CJ Reynolds

Real name:

CJ Reynolds

Current Position:

Research Associate and Executive Director, International Ocean Institute USA

Positions:

Director, Industry Education Division, Merieux Nutriscience Inc.

Director, Marketing and Business Development, Merieux Nutriscience Inc.

Director, Consumer Public Relations, National Cattlemen's Beef Association

Education:

BS Journalism, Northern Illinois University

Research Interests:

Coastal Communities and Environmental Change

Special interest in stakeholder perspectives in addressing marine pollution, climate change effects and green/nature-based adaptation. Emphasis on innovative approaches to enhance resiliency planning processes and increase acceptance of public finance strategies that will support local infrastructure improvements and community outcomes -- that also protect the natural coastal environment and marine life.

IMARS team role -- working with researchers, practitioners, stakeholders and elected officials to support needs assessments, user-engagement activities and co-development of new data products. Our efforts advance the understanding of connections between values, beliefs, and decision-making processes regarding emerging scientific research, future risks, economic costs and societal benefit.

Recent Presentations for Practitioners and Elected Officials

"Green to Gray: Understanding Stakeholder Values to Increase Support for Adaptation," Sea Level Rise Track, Florida Floodplain Managers Association Annual Conference, Orlando, April 12, 2018

"Understanding Community Values to Support Resiliency Improvements," Keynote Address, Florida League of Cities Annual Research Symposium, Dec. 2017, Orlando, FL

American Planning Association -- Florida Chapter, Annual Conference session Sept. 7, 8:30-9:45, 2017 "Working with Social Factors and Values to Support Adaptation Planning and Public Finance"

Perceptions, Priorities and Public Finance: How Values and Communications Shape Support for Adaptation and Funding. APA FL Webinar., August 2017, Reynolds, C.J, Magee, Julia., Lewis, David.

Public Finance Research Update: Broward County Climate Change Task Force, May 2017, Reynolds, C., Torres, H., Muller-Karger, F., Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.

Stakeholder Choices in Adaptation and Public Finance Planning for Coastal Hazard Mitigation in a Changing World: Highlights from Case Studies in Santos, Brazil, Broward County, FL, US and Selsey, UK, CJ Reynolds, F. Muller-Karge, AGU 2016: Presentation GC33E-03, Dec.14, 2016

Stakeholder needs and adaptation, Decision maker preferences for adaptation actions and funding: case studies in Brazil, USA and United Kingdom, Muller-Karger, F., Reynolds, CJ., In: SC 8.5, 4th. International Climate Change Adaptation Conference, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 10, May 2016, http://edepot.wur.nl/381068

Publications

Merrill S., Kartez J., Langbehn K., F. Karger M, Reynolds CJ. In Press. Who Should Pay for Climate Adaptation?: Public Attitudes and Financing of Flood Protection in Florida Environmental Values. --
Marengo J., Nunes LH, CR S., Harari J, Muller-Karger F, Greco R, Hosokawa E, Tabushi E, Merrill SB, Reynolds CJ et al.. 2017. A Globally-Deployable Strategy for Co-Development of Adaptation Preferences to Sea-Level Rise: The Public Participation Case of Santos, Brazil. Natural Hazards.
Marengo J, Muller-Karger F, Pelling M, Reynolds CJ, Merrill S.B., Nunes L.H., Paterson S., , Lockman J.T, Kartez J. et al.. 2017. An Integrated Framework to Analyze Local Decision Making and Adaptation to Sea Level Rise in Coastal Regions in Selsey (UK), Broward County (USA), and Santos (Brazil) 2017. American Journal of Climate Change. Vol.6(No.2, June )

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