The Evolving Role of Women as Rangeland Educators and Researchers in Colleges and Universities and in the Society for Range Management

Abstract

Women play an increasingly pivotal role in rangeland research, management, and educa- tion as our profession adapts to an expanding diversity of rangeland values and stakeholder interests. Like other natural resource disciplines, rangeland ecology and management was historically dominated by men. Indeed, those who founded and built our profession were, with few exceptions, men. Over the last 30 years, women have joined our profession in increasing numbers, similar to patterns observed in other biological and agricultural dis- 1,2 ciplines.

DOI: 10.2458/azu_rangelands_v35i6_ganguli