Congratulations, EJ Davis, Director, Extension Fire Program!
We are pleased to announce that after serving as Interim Director, Dr. Emily Jane “EJ” Davis is the new permanent director for the Extension Fire Program. She is an associate professor of practice in the Forestry and Natural Resources Extension Program and a faculty member in the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society. EJ also serves as principal investigator of the Northwest Fire Science Consortium. She is a social scientist and practitioner focused on fire-adapted communities, effective outreach and engagement, natural resource collaboration, workforce equity, and policy implementation. Before joining the Extension Fire Program, she worked for seven years at OSU as a state extension specialist in collaborative natural resource management and for five years as an applied researcher at the University of Oregon’s Ecosystem Workforce Program.