Dain, Jonathan

Senior Lecturer and Director, Florida Natural Resources Leadership Institute

Jonathan Dain is a faculty member in both the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences and the Center for Latin American Studies. An applied anthropologist by training, his work focuses on helping individuals and groups with competing interests bridge their differences and collaborate more effectively. He specializes in conflict management, facilitation, and communication/leadership skills for those working with natural resource management (and managers) in the Unites States and abroad.

In addition to directing the Florida Natural Resources Leadership Institute (http://nrli.ifas.ufl.edu/), he teaches graduate classes in the Center for Latin American Studies’ Tropical Conservation and Development program (http://www.tcd.ufl.edu/) and Masters in Sustainable Development program (http://mdp.africa.ufl.edu/). Jon is a Florida Supreme Court certified mediator and Faculty Fellow of the Florida Climate Institute.

He began his natural resource career as a Peace Corps Volunteer and Extension Agent working with beekeepers in Paraguay. He spends a portion of most summers working with students and natural resource managers in Latin America.

COURSES TAUGHT

LAS 6291 Communication and Leadership
LAS 6291 Facilitation Skills
LAS 6291 Conflict Management
LAS 6940 Tropical Conservation & Development Practicum
LAS 6291 Impacting Conservation and Development Policy

FOREST RESOURCES & CONSERVATION
McCarty Hall B, G129
PO Box 110410
Gainesville, FL 32611-0240

jdain@ufl.edu
(352) 294.7652

  • MA, Applied Anthropology, University of Florida, 1991
  • BA, Anthropology/Spanish, University of Rhode Island, 1983