborative Policy Leadership Training (2008). TEACHING STATEMENT

I am a boundary-spanner at the nexus of sustainability research, policy, and practice. My teaching reflects that. I want my students to understand the underlying science, social dynamics, and political context of environmental challenges, and success stories of their solutions. My students learn to debate key issues with evidence at their disposal, and also learn why many of the people they talk to make environmental decisions based on factors other than scientific evidence.

My courses will prepare students for work in public service, business, academia, or simply being more aware and conscientious citizens. I will assign readings and facilitate small- group discussions that build critical reading, thinking, and writing skills, and foster systems thinking. Students will use reading guides to learn how to efficiently glean and distill key ideas from scientific articles, books, and the media. Research activities will help students to get a sense of the range of qualitative and quantitative methods used in fields related to environmental studies and sustainability. Writing exercises will help students learn to articulate their views about environmental dilemmas and controversies. Team projects will help develop students’ abilities to work as part of a team to create written and visual documents and make presentations, in-person and online. Consulting projects with local organizations aim to expose students to relevant, real-world issues, and to design feasible solutions that may actually be implemented. I will integrate social media, music and film into lectures and assignments to help make lessons memorable.

I have experience designing curricula, facilitating training, and mentoring students in diverse contexts. For example, I have mentored interns at local organizations working on unique projects that measurably reduced greenhouse gas emissions. I also led monthly professional development trainings for these interns. As a teaching assistant, I coordinated a study trip to a local village that helped students collect data for projects in sustainable urban design that they presented to municipal staff. I also served as a translator for foreign students, helping them to understand lectures and complete hands-on coursework. I have experience designing curricula related to energy and energy efficiency for a large public utility. In addition to creating engaging, participatory coursework that stimulates critical thinking, I hope to be a role model and mentor for students as they navigate their understanding of complex environmental issues and their own career paths.

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