Jason Evans
Professor of Environmental Science and Studies
Jason Evans is an interdisciplinary systems and landscape ecologist who works in the fields of climate adaptation, land cover change, and water quality improvement within the built environment.
- PhD, interdisciplinary ecology, concentration: environmental engineering sciences, University of Florida
- MS, interdisciplinary ecology, University of Florida
- BA, philosophy, New College of Florida
Biography
Jason Evans is an interdisciplinary systems and landscape ecologist who works in the interfaces between human and natural systems. Most of his current research projects involve collaborations with local governments along the southeastern U.S. coast to develop vulnerability assessments and policy recommendations for floodplain management and sea-level rise adaptation. Another body of Evans's research has focused on land cover change, wildlife habitat and life cycle assessments for bioenergy systems (including ethanol, biogas, and wood pellets) across the U.S. Evans also has extensive experience and interest in the ecology, management and restoration of Florida springs ecosystems. In addition to his teaching and research appointment at Stetson, Evans serves as the Co-Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Environmental Management, one of the world's most highly ranked publications within the fields of environmental engineering, planning, and assessment.
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Areas of Expertise
- Spatial modeling
- Flood risk assessments
- Conservation planning
- Environmental policy
- Green infrastructure
Course Sampling
- Water Policy
- Ethics for Environmental Professionals
- Introduction to Environmental Science and Studies
- Geographic Information Systems and Science
- Florida as Home (FSEM)
- Flood modeling
- Aquatic plant phytoremediation
- Florida springs ecology
- Evans, J.M., G.L. Jacobson, B.R. Tanner, and E.C. Grimm. 2024. Seeds of Pistia stratiotes L. (water lettuce) in the paleo-sediments of Lake Annie, FL. Journal of Paleolimnology 72: 1-13.
- Pisarello, K.M., G. Sun, J.M. Evans, and R.J. Fletcher. 2022. Potential long-term water yield impacts from pine plantation strategies in the southeastern United States. Forest Ecology and Management. 522(3):120454.
- Chamberlin, J., C. Soehnlein, J. Evans, and B. Tanner. 2022. A 1900-year sediment record suggests the recent establishment of black mangroves (Avicennia Germinans) stands within a salt marsh in St. Augustine, Florida, USA. Quaternary 5(1):2.
- Jones, G.M., B. Brosi, J.M. Evans, I.G.W. Gottlieb, X. Loy, M.N. Nunez-Regueiro, H.K. Ober, E. Pienaar, R. Pillay, K. Pisarello, L. Smith, and R.J. Fletcher. 2022. Alpha- and beta-diversity of animal communities across a resource extraction gradient. Conservation Biology 36:e13872.
- Pricope, N.G. , C. Hidalgo, J.S. Pippin, and J.M. Evans. 2022. Shifting landscapes of risk: Quantifying pluvial flood vulnerability beyond the regulated floodplain. Journal of Environmental Management 304:114221.
- Tanner, B., K. Work, and J.M. Evans. 2020. The potential of organic sediments in Florida spring runs as records of environmental change. Southeastern Geographer 60:200-214.
- Jones, S., T. Ruppert, E.L. Deady, H. Payne, J.S. Pippin, L.Y. Huang, and J.M. Evans. 2019. Roads to nowhere: State and local governments in the Atlantic southeast facing sea-level rise. Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 44:67-136.
- Hauer, M.E., J.M. Evans, and D.R. Mishra. 2016. Millions projected to be at risk from sea level rise in the continental United States. Nature Climate Change 6:691-695.
- Evans, J.M., J. Calabria, T. Borisova, D. Boellstorf, N. Sochacka, M. Smolen, R. Mahler, and L.M. Risse. 2015. Effects of local drought condition on public opinions about water supply and climate change. Climatic Change 132:193-207.
- Evans, J.M. 2013. Pistia stratiotes L. (water lettuce) in the Florida peninsula: Biogeographic evidence and conservation implications of native tenure for an invasive aquatic plant. Conservation and Society 11:233-246.