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About me:
Adam D. Griffith is the Director of the Revitalization of Traditional Cherokee Artisan Resources based in Cherokee, NC. The website is www.rtcar.org
Adam earned his Ph.D. from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte in Geography under the tutelage of the esteemed Dr. Wei-Ning Xiang. He spent his time there reading academic papers, typing summaries of them, and trying to come up with a single original thought. (Now I spend any free time I have kayaking and on home improvements.)
Adam D. Griffith was the Director of the Rivercane Restoration Project through the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines (PSDS) at Western Carolina University from 2008 - 2014. At PSDS, he launched coastalcare.org with the Santa Aguilla Foundation, directed research on beach sand mining, and the impacts of sea-level rise on Hilton Head Island. He received a BS degree in Biology from Roanoke College in 1999 (Omicron Delta Kappa) and was subsequently accepted to Teach for America. He taught 6th grade science in the Houston Independent School District in Texas for three years before becoming a kayak instructor taking him on numerous trips to the beaches of the United States, Panama, and Europe. He received his MS degree in Biology from Western Carolina University in 2008 studying the native bamboo Arundinaria gigantea.
In 2011, he co-founded the Public Laboratory with 6 others by helping secure a $500,000 grant from the James S. and John L. Knight Foundation. As a result, his writings can be found on the PBS IdeaLab blog, publiclab.org, and others. He has presented his research with the Public Laboratory across the United States, Mexico, and Europe.
Recent Media:
Selected Publications:
Adam D. Griffith is the Director of the Revitalization of Traditional Cherokee Artisan Resources based in Cherokee, NC. The website is www.rtcar.org
Adam earned his Ph.D. from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte in Geography under the tutelage of the esteemed Dr. Wei-Ning Xiang. He spent his time there reading academic papers, typing summaries of them, and trying to come up with a single original thought. (Now I spend any free time I have kayaking and on home improvements.)
Adam D. Griffith was the Director of the Rivercane Restoration Project through the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines (PSDS) at Western Carolina University from 2008 - 2014. At PSDS, he launched coastalcare.org with the Santa Aguilla Foundation, directed research on beach sand mining, and the impacts of sea-level rise on Hilton Head Island. He received a BS degree in Biology from Roanoke College in 1999 (Omicron Delta Kappa) and was subsequently accepted to Teach for America. He taught 6th grade science in the Houston Independent School District in Texas for three years before becoming a kayak instructor taking him on numerous trips to the beaches of the United States, Panama, and Europe. He received his MS degree in Biology from Western Carolina University in 2008 studying the native bamboo Arundinaria gigantea.
In 2011, he co-founded the Public Laboratory with 6 others by helping secure a $500,000 grant from the James S. and John L. Knight Foundation. As a result, his writings can be found on the PBS IdeaLab blog, publiclab.org, and others. He has presented his research with the Public Laboratory across the United States, Mexico, and Europe.
Recent Media:
Selected Publications:
- Griffith, A.D., Coburn, A., Peek, K. M., & Young, R.S. (2014). Hurricane Sandy: did beach nourishment save New Jersey? In Farmer, E.C. and Bennington, J.B. (Eds.), Learning from the Impacts of Superstorm Sandy (p 57-69). Elsevier.
- Tanner, B.R., Kinner, D.A., Griffith, A.D., Young, R.S. & Sorrell, L.M (2011). Presence of Arundinaria gigantea (river cane) on numerous non-wetland sites suggests improper ecological classification of the species. Wetlands Ecology and Management. 19(6): 521-532.
- Coburn, A.S., Griffith, A.D. & Young, R.S. (2010). Inventory of coastal engineering projects in coastal national parks. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/NRPC/GRD/NRTR—2010/373. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
- Griffith, A.D., Kinner, D.A., Tanner, B.R., Moore, A., Mathews, K.G. & Young, R.S. (2009). Nutrient and physical soil characteristics of rivercane (Arundinaria gigantea) stands, western North Carolina. Castanea. 74(3): 224-235.
