Social Science

Organization and Administration

The NPS Social Science Program reports to the Associate Director, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science, and is led by a Visiting Chief Social Scientist.

The key responsibilities of the Visiting Chief Social Scientist are to:

• provide leadership and direction to the social science activities of the NPS,
• serve as a liaison with other science and related programs of the NPS (such as technical assistance programs, central offices and the Applied Ethnography Program),
• act as a liaison with the Biological Resources Division of the USGS and other federal agencies on social science activities,
• represent the NPS to and within the scientific community,
• provide direction to a research program related to national needs of the NPS,
• serve as a visiting scholar,
• develop funding initiatives and external grants to support NPS research, and
• advise the Director and National Leadership Council on social science issues.
  

Currently, the NPS Social Science Program is supported by staff in Denver, CO, Washington D.C., and at Texas A&M Univeristy, where the Visiting Chief Social Scientist holds a faculty appointment. Additional staff are located in the University of Idaho Park Studies Unit (PSU) and in the NPS Public Use Statistics Office in Denver.

Dr. Steven Hollenhorst, Director
Visitor Services Project
(208) 885-7911 (voice)
(208) 885-4261 (fax)

A brochure reporting on NPS visitors produced annually by the VSP staff.

Margaret Littlejohn, Social Science Specialist Visitor Services Project
(208) 885-7863 (voice)
(208) 885-4261 (fax)

Lena Le, Assistant VSP Coordinator
Visitor Services Project
(208) 885-2585 (voice)
(208) 885-4261 (fax)

Jennifer Hoger-Russell, Project Director
Visitor Survey Card Project
(208) 885-4806
(208) 885-4261 (fax)

Lourana Swayne, Technical Records Specialist
Visitor Services Project
(208) 885-2269 (voice)
(208) 885-4261 (fax)

Mailing Address:
Park Studies Unit
College of Natural Resources
Department of Forest Resources
University of Idaho
P.O. Box 441139
Moscow, ID 83844-1139

Web site:
http://www.psu.uidaho.edu/

The Public Use Statistics Office staff includes: