Colby College
4000 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, ME 04901
P: 207-859-4000
 
Travis W. Reynolds
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies


Office: Diamond 245
Phone: 207-859-5364
Fax: 5229
Email:

Mailing Address:
5364 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, Maine 04901-8853

Semester Schedule
Education

Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, Washington.
Dissertation: Institutional Determinants of Economic and Social Viability among Forestry-Based Carbon Sequestration Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Honors: Certificate in social statistics from the Center for Statistics & Social Sciences.

M.S. in Community Development and Applied Economics
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, Burlington, Vermont.
Thesis: Energy Efficiency in Small Island States: Overcoming the Island Factor in Saint Lucia.
Honors: Graduate Certificate in Ecological Economics; University Fellowship; Peace Corps Fellow; North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching.

B.A. in International Relations and French Civilization
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Providence, Rhode Island.
Honors: magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa.

Areas of Expertise:
  • International environmental policy
  • Institutional economics
  • Carbon forestry
  • Common pool resources
  • Community based forest management
  • Payments for ecosystem services
  • Global food policy
  • Food and agricultural policy in the United States
  • Church forests in rural Ethiopia
Publications

Reynolds, TW. (2012). Institutional determinants of success among forestry-based carbon sequestration programs in Sub-Saharan Africa. World Development, 40(3):542-554.

Reynolds, TW; Murray, BT; Kolodinsky, J. (2012). Consumer preferences and willingness to pay for compact fluorescent lighting: Policy implications for energy efficiency promotion in Saint Lucia. Energy Policy, 41:712-722.

Reynolds, TW; Bostrom, A; Read, D. (2011). Now what do people know about global climate change? Survey studies of educated laypeople. Risk Analysis, 30(10):1520-1538.

Reynolds, TW; Huber, CH & Farley, J. (2010). Investing in human and natural capital: An alternative paradigm for sustainable development in Awassa, Ethiopia. Ecological Economics, 69(11):2140-2150.

Gugerty, MK; Reynolds, TW. (2009). Ethnicity and Civil Society. In International Encyclopedia of Civil Society, Anheier, H & Toepler, S (Eds.).

Kolodinsky, J; Reynolds, TW; Cannella,M; Timmons, D & Bromberg, D. (2009). U.S. consumer demand for restaurant calorie information: targeting demographic and behavioral segments in labeling initiatives. American Journal of Health Promotion, 24(1):11-14.

Reynolds, TW; Murray, B; DeSisto, T & Kolodinsky, J. (2007). Energy efficiency in small island states: overcoming the island factor in Saint Lucia. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 31(5):460-467.