Jeff Gerwing, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Environmental Science and Management department at Portland State University.
In collaboration with regional partners like Portland Parks and Portland Metro, Dr. Gerwing is developing projects that might help us better understand the resilience of our urban forests. He also enjoys the intellectual challenges of teaching ESM 330 “Environmental Literacy” where students grapple with the big question of “what does it mean to be environmentally literate in the 21st Century?”