Faculty Profiles

Background & Experience

Selected Publications (Return to top)

Herring, J.A., A. Muro and T. Crews, “Nitrous Oxide Emissions From Interior Chaparral in the Southwestern United States,” Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Supply., Abstract A11F-0040, 2003.

Research (Return to top)

Current research projects include a study of the impact of nitrogen pollution from power plants to the National Parks of the four-corners region.  Jack is also keenly interested in how we can solve environmental problems by developing consensus among stakeholders. Jack is the co-founder of the Community Forest Trust (www.communityforesttrust.org), an organization that involves members of the Prescott community directly as volunteers for the Prescott National Forest.  The goal of the group is, ultimately, to create a shared ethic of stewardship that will preserve the integrity of the public lands that Yavapai County depends on for its well-being.

Education (Return to top)

Ph.D., University of Washington, Atmospheric Sciences, 1994

B.S. University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Chemistry, 1989

Expertise (Return to top)

Jack's primary area of academic expertise is in the study of how human activities have impacted the composition and function of the atmosphere on a global scale.  His dissertation was a study of the environmental impact of the oil fires lit after the 1991 Persian Gulf War.  As a post-doctoral student, Jack did research on the chemistry of the Artic atmosphere and on the efficacy of interdisciplinary science education.  He also served as a Congressional aide to Representative Vernon Ehlers of Michigan, with legislative responsibility for environmental and science policy.