Ph.D. - State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse, 2006
Dissertation Title: A Public Hedonic Analysis of Environmental Attributes in an Open Space Preservation Program
M.S. - State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse, 1998
Thesis Title: Evaluation of Willow and Poplar Biomass Production Clones for Resistance to Multiple Insect Pests
B.S. - State University of New York, College at Geneseo, 1995
Courses taught at GVSU:
BIO 105 Environmental Science
NRM 250 Resource Measurement and Maps
NRM 350 Air Photo and Remote Sensing of the Environment
NRM 395 GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management
NRM 480 Geospatial Analysis of Natural Resources
NRM 495 Trends in Natural Resource Management (capstone)
Research interests:
I apply spatial analysis to questions of natural resource economics and policy. My interests include spatial and economic analyses of renewable energy systems, ecosystem services and open space preservation programs.
I am currently involved in an integrated assessment of wind energy development in West Michigan's coastal counties.
Selected publications:
Peer-reviewed publications
Nordman, E. and J. Wagner. (In press). Incorporating acquisition costs in forestland open space programs: Lessons from conservation biology and applications. Journal of Forestry.
Kuehn, D., Schuster, R., Mink, M., Nordman, E. (In press). Beliefs and attitudes towards boating of four stakeholder groups in the Saranac Lakes area of New York's Adirondack Park. Adirondack Journal of Environmental Studies.
Luzadis, V., Castello, L., Choi, J., Greenfield, E., Kim, S., Munsell, J., Nordman, E., Franco, C., Olowabi, F. (In press). The science of ecological economics: A content analysis of Ecological Economics, 1989-2004. The Year in Ecological Economics, 2009.
Nordman, E., D. Robison, L. Abrahamson, and T. Volk. 2005. Relative Resistance of Willow and Poplar Biomass Production Clones Across a Continuum of Herbivorous Insect Specialization: Univariate and Multivariate Approaches. Forest Ecology and Management 217: 307-318.
Working Papers, Posters and Presentations (* undergraduate students):
Nordman, E., and J. Wagner. Public purchases and private preferences: A hedonic model of open space acquisitions. Working paper, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI. 27 p. Available at: http://works.bepress.com/erik_nordman/1/.
Nordman, E. 2009. GIS: An integrating tool for assessing wind turbine potential. Poster presentation, 2009 Michigan Agri-Energy Conference. 30-31 March 2009, Kalamazoo, MI.
Nordman, E. 2008. GIS: An integrating tool for wind turbine siting. Presentation at GIS Day, 19 November 2008, GVSU.
Nordman, E. 2008. Windy Science. Presentation at GVSU Regional Math and ScienceCenter’s Fall Science Update, 19 November 2008.
Nordman, E. and M. Buzzard*. 2008. Education as an additional management factor in the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum. Poster presentation at the 2008 Society of American Foresters National Convention 5-9 November 2008, Reno, NV.
Nordman, E. 2007. Evaluating public open space preservation priorities. Presentation at the Society of American Foresters National Convention, October 23, 2007, Portland, OR. Presentation at GVSUCollege of Liberal Arts and Sciences Research Colloquium, September 21, 2007
Grants
MichiganSea Grant. 2008 Locating wind energy facilities in Michigan’s coastal counties: An integrated assessment for Muskegon and West Michigan. Principal Investigator: Erik Nordman. Co-investigators: Paul Isely, John Koches, Kurt Thompson. Duration: 3 years. External funding: $139, 912. In-kind contributions: $103,543. Total project budget: $243,455.
Scientific and Professional Societies:
American Wind Energy Association
Society of American Foresters
American Association for the Advancement of Science
