Dr. Sandy Marquart Pyatt

Biography

Sandy Marquart-Pyatt is a Professor in the Department of Geography, Environment, Spatial Sciences at Michigan State University, where she is also jointly appointed in the Department of Political Science. She earned her PhD at Ohio State University and joined MSU in 2009. Her research primarily focuses on nature-society connections, public opinion behavior, and methodology. Currently, her work investigates issues related to climate change, environmental attitudes and behavior, environmental policy decision-making, and the spatial distribution of environmental concerns and challenges. As the lead investigator of a multi-state panel survey surveying agricultural producers in the Upper Midwest, she applies various methodological interests, including structural equation modeling, multilevel/hierarchical modeling, panel models, and survey methodology. Her area of study includes methodology, nature-society relations, public opinion behavior, and comparative social change.

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