Associate Professor, Human Dimensions of Wildlife Conservation Awards, Honors and Recognitions: Fellow, Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria Research Fellow, African Wildlife Economy Institute, Stellenbosch University Rural Engagement Workshop for Academic Faculty, University of Georgia, 2025 Student Career Success Influencer Award, University of Georgia, 2022 Education Education: Ph.D. Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California - Davis, 2009 B.Econ. University of Queensland, Australia, 1999 B.A. University of Queensland, Australia, 1998 Research Selected Publications: Torres, P., Pienaar, E.F., Ritchie, M.A., Gabriel, M.W., Yabsley, M.Y. (2025) Native Americans’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding ticks and tick-borne diseases in northern California. One Health, 20, 100976. Chong, L., Pienaar, E.F., Ahrens, R.N.M., Camp, E.V., (2024) Recreational angler preferences for, and potential effort responses to, different red snapper management approaches. Conservation Science and Practice, 6(6), e13149. Pienaar, E.F., Sturgeon, D.J.E. (2024) Exotic pet owners’ preferences for different ectothermic taxa are based on species traits and purchase prices in the United States. NeoBiota, 91, 1-27. Puri, M., Goode, K.O., Johannsen, K.L., Pienaar, E.F. (2024) Engaging urban residents in the appropriate actions to mitigate human-wildlife conflicts. Conservation Science and Practice, 6(2), e13074. Puri, M., Johannsen, K.L., Goode, K.O., Pienaar, E.F. (2024) Addressing the challenge of wildlife conservation in urban landscapes by increasing human tolerances for wildlife. People and Nature, 6(3), 1116-1129. Pratt, E.N., Lockwood, J., King, E.G., Pienaar, E.F. (2024) Identifying inconsistencies in exotic pet regulations that perpetuate trade in risky species. Conservation Biology, 38(2): e14189 Shapiro, H.G., Ruder, M.G., Nimlos, N.M., Pienaar, E.F. (2023) Understanding rabbit owners’ willingness to engage in disease prevention behaviors. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 219, 106018. Nuñez-Godoy, C.C., Branch, L.C., Pienaar, E.F., Núñez-Regueiro, M. (2023) Determinants and costs of strategic enrollment of landowners in a payments for ecosystem services program in a deforestation hotspot: the Argentine Chaco forest. Ecosystem Services, 62, 101539. Nuñez-Godoy, C.C., Pienaar, E.F. (2023) Motivations for and barriers to landowner participation in Argentina’s payments for ecosystem services program. Conservation Science and Practice, 5(8), e12991. Nimlos, N.M., Martin, J.A., Palmer, W.E., Sisson, D.C., Pienaar, E.F. (2023). A cost assessment of wild quail management on private lands in the southeastern United States. Conservation Science and Practice, 5(7), e12950. Shapiro, H.G., Pienaar, E.F. (2023). Falconer perceptions and support for rabbit hemorrhagic disease biosecurity actions. Human-Wildlife Interactions, in press. Steele, Z.T., Pienaar, E.F. (2023). Educators’ and visitors’ perceptions of invasive species education in zoos. Visitor Studies, 26(2), 143-159. Merz, L., Pienaar, E.F., Fik, T., Muyenga, S., Child, B. (2023). Wildlife institutions highly salient to human attitudes toward wildlife. Conservation Science and Practice, 5(2), e12879. Shapiro, H.G., D’Angelo, G.J., Ruder, M.G., Pienaar, E.F. (2023). Engaging stakeholders in wildlife disease management: Hunters’ willingness to adopt and support biosecurity actions to prevent the spread of rabbit hemorrhagic disease. Conservation Science and Practice, 5(1), e12858. Area of Specialty: Human Dimensions of WIldlife Research Areas: Wildlife Sciences Research Interests: Conservation of wildlife, habitat and ecosystem services on private lands Risks and benefits associated with the live animal trade Economic valuation Teaching: FANR 3300 Economics of Renewable Resources FANR/WILD 4820/6820 Human Dimensions of Natural Resources and Wildlife Conservation FANR 8950 Write Club Service Handling Editor, Conservation Biology Research Coordination and Review Committee, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
