Flaxen Conway

Faculty & Staff

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:

Communities coping with change and transition
Personal and group leadership education
Cooperative learning and research

Current Projects:

Communities 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.
Conway, Flaxen D.L. and Carrie Pomeroy. 2006 "Evaluate the Human - as well as the Biological - Objectives of Cooperatives Fisheries 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, 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. 2001. An Investigation in Trust: Communication in the Commercial Fishing and Fisheries Management Community. Oregon Sea Grant Publication, ORESU-G-01-004, Corvallis, OR.

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 Superior Outreach Programming Award from the National Sea Grant Program.
2001 Women of Achievement Award from the Oregon State University Women's Center