Evaluation Specialist
University of Wisconsin-Madison
About
Amber joins the evaluation unit to work on a variety of projects including the North Central Region Water Network, Wisconsin Wetland Association and Useful to Usable (U2U). Before coming to ERC, Amber was a Postdoctoral researcher in the Forest and Wildlife Ecology department at UW-Madison, tasked with evaluating a National Science Foundation project, entitled Yahara 2070. Amber completed both her PhD and MS degrees in Natural Resource Social Science at Purdue University, and her PhD project was part of U2U, so she is excited to come back to this project as it is wrapping up! She completed her Bachelor’s degree at Cornell University in Development Sociology.
Evaluation expertise
- Environmental issues and decision making– Water quality, Agriculture, Climate Change, Sustainability
- Quantitative evaluation methods
- Survey development, implementation and analysis – Mail, phone, and online
- Qualitative evaluation methods and analysis
- Interviews and focus groups
- Statistical analysis
- Presenting and communicating results
Selected Publications
- Carlton, J.S., A.S. Mase, C.L. Knutson, M.C. Lemos, T. Haigh, D.P. Todey, and L.S. Prokopy. In press. Experiencing an extreme event may not shift beliefs about climate change or adaptation. Climatic Change
- Mase, A.S., N. Babin, K. Genskow, and L.S. Prokopy. 2015. Trust in sources of soil and water quality information: Implications for environmental outreach and education. J. of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA), 51(6): 1656-1666.
- Mase, A.S., H. Cho, and L.S. Prokopy. 2015. Enhancing the Social Amplification of Risk Framework (SARF) by exploring trust, the availability heuristic, and agricultural advisors’ belief in climate change. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 41: 166-176.
- Mase, A.S. and L.S. Prokopy. 2014. Unrealized potential: A review of perceptions and use of weather and climate information in agricultural decision making. Weather, Climate & Society, 6(1): 47-61.
- Saylor, A., L.S. Prokopy, and S. Amberg. 2011. What’s wrong with the tap?: Examining perceptions of tap water and bottled water at Purdue University. Environmental Management, 48(3): 588-601.