[Social-sciences-list] Welcome and Introductions

[Trevor Attenberg]

Hey folks,
This is Trevor Attenberg, and I am just beginning a Ph.D. pursuit at
Portland State University in Oregon within the Environmental Science and
Management department. My interest is the crossroads between social science
and ecological science. That is to say I'm interested in how different
manifestations of human development and cultural structures relate to the
conservation and degradation of biodiversity. Essentially I am interested in
both human diversity and ecological diversity, and how these two variables
might find a stable state. 
On the blindness front, one of my passions is cities with public transit
that provide equal opportunities to a dynamic blind population, and
simultaneously cater to environmental sustainability and a diverse
population. I've also concentrated some of my resent research on citizen
science tools, that allow citizens outside of academia to participate in
scientific monitoring in what is called "Citizen Science." As a blind person
myself, I like to clearly define a diverse population as one including
dynamic disabled individuals. I've long enjoyed being able to touch wild
plants--usually save poison ivy, and listen to bird and frog songs.
Much of my recent work has included ANOVA and linguistic media analysis. I
am fairly familiar with different methods of quantitative and qualitative
analysis; though I haven't yet put the bulk of it into practical use. My
hopes for this list is to gain prospective from your interesting projects
and reflections. Perhaps I can learn about adaptive techniques that I am not
familiar with; and perhaps I can also learn here a great deal in the social
science trade.
I hope we can each be valuable and voluble for one another.
Best,
Trevor Attenberg