Sociology

Faculty & Staff

Flaxen Conway

Associate Professor and
Extension Community Outreach Specialist
Department of Sociology / Oregon Sea Grant Extension
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-3703
Phone: 541-737-1418
Fax: 541-737-5372
E-mail: flaxen.conway@oregonstate.edu

Areas of Interest:

• Coping with change and transition
• Personal and group leadership education
• Cooperative learning and research

Current Projects:

• Coping with change and transition - I've been involved in several research and education projects related to natural resource communities and change including Wave Energy in Oregon (http://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/video/wave_energy/conway.html), Groundfish Disaster Outreach Program (http://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/sgpubs/onlinepubs/2007publications_catalog.html) and Towns in Transition: Managing Change in Natural Resource-Dependent Communities (video/study guide program available http://extension.oregonstate.edu/videos/video_details.php?vtp=VTP25)
• Cooperative Learning / Research - I've been involved in several research and education projects related to the relationship between the fisheries management community and the commercial fishing community. Key projects include:
  - Improving Community Profiles for Oregon Fishseries and Coastal Communities
  - Communication in the Commercial Fishing and Fisheries Management Communities
  - Fishing Community Attitudes toward Socioeconomic Research and Data Collection by Fisheries Managers.
  - Communication in the Coastal Marine Recreational Fishing and Fisheries Management Communities.
  - West Coast Cooperative Fisheries Research
  - Evaluating the Human Dimension Side of Cooperative Fisheries Research
• Personal and Group Leadership Education - I've been involved in a multi-disciplinary project that extends educational materials and training opportunities to watershed councils and other groups (http://seagrant.orst.edu/wsep).

Brief Vita

Education:

• M.S. - Oregon State University, 1987
• B.S. - Oregon State University, 1984

Selected Scholarship:

• Wesley Shaw and Flaxen Conway. 2007. "response to the West Coast Groundfish Disaster: Lessons Learned for Communities and Decision Makers" Oregon Sea Grant Publication, ORESU-G-07-006, Corvallis, OR.
• Laura Opsommer and Flaxen Conway. 2007. "Oregon's Coastal Marine Recreational Fishing Community: Who are they and why is it important to understand and communicate with them?" Oregon Sea Grant Publication, ORESU-G-07-005, Corvallis, OR.
• McGrath, Daniel, Flaxen Conway, and Sharon Johnson. 2007. "The Extension Hedgehog." Journal of Extension. 45(2): http://www.joe.org/joe/2007april/a1.shtml.
• Conway, Flaxen D.L. and Carrie Pomeroy. 2006 "Evaluate the Human - as well as the Biological - Objectives of Cooperatives Fishesries Research." Fisheries, 31(9): 447-454.
• Conway, F.D.L. 2006. "Sharing Knowledge, Power, and Respect: Keys in Bringing Communities Together to Improve Science, Practice, and Relationships." Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 11(1): 129-137.
• Conway, Godwin, Cloughesy, and Nierenberg. 2003. "Watershed Stewardship Education Program - a multidisciplinary extension education program for Oregon's watershed councils." Journal of Extension, 41(4).
• Conway, F.D.L., J. Gilden, and A. Zvonkovic. 2002. "Communication, Power and Innovation in Fishing Families and Communities." Fisheries, 27(10): 20-29. (NOTE: Article used as the basics of a boxed insert, "Focus on Family Research," in Seccombe, Karen and Rebecca L. Warner. Marriages and Families: Relationships in Social Context.Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Press (2004).
• Gilden, J. and Flaxen D.L. Conway. 2002. Fishing Community Attitudes Toward Socioeconomic Research and Data Collection by Fisheries Managers. Report to the National marine Fisheries Service, NW Region.
• Gilden, J. and Flaxen D.L. Conway. 2002. An Investigation in Trust: Communication in the Commercial Fishing and Fisheries Management Community. Oregon Sea Grant Publication, ORESU-G-01-004, Corvallis, OR.
• Conway, FDL. 2001. "Dealing With Stumbling Blocks." Revision, Chapter 6, Section One in Watershed Stewardship: A Learning Guide. OSU Extension Publication, EM 8714; 500 pp.
• Conway, FDL. 2001. "Communication Skills." Revision, Chapter 5, Section One in Watershed Stewardship: A Learning Guide. OSU Extension Publication, EM 8714; 500 pp.
• Conway, FDL. 2000. "Building Effective Outreach to Fishing Families," in Change and Resilience in Fishing, Susan Hanna and Madeline Hall-Arber, eds, Oregon Sea Grant, Corvallis, OR, 167 pp.

Grants:

• In the last two years I have been working on three awarded grant projects with a combined total of over $400,000.

Honors & Awards:

• 2005 was awarded the Superior Outreach Programming Award from the National Sea Grant Program.