Overview

My work this year has focused on the "Aging and Environment Initiative". Working collaboratively with Professor Karl Pillemer in the College of Human Ecology, we have done research and outreach on a program to increase the civic engagement of older adults by involving them in environmental volunteering. The program is currently funded by Federal Formula Funds, College of Human Ecology funds and some foundation funding. We will pilot the program in Tompkins County in the Spring of 2008 and in the Capital Region of New York in late 2008. My several publications this year have related to civic participation and environmental management, which this initative supports.

Research Focus

My research focus is to work in a multi-disciplinary fashion linking social, biological and physical components of watershed management and civic participation.

Outreach and Extension Focus

My work crosses research and outreach boundaries and I collaborate with stakeholders in a watershed context to look at enviornmental management issues, especially related to retirees and the older adult population.

Additional Links

• Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center
• Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging (CITRA)
• Cornell University Department of Development Sociology
• Link to CALS Research portal
• Link to CALS Impact statements

Professional Activities

• Tompkins County, NY Water resources Council, November 14, 2005, Ithaca, NY. - 2005

Selected Publications

• Lembo, Arthur Jr., L.P. Wagenet and T. Schusler. "Computers, Environment and Urban Systems." Journal of Environmental Management. 85:4. 2007
• Wagenet, L.P. and Max J. Pfeffer. 2007. The Social Context of Volunteer Environmental Monitoring. Water Resources IMPACT. American Water Resources Association. September. 2007
• Wagenet, L.P., D.A. Goldman, K.A. Pillemer. 2007. Aging and the Environment: Using Environmental Volunteerism to Increase Social Integration Among Older Adults. Gerontological Society of America Annual Conference. San Francisco, CA. November. 2007
• Pfeffer, M.J. and L.P. Wagenet. 2007. Volunteer Environmental Monitoring, Knowledge Creation and Citizen-Scientist Interaction. In: Jules N. Pretty (ed), Sage Handbook on Environment and Society. 2007
• Pfeffer, Max J., Linda P. Wagenet, John Sydenstricker-Neto, and Catherine Meola. "Value Conflict and Land Use Planning: An Example at the Rural-Urban Interface. " In Stephan Goetz, James Shortle and James Bergstrom (Eds.) Land Use Problems and Conflicts: Causes, Consequences and Solutions. London: Routledge. 2005
• Wagenet, L.P., A.T.Lemley, D.G. Grantham, E.Z. Harrison, K. Hillman, K. Mathers, L. Hanle Younge. "Using Public Television for Watershed Education. " Journal of Extension. April. 2005
• O'Leary, N., A.T. Vawter, L.P. Wagenet and M. Pfeffer. "Assessing Water Quality Using Two Taxonomic Levels of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Analysis: Implications for Volunteer Monitors. " Journal of Freshwater Ecology 19(4): 581-586. 2004

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