2027 APPLICATION OPEN
Ph.D. Graduate Teaching Assistantship
Colorado State University
Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
The Cavaliere Critical Conservation Research Lab
Dr. Christina T. Cavaliere is recruiting for a Graduate Teaching Assistantship to support a doctoral student starting August 2027. Dr. Cavaliere is a tenured Associate Professor, conservation social scientist and international sustainable stewardship specialist with a focus on tourism impacts and biocultural conservation. She directs The Cavaliere Critical Conservation research lab at Colorado State University in the department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources (HDNR) housed within the Warner College of Natural Resources (WCNR).
The Cavaliere Critical Conservation lab’s mission is to advance biocultural conservation research by centering subjugated intersectional knowledges. By employing critical ecofeminist and posthumanist methodologies, the research engages affective, sensory, aesthetic, and emotional dimensions of place‑based knowledge. The lab seeks to illuminate the nuances of biocultural identities to strengthen justice, ecological resilience, and regenerative human–nature relationships for wellbeing.
The successful PhD applicant for this position would work in the lab and pursue an independent research project related to Dr. Cavaliere’s research on tourism and biocultural conservation. The student should be interested in pursuing research in the lab that centers tourism, conservation, and intersectional power structures as related to protected areas, wildlife, equity, recreation, gender, climate change, sustainability, policy, and/or governance. See the lab’s blog for more information.
The PhD position would include annual tuition support and funding through a Graduate Teaching Assistantship within the department. The successful applicant will be offered support for the first year and then reviewed annually to determine future funding. The applicant must have previously obtained a master’s degree with a research thesis in an area related to tourism and conservation and have experience with qualitative and quantitative methodology.
Prospective students should email application materials to Dr. Cavaliere at christina.cavaliere@colostate.edu by 15 February 2027. To ensure full consideration please include separate PDFs of the following materials labeled using the numbers below. Only applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.
- Academic CV
- Academic writing sample: (thesis and/or a published article)
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE) results
- Unofficial bachelors & masters transcripts (master’s degree in related area required)
- Cover letter (address how previous experience is related to lab mission)
- Research Proposal (address lab mission: 3-pages and academic reference list)
- Three letters of academic reference
- TOEFL scores (if applicable)
**Applications for 2024 are now closed. Please do not contact Dr. Cavaliere or the Lab regarding this Teaching Assistantship. Future scholarships will be published here**
Ph.D. Graduate Teaching Assistantship: Colorado State University
Human Dimensions of Natural Resources: Cavaliere Tourism and Conservation Research Lab
Dr. Christina T. Cavaliere is recruiting a PhD student to begin in August 2024. Dr. Cavaliere is a conservation social scientist and international sustainable development specialist with a focus on linking tourism and biocultural conservation. Her areas of research involve the human dimensions of socio-ecological systems including tourism impacts. Please visit the Cavaliere Critical Conservation Lab website for more information.
The successful PhD applicant for this position would work in the lab and pursue an independent research project related to Dr. Cavaliere’s research on tourism and conservation. The student’s work should focus on tourism, conservation, and intersectional power structures as related to protected areas, wildlife, gender, climate change, sustainability, policy, and/or biocultural conservation.
The PhD position would include annual tuition support and funding through a Graduate Teaching Assistantship within the department. The successful applicant will be offered support for the first year and then reviewed annually to determine future funding. The applicant must have previously obtained a master’s degree with a research thesis in an area related to tourism and conservation, previous qualitative and quantitative research experience and knowledge of conservation issues related to tourism impacts.
Prospective students should email application materials to christina.cavaliere@colostate.edu by 15 February 2024 for full consideration: Only applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.
- CV
- Master’s degree research thesis and/or a published academic writing sample (Applicants must have completed a master’s degree in a related area)
- GRE results
- TOEFL scores (if applicable)
- Unofficial academic transcripts (bachelors and masters transcripts)
- Cover letter: (Why do you want to study in the Cavaliere Tourism and Conservation Lab?)
- Research Proposal: 2-page maximum excluding references (Be sure to detail how your research would address tourism, conservation, and intersectional power structures.)
- 3 academic references
**Applications for 2020 are now closed. Please do not contact Dr. Cavaliere or the Lab regarding this Teaching Assistantship. Future scholarships will be published here**
Ph.D. Assistantship Available in the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Department, Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Dr. Christina T. Cavaliere is recruiting a PhD student to begin in Fall, 2020, in the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Department at Colorado State University. Dr. Cavaliere is an environmental social scientist and international sustainable development specialist with a focus on linking tourism and biocultural conservation. Dr. Cavaliere’s area of research involves the human dimensions of socio-ecological systems including tourism impacts.
The successful PhD applicant for this position would pursue an independent research project that builds on and relates to Dr. Cavaliere’s research on issues related to tourism and conservation. The student’s work could focus on tourism and protected areas, wildlife interactions, sustainability issues, international conservation policy, socio-ecological impacts and/or biocultural conservation.
The PhD position would include guaranteed funding for three years through a graduate teaching assistantship. Required qualifications include: a master’s degree with a research thesis in an area related to tourism and conservation, previous qualitative and quantitative research experience and knowledge of socio-ecological conservation issues related to tourism impacts.
Prospective students should email the following application materials to Dr. Cavaliere christina.cavaliere@colostate.edu by 15 February 2020 for full consideration:
- CV
- Master’s degree research thesis and/or a published academic writing sample
- GRE results
- TOEFL scores (if applicable)
- Unofficial academic transcripts
- Cover letter
- 2-page maximum (excluding references) research proposal
- 3 academic references
For more information about the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Department at Colorado State University, please visit: https://warnercnr.colostate.edu/hdnr/
Only students selected for phone interviews will be contacted.