Dr. Lynne Trulio | Chris Kolenko #11 | Biodiversity, Land Use, Ecosystem Protection, Human Nature

Lynne Trulio joined the Department of San Jose State University in 1991.  She is currently the Department Chair.  Dr. Trulio teaches a wide range of courses including Introduction to Environmental Studies, Globalization and the Environment, the introductory and advanced courses in Environmental Restoration, and graduate seminars in proposal writing and methods.  Dr. Trulio conducts research investigating human impacts to species and habitats and seeks effective methods to mitigate or eliminate those impacts.  Specific research with colleagues and graduate students includes studies of the ecology and recovery of the western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) in California, the effects of recreation on wildlife, and tidal salt marsh restoration in the San Francisco Bay.  She has been a committee member or chair for scores of Environmental Studies master of science students.  For many years, she has been the faculty advisor to the Environmental Resource Center, a student-run center in the Department focused on promoting campus and community sustainability.

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