all those years of unfocused research
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WHO IS JOHN GALT?
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A Luddite who prefers kazoos to clickers?
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Another in the long list of American authors?
Hemingway
Whitman
Rand
Twain
Brautigan
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Short Fiction
Orr, B. 1987. What is Art? Fennel Stalk 1987(Winter):57-58.
Orr,, B. 1988.
O
988 Bricks
c s Must
ust Be
e Fired.
ed Egorag
go ag 4:1-8.
8
Orr, B. 1991. Wooden Carvings. Malcontent 28:unpaged.
Orr, B.
Orr
B 1995.
1995 The Ceremon
Ceremony of TTwins
ins Falling on Their Face
Face. Timber
Creek Review 2(2):12-16.
Orr, B. 2000. A Good Fable Is Often Better Than the Truth. Timber
Creek Review 6(2):5
Short Fiction
Orr, B. 1987. What is Art? Fennel Stalk 1987(Winter):57-58.
Orr,, B. 1988.
O
988 Bricks
c s Must
ust Be
e Fired.
ed Egorag
go ag 4:1-8.
8
Orr, B. 1991. Wooden Carvings. Malcontent 28:unpaged.
Orr, B.
Orr
B 1995.
1995 The Ceremon
Ceremony of TTwins
ins Falling on Their Face
Face. Timber
Creek Review 2(2):12-16.
Orr, B. 2000. A Good Fable Is Often Better Than the Truth. Timber
Creek Review 6(2):5
L
d
M
i
?
A Legendary
Mountaineer?
The Appalachian Trail, Georgia to Maine, 1974
Photo: Laurence Dorr
A socialist provocateur?
Black Walnut Cooperative
Photo by Ryan
In SmugMug under Sustainable Communities
A socialist provocateur?
Library in Black Walnut Cooperative
Photo by Ryan
In SmugMug under Sustainable Communities
A socialist provocateur?
Library in Black Walnut Cooperative
Photo by Ryan
In SmugMug under Sustainable Communities
A Global Humanitarian?
Exploiting child labor to plant trees in Lesotho.
Photo: Blair Orr
A Global Humanitarian?
Orr, B. 1985. Refugee forestry in
Somalia. The Rural Sociologist.
5(4):267-272.
Cali Matan Refugee Camp,
Camp Luuq,
Luuq Somalia,
Somalia 1982.
1982
(The hottest place in the world.)
Photo: Kathryn McMahon
A Global Humanitarian?
Preparing land and planting trees in
the refugee camps of Somalia
Photo: John Marks
A Global Humanitarian?
Working on fuelwood harvesting and
deforestation in Niger
Orr, B. 1995. Natural forest management in Sahelian ecosystems of
southern Niger.
g
J. of Arid Environments. 30:129-142.
Photo: Blair Orr
A Global Humanitarian?
Working on fuelwood harvesting and
deforestation in Niger
Photos: Blair Orr
He used to be an interesting person
but now he is just an old faculty
member at Michigan Tech with no
clear purpose …
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…. in his teaching …
Courses taught:
g
Forest Economics
Forest Finance
Introduction to Forestry
Freshman Seminar
Graduate Seminar
International Forestry Seminar
Overseas Research
Advanced Forest Economics
Natural Resources Economics
Soils
Hydrology
Natural Resource Policy
Biometrics
Surveying
Forest Management
Professional Experience
Trees in Agricultural Systems
Community Planning
Tropical Forestry (in various forms)
Fire Ecology and Management
…. in his teaching …
but focused on
avoiding Capstone
Courses taught:
g
Forest Economics
Forest Finance
Introduction to Forestry
Freshman Seminar
Graduate Seminar
International Forestry Seminar
Overseas Research
Advanced Forest Economics
Natural Resources Economics
Soils
Hydrology
Natural Resource Policy
Biometrics
Surveying
Forest Management
Professional Experience
Trees in Agricultural Systems
Community Planning
Tropical Forestry (in various forms)
Fire Ecology and Management
…. and
a d he
e iss especially
espec a y aimless
a ess in hiss
research projects, blown from place to
place byy the breezes of academic
p
unrest.
Illustration: Adrian Sommeling
Research in Mycology
Jarvis, MC, AM Miller, J Sheahan, K Ploetz, J
Ploetz, RR Watson, MP Ruiz, CAP Villapan,
JG Alvarado, AL Ramirez, & B Orr. 2005.
Edible wild mushrooms of the Cofre de
Perote Region, Veracruz, Mexico: an
ethnomycological study of common names
and uses.
uses Economic Botany.
Botany
58(Supplement):S111-S115.
Martinez, I., J.B. Pickens, D.L. Richter, and B.
Orr. 2003. Eutypella Canker Clustering and
Volume Loss in the Western Upper Peninsula
of Michigan. Northern J. of Applied Forestry.
20(4):186-187
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Research in Mycology
Do you want this guy reviewing papers
related to mycology?
Do you want this guy guiding graduate
students as they study mycology?
Photo: Doug Oppliger
Cost-effective research in sports.
Orr, B. 2007. Cross-Country Skiing USSA Points as a Predictor of Future
Performance among Junior Skiers. The Sports Journal. Online. Vol 10,
No. 4. http://www.thesportjournal.org/2007Journal/Vol10No4/03orr.asp
Photo: Pam Fjeldheim
Cost-effective research in sports.
$75
Photo: John Nienstadt
Cost-effective research in sports.
$75
Negative results
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Cost-effective research in sports.
$75
Negative results
Results unstable with
changes in data set
Photo: John Nienstadt
Cost-effective research in sports.
$75
Negative results
Results unstable with
changes in data set
World leader in
academic publishing on
the topic
Photo: John Nienstadt
Cost-effective research in sports.
$75
Negative results
Results unstable with
changes in data set
World leader in
academic publishing on
the topic
Never cited
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Lake Superior
The Popular Press:
Orr, B. 1996. Will cleanup kill
jobs? Lake Superior Magazine,
February-March 1996, p. 32.
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Lake Superior
The Unpopular Press:
Orr, B. 1997. Land use change on
Michigan's Lake Superior
shoreline: integrating land tenure
and land cover type data. Journal
of Great Lakes Research
23(3):328-338.
.
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Lake Superior
The Unpopular Press:
Orr B.,
B and JJ.B.
B Pickens
Pickens. 2003.
2003
Public Access to Lake Superior
and Attribute Values of Proximate
Non-Shoreline Property. J. of
Great Lakes Research 29(4):616629.
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Lake Superior
The Unpopular Press:
Orr B.,
B and JJ.B.
B Pickens
Pickens. 2003.
2003
Public Access to Lake Superior
and Attribute Values of Proximate
Non-Shoreline Property. J. of
Great Lakes Research 29(4):616629.
Cited !
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The Unpopular Press:
Orr B., and J.B. Pickens. 2003. Public Access to Lake
Superior and Attribute Values of Proximate NonShoreline Property. J. of Great Lakes Research
29(4):616-629.
Value
Distance
The Unpopular Press:
Orr B., and J.B. Pickens. 2003. Public Access to Lake
Superior and Attribute Values of Proximate NonShoreline Property. J. of Great Lakes Research
29(4):616-629.
Value
Distance
Soils:
Orr, B. 1996. A rapid method of estimating soil erosion using trapped
sediment: A case study from a forest road on the Cumberland Plateau
of Tennessee. Mountain Research and Development 16(4):419-423.
Soils:
Orr, B. 1996. A rapid method of estimating soil erosion using trapped
sediment: A case study from a forest road on the Cumberland Plateau
of Tennessee. Mountain Research and Development 16(4):419-423.
A long list of articles (and unpublished
g of topics
p
student theses)) on a wide range
based on research done by Peace Corps
Master’s International students.
Women in
Development
Lincoln, K. and B. Orr. 2011. The use and cultural
significance of the pita plant (Aechmea magdalenae) among
Ngöbe women of Chalite, Panama. Economic Botany.
65(1):13-26.
Photo by Kate Lincoln
Women in
Development
Taita Imbabura, the view from Andrea’s house.
Durham, Andrea. 2004. Social Network Analysis of Women,
Resources, and Community in Angla, Ecuador. Unpublished
M t ’ Thesis.
Master’s
Th i
Photo by Andrea Durham
Women in
Development
The community of Angla, facing west toward Lago San Pablo
Durham, Andrea. 2004. Social Network Analysis of Women,
Resources, and Community in Angla, Ecuador. Unpublished
M t ’ Thesis.
Master’s
Th i
Photo by Andrea Durham
Women in
Development
Durham, Andrea. 2004. Social Network Analysis of Women,
Resources, and Community in Angla, Ecuador. Unpublished
M t ’ Thesis.
Master’s
Th i
Photo by Andrea Durham
Environmental
Education
Paulete, F.E., B. Orr. 2010. Combining Technical Competence
and Stakeholder Impact in Environmental Education: The Gambia
p
Applied
pp
Environmental
All Schools Nurseryy Competition.
Education and Communication. 9(1):18-27.
Photo by Panchita Paulete
Environmental
Education
Seib, M.D., K.C. Arnold, and B. Orr. 2012. Effectiveness of 3MTM
PetrifilmTM as a Teaching Tool in Rural Mali. Development in
( )
Practice. 22(2):267-271.
Petrifilm Photo by Betrand DuPont
Woman and Well Photo by Islamic
Relief USA
Soils
Farmer driven
Satterlee, B.M.,
Satterlee
BM M
M. Yemefack,
Yemefack and B.D.
B D Orr.
Orr 2009.
2009 Maize yield and soil property responses to
Entada abyssinica (Steud. ex A. Rich.) cuttings in the Adamawa Lowlands, Cameroon. J.of
Food, Agriculture and Environment 7(1):192-196.
Photo by Brian Satterlee
Soils
Farmer driven
Chance meeting
with people
Satterlee, B.M.,
Satterlee
BM M
M. Yemefack,
Yemefack and B.D.
B D Orr.
Orr 2009.
2009 Maize yield and soil property responses to
Entada abyssinica (Steud. ex A. Rich.) cuttings in the Adamawa Lowlands, Cameroon. J.of
Food, Agriculture and Environment 7(1):192-196.
Photo by Brian Satterlee
Soils
Farmer driven
Chance meeting
with people
The peer review
process
Satterlee, B.M.,
Satterlee
BM M
M. Yemefack,
Yemefack and B.D.
B D Orr.
Orr 2009.
2009 Maize yield and soil property responses to
Entada abyssinica (Steud. ex A. Rich.) cuttings in the Adamawa Lowlands, Cameroon. J.of
Food, Agriculture and Environment 7(1):192-196.
Photo by Brian Satterlee
Soils
The study site, oak/hornbeam forest.
Rhoades, J.L,. M.S. Demeyan, and B. Orr. 2011. Impacts of Deforestation and Land Cover
Change on Mountain Soils in Hrazdan, Armenia. Journal of Sustainable Forestry. 30(7):677696.
Photo by Jason Rhoades
Soils
More peer review
Rhoades, J.L,. M.S. Demeyan, and B. Orr. 2011. Impacts of Deforestation and Land Cover
Change on Mountain Soils in Hrazdan, Armenia. Journal of Sustainable Forestry. 30(7):677696.
Photo by Jason Rhoades
Soils,, Soil Water
and Land Tenure
The study site, irrigated rice in Honduras.
Earnshaw, K.M., and B. Orr. 2013. Soil moisture, field-scale toposequential position, and
slope effects on yields in irrigated rice (Oryza sativa L.) fields in Honduras. Agricultural
Sciences. 4(8A):1-8. (Special issue on Water Management in Agriculture.).
Photo by Kyle Earnshaw
Soils,, Soil Water
and Land Tenure
Farmers are smart.
F
Earnshaw, K.M., and B. Orr. 2013. Soil moisture, field-scale toposequential position, and
slope effects on yields in irrigated rice (Oryza sativa L.) fields in Honduras. Agricultural
Sciences. 4(8A):1-8. (Special issue on Water Management in Agriculture.).
Photo by Kyle Earnshaw
Coffee
Cup used for cupping coffee
Amend, J. 2002. Risk and Coffee Production in Mhaji,
Tanzania. Unpublished Master’s Thesis.
Daniels, N. 2009. Variations in Coffee Processing and
their Impact on Quality and Consistency. Unpublished
Master’s Thesis.
Photo by Noah Daniels
Teak
Daniella in a teak
plantation
Two more examples
of farmers are
smart
Zanin, D. 2005. Feasibility Of Teak Production For Smallholders In
E t
Eastern
Panamá.
P
á Unpublished
U
bli h d Master’s
M t ’ Thesis.
Th i
Kenny, A.L., J.B. Pickens, and B. Orr. submitted. Modeling Teak
Introduction on Smallholder Farms in Southern Togo.
g
Photo courtesy of Daniella Zanin
Teak
And if you think Daniella is tall compared to the men ….
Photo courtesy of Daniella Zanin
Teak
… indentify the Peace Corps Volunteer in the photo.
Photo courtesy of Daniella Zanin
And actuallyy some economics in both Peace Corps
p and otherwise.
Buongiorno, J., and B. Orr. 1976. The long term trend of prices in the maple syrup
i d
industry.
N l M
Natl.
Maple
l S
Syrup Di
Digest 15(2):20-21.
15(2) 20 21
Orr, B., and J. Buongiorno. 1989. Improving estimates of employment in small
geographic areas. J. of Economic and Social Measurement. 15(3/4):225-236.
Orr, B., and J. Buongiorno. 1991. Employment instability in forested counties. J.
of World Forest Resource Management 5(2):115-131.
Orr, B.,
O
B C
C.E.
E Coole,
C l and
d G.M.
G M Sowards.
S
d 2000.
2000 C
Costs
t off D
Demonstration
t ti P
Projects:
j t A
Case Study of Timber Bridge Construction. Journal of Transportation Engineering
126(3):279-281.
Aragona, F
A
F.B.,
B and
dB
B. O
Orr. 2011.
2011 A
Agricultural
i lt l iintensification,
t
ifi ti
monoculture
lt
and
d
economic failure: The case of onion production in the Tipajara Watershed on the
eastern slope of the Bolivian Andes. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture.
35(5):467-492.
Leamer, E.E. (1983) Let’s take the con out of
econometrics. The American Economic
Review 73(1):31-47.
Not my paper.
Cited over 1,000 times.
Image from "Capital Punishment in North Carolina," Special
Bulletin from the North Carolina State Board of Charities and
Public Welfare, Raleigh, N.C. (1929); Copy courtesy of the North
Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Leamer.
Leamer.
Leamer.
Leamer.
Orr B.,
B and K
J Lee.
Lee 1990
Orr,
K.J.
1990. A nonparametric analysis of
variable cost minimization in the US paper industry.
Applied Economics. 22(6):839-852.
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A two-part, take-home message ….
A two-part, take-home message ….
Now that you know what I have worked on you
should know that (even with my limited
expertise) I could somehow work with you on
whatever your project might be
A two-part, take-home message ….
Now that you know what I have worked on you
should know that (even with my limited
expertise) I could somehow work with you on
whatever your project might be but this
presentation should have made you realize your
best strategy is to avoid me.
Alamo, NM on the Navajo Reservation
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www.ansbi.com
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