Megan Draheim

Bio

Megan Draheim received her Ph.D. from George Mason University’s Department of Environmental Science and Policy, an interdisciplinary program that gives equal weight to natural science, social science, and policy. There, she focused on human-wildlife conflict and interactions, in particular the social drivers of such occurrences. Her main research interests lie at the intersection of human and wildlife populations, especially in urban areas. Draheim has worked with a variety of organizations on issues such as human-coyote conflict and attitudes towards wildlife-based tourism.

Areas of Specialization

• Human dimensions and the social science aspects of conservation biology
• Human-wildlife conflict
• Urban wildlife and other urban environmental/sustainability issues
• Conservation biology