Timothy Pape

Education & Experience:

Assistant Professor, Bowling Green State University (2024-present)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2023-2024)
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor, University of New England (2022-2023)

Ph.D., Environmental Sciences, Oregon State University (2023)
M.S., Environmental Policy and Management, University of Denver (2019)
B.A., Philosophy, University of Southern California (2003)
B.A., Cinema-Television, University of Southern California (2003)

Specialty Areas of Interest:

Environmental social sciences
Ecosystem governance
Qualitative research methods
Ecological restoration
Values of nature
Earth-Space sustainability

Research opportunities exist in Dr. Pape’s environmental social sciences research lab for undergraduate and graduate students. Financial support in the form of research assistantships may be available. For more information, please contact Dr. Pape. Additionally, Dr. Pape is open to participating in interdisciplinary graduate committees.

BGSU Courses Taught:

ENVS 1010 Introduction to Environmental Studies
ENVS 4010 Environmental Strategies
ENVS 4260 Environmental Justice
Climate Change Adaptation (In preparation for AY 2025)

Select Peer-Reviewed Publications:

Pape, T. (2024) Naming the unnamed: relational values as knowledge and power. Ecology and Society, 29(4), 15. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-15643-290415

Woodrich, S., & Pape, T. (2024) Ecological restoration and artificial intelligence: whose values inform a project? Restoration Ecology, 32(4), e14128. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.14128

Pape, T. (2023) Utilizing relational values to investigate a federally administered soil conservation program in the U.S. Northwest. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 10(1), 106-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2023.2168565

Pape, T. (2023) Visualizing relational values in a region: how two conservation stakeholder groups in the U.S. Northwest conceive of their relationships with the land. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 10(1), 870-872. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2023.2278573

Pape, T. (2022) Futuristic restoration as a policy tool for environmental justice objectives.
Restoration Ecology, (30)3, e13629. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13629

Pape, T. (2020) Futuristic restoration: an oxymoronic paradigm for an idiosyncratic place in
time. Restoration Ecology, 28(6), 1321-1323. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13265