Barron J Orr

Interests

Research

Land degradation processes; social dimensions of natural resource management; resilience and environmental change, diffusion of innovation; knowledge transfer; technology adoption and the integration of local and scientific knowledge.

Teaching

Social and cultural aspects of arid lands; social dimensions of natural resource management translational science and knowledge transfer; qualitative research methods; applied remote sensing and spatial analysis.

Courses

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Scholarly Contributions

Chapters

• Zucca, C., Bautista, S., Orr, B. J., & Previtali, F. (2013). Desertification: Prevention and Restoration. In Encyclopedia of Environmental Management (EEM)(pp 594-609). New York: Taylor & Francis Group.
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  In: S.E. Jorgensen (ed.)
• Wisneski, K. D., & Orr, B. J. (2012). Taking Akshen in communities and the environment with mobile, social and geospatial technologies. In Observation and Ecology: Broadening the Scope of Science to Understand a Complex World. Washington D.C.: Island Press.
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Journals/Publications

• Hongu, N., Orr, B. J., Roe, D. J., Reed, R. G., & Going, S. B. (2013). Global positioning system watches for estimating energy expenditure. Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, 27(11), 3216-3220.
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  doi: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31828bae0f
• Orr, B. J., Vukomanovic, J., Doumas, S. L., & Osterkamp, W. R. (2013). Housing density and ecosystem function: Comparing the impacts of rural, exurban, and suburban densities on fire hazard, water availability, and house and road distance effects. Land, 2(4), 656-678.
• Conceicao, A. A., & Orr, B. J. (2012). Post-fire flowering and fruiting in Vellozia sincorana, a caulescent rosette plant endemic to Northeast Brazil. Acta Botanica Brasilica, 26(1), 94-100.
• Cudney-Bueno, R., Orr, B. J., Shaw, W. W., Pfister, T., Torre-Cosio, J., Loaiza, R., & Rojo, M. (2012). Integrating the spatial and temporal dimensions of fishing activities for management in the Northern Gulf of California, Mexico. Ocean & Coastal Management, 55(1), 111-127.
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• Hao, Q., Zhao, H., Zhou, R., Zou, X., Luo, Y., Wang, S., Wang, J., & Orr, B. J. (2012). Effects of sand burial on the survival and physiology of three psammophytes of Northern China. African Journal of Biotechnology, 11(20), 4518-4529.
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  doi: 10.5897/AJB11.3793
• Hao, Q., Zhao, H., Zhou, R., Zou, X., Wang, J., Li, J., & Orr, B. J. (2012). Effects of sand burial stress on maize (Zea mays L.) growth and physiological responses. Australian Journal of Crop Science, 6(5), 869-876.
• Hongu, N., Wisneski, K. D., & Orr, B. J. (2012). Bringing university innovation to the retirement community: An outdoor walking program for older adults. Forum for Family and Consumer Issues, 17(1).
• Newingham, B. A., Ganguli, A. C., & Orr, B. J. (2012). Building a teaching technology toolbox for rangeland ecology. Rangelands, 34(3), 26-31.
• Rojo, L., Bautista, S., Orr, B. J., Vallejo, V. R., Cortina, J., & Derak, M. (2012). Prevention and restoration actions to combat desertification. An integrated assessment: The PRACTICE Project. Secheresse (Montrouge), 23(3), 219-226.
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• Hao, Q., Zhao, X. Y., Zhao, H. L., Zuo, X. A., Wang, S. K., Wang, X. Y., & Orr, B. J. (2011). Litter decomposition rates in Horqin Sandy Land, Northern China: Effects of habitat and litter quality. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 20(12A), 3304-3312.
• Hongu, N., Hingle, M. D., Merchant, N. C., Orr, B. J., Going, S. B., Mosqueda, M. I., & Thomson, C. A. (2011). Dietary assessment tools using mobile technology. Topics in Clinical Nutrition, 26(4), 300-311.
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  doi: 10.1097/TIN.0b013e3182379525
• van Leeuwen, W. J., Casady, G. M., Neary, D. G., Bautista, S., Alloza, J. A., Carmel, Y., Wittenburg, L., Malkinson, D., & Orr, B. J. (2011). Monitoring post-wildfire vegetation response with remotely sensed time-series data in Spain, USA and Israel. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 19(1), 75-93.
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  doi: 10.1071/WF08078

Proceedings Publications

• Mosqueda, M., Page, C., Whitlock, L., Martinez, C., Orr, B., Merchant, N., Going, S., & Hongu, N. (2012, February-March). Comparing interactive nutrition and physical-based activities with and without mobile technology in physical education classes at two junior high schools. In 2012 Research Frontiers in Nutritional Science.
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  02/29-03/01/2012
• Orr, B. J., Wisneski, K. D., Knutson, N. B., Vancel, J. H., & Liang, I. (2012, March). Empowering youth to identify and solve community/environmental problems through a scaffolding-based mobile/online application. In 3rd International Problem-based Learning (PBL) Symposium.
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  03/05-03/09/2012
• Suzuki, A., Pope, B. T., Roe, D., Orr, B. J., Merchant, N. C., Going, S. B., & Hongu, N. (2012, April). Food photo records for assessing daily food intake using a smart phone application in college students. In The Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (The FASEB Journal), Meeting Abstract Supplement 564.8.
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  April 24-28, 2010
• Vukomanovic, J., Doumas, S., Osterkamp, W. R., & Orr, B. J. (2012, August). The effects of houses and road networks on ecological processes in a Southwestern grassland. In 97th Meeting of the Ecological Society of America.
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  08/05-08/10/2012

Presentations

• Fernandez Ramiro, M., & Orr, B. J. (2013, November). Problems in the implementation of modeling the future of the Fire planning. Final FUME Project Meeting Meeting (Forest fire under climate, social and economic changes in Europe, the Mediterranean and other fire-affected areas of the World). Toledo, Spain: European Commission.
• Orr, B. J. (2013, April). Exposure. Arizona Space Grant Consortium's 22nd Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. Tempe, Arizona: NASA.
• Orr, B. J. (2013, April). Linking local participatory assessments to UNCCD national and global impact monitoring efforts: challenges and benefits. Eleventh Session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention of the UNCCD (CRIC 11). Bonn, Germany: UN Convention to Combat Desertification.
• Orr, B. J. (2013, August). School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Arizona. Workshop Internacional De Cooperacao de Pesquisa e Educacao Entre a Universidade Estadual do Maranhao (UEMA) e a Universidade do Arizona (UA). Sao Luis, Brazil: Universidade Estadual do Maranhao (UEMA).
• Orr, B. J. (2013, May). Providing Virtual Cultural Context to Enhance Informal Language Learning. Kick-off Meeting and Workshop. Tokyo, Japan: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
• Orr, B. J. (2013, October). Expanding the Innovation Ecosystem. 1885 Society Fall Reception. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Executive Office of the President.
• Orr, B. J. (2011, Fall). iChallenge. iChallenge. Pinal County.
• Orr, B. J. (2012, April). 20th Arizona/NASA Space Grant Annual Statewide Symposium. 20th Arizona/NASA Space Grant Annual Statewide Symposium. Tucson, AZ.
• Orr, B. J. (2012, April). Food and Environmental Security from Space. Agencia Espacial Mexicana AEM (Mexican Space Agency) & University of Arizona Summit. Tucson, Arizona.
• Orr, B. J. (2012, July). Facilitated a two day workshop with 15 technical experts selected to further the refinement process. First meeting of the ad-hoc Advisory Group of Technical Experts (AGTE) for Impact Indicator Refinement. Bonn, Germany.
• Orr, B. J. (2012, July). Joined the Executive Secretary of the UNCCD and 15 other scientists and technical experts to create a vision for increasing the ability of farmers, pastoralists, practitioners, scientists and policymakers to access, share, apply and contribute to the development of innovative, strategies for sustainable dryland management. Dryland Knowledge Management Visioning Session with the UNCCD. Las Cruces, NM.
• Orr, B. J. (2012, July). White Paper and its process to date, recommendations, and how the Pilot feeds into it to the six countries pilot testing the UNCCD provisional impact indicators. UNCCD Impact Indicators Piloting Exercise Multi-National Pilot Inception Workshop. Mexico City, Mexico.
• Orr, B. J. (2012, May). Can a participatory, formative approach bridge the science policy gap?. PRACTICE 2nd Workshop on Assessment Methods for Prevention and Restoration Actions to Combat Desertification (& Third Plenary Coordination Meeting). Castro Verde, Portuga.
• Orr, B. J. (2012, September). Learning from the past through stakeholder engagement: participatory and integrated evaluation of management and restoration actions in drylands.
• Orr, B. J., & Hannah, C. (2011, September). A participatory and integrated assessment of agricultural development and sustainable land management in Sughd Oblast, Tajikistan. Workshop for Young Researchers on Agricultural Development in Central Asia. Halle, Germany.
• Orr, B. J., Newingham, B., & Ganguli, A. (2012, February). Innovations in Teaching Technology. 65th Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management. Spokane, WA.
• Orr, B. J., Wisneski, K., Knutson, N., Vancel, J., & Liang, I. (2012, March). Empowering youth to identify and solve community/environmental problems through a scaffolding-based mobile/online application. 3rd International Problem-based Learning (PBL) Symposium. Singapore.
• Orr, B. J. (2011, April). Bridging the Science and Society Divide for Two-way Traffic. 20th Arizona/NASA Space Grant Annual Statewide Symposium. Tempe, Arizona.
• Orr, B. J. (2011, April). Tools for the Participatory and Formative Assessment of Restoration Actions in Symposium II: Evaluation of Restoration Learning from Science and People to Improve Restoration Practice. 4th World Conference on Ecological Restoration.
• Orr, B. J. (2011, August). Feeling the Pulse of the Planet (Malcolm Hughes). Fall 2011 Semester Honors Freshman Colloquium (195I-013). Tucson, Arizona.
• Orr, B. J. (2011, February). Progress made on the refinement of the set of impact indicators for strategic objectives 1, 2 and 3. UNCCD Committee on Science and Technology (CST) Second Special Session (CST-S2). Bonn, Germany.
• Orr, B. J. (2011, July). White Paper and its process to date, recommendations, and how the Pilot feeds into it to the six countries pilot testing the UNCCD provisional impact indicators. UNCCD Impact Indicators Piloting Exercise Multi-National Pilot Inception Workshop. Mexico City, Mexico.
• Orr, B. J. (2011, March). Bridging the Science and Society Divide for Two-way Traffic. 20th Arizona/NASA Space Grant Annual Statewide Symposium. Tempe, Arizona.
• Orr, B. J. (2011, May). Can a participatory, formative approach bridge the science policy gap?. PRACTICE 2nd Workshop on Assessment Methods for Prevention and Restoration Actions to Combat Desertification (& Third Plenary Coordination Meeting). Castro Verde, Portugal.
• Orr, B. J. (2011, October). Key principals for indictor selection to the six countries pilot testing the UNCCD provisional impact indicators. UNCCD Impact Indicators Piloting Exercise Multi-National Pilot Final Workshop. Changwon, Korea.
• Orr, B. J. (2011, October). Report on the refinement of the set of impact indicators on strategic objectives 1, 2 and 3: Scientific peer review. The 10th Conference of the Parties and the Committee on Science and Technology(COP-10/CST-10). Changwon, Korea.
• Orr, B. J. (2011, September). A Participatory Research Approach for Stakeholder Engagement in Post-fire Restoration in Symposium: Different Fire-Prone Ecosystems of the World: Fire Behavior, Fire Effects on Biodiversity, and Fire-Human Relations. X Congresso de Ecologia do Brasil.
• Orr, B. J., Rojo, L., Bautista, S., & Vallejo, V. (2011, June). Prevention and Restoration Actions to Combat Desertification. An Integrated Assessment. PRACTICE Project. Montpellier, France.

Poster Presentations

• Dreber, N., Bautista, S., Orr, B. J., & Kellner, K. (2013, September). The PRACTICE approach: an integrated global perspective for combating land degradation in drylands. GfO 2013: 43rd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Potsdam, Germany.
• Hingle, M., Going, S. B., Orr, B. J., Hongu, N. -., Merchant, N., Nichter, M. -., Roe, D. -., Borden, L., Astroth, K. A., & Marsh, S. E. (2013, August). Stealth health: Youth innovation, mobile technology, online social networking, and informal learning to promote physical activity. Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior, Annual Conference. Portland, OR: Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior.
• Orr, B. J., Ocampo-Melgar, A., & Jones, S. A. (2013, October). Identifying narratives for participatory integrated assessment of land management actions in the San Simon watershed.. Research Insights in Semiarid Ecosystems (RISE) Symposium. Tucson, Arizona.
• Clark, M., Contreras, A., Contreras, A., Dumel, D., Farias, J., Gray, A., Joshevama, P., Kerg, A., Martinez, K., Steklis, B., Steklis, W., Tomlin-Brown, S., Walton, C., Liang, I., Vancel, J., Knutson, N., Wisneski, K., Hammon, D., Parizek, D., , Merchant, N., et al. (2012, April). Youth-driven smartphone application development. 3rd Annual Teacher Day. Tucson, AZ.
• Garcia, D., Orr, B. J., Marsh, S., Nichols, M., & Brandau, W. (2012, July). An evaluation of long-term change detection using historical grazing inventory surveys and current satellite imagery. International Drylands Symposium: Learning from Legacies, Sustaining the Future. The Jornada Centennial Symposium. Las Cruces, NM.
• Mosqueda, M., Page, C., Whitlock, L., Martinez, C., Orr, B., Merchant, N., Going, S., & Hongu, N. (2012, February). Comparing interactive nutrition and physical-based activities with and without mobile technology in physical education classes at two junior high schools. Research Frontiers in Nutritional Science. Tucson, AZ.
• Orr, B., Vallejo, V., Bautista, S., Mayor, A., Urgeghe, A., Guixot, L., Ocampo, A., Kong, T., Jones, T., Zucca, C., & Partnership, P. (2012, July). Encouraging public participation through integrated and participatory evaluation of mitigation and restoration actions in drylands: The PRACTICE-IAPro protocol. International Drylands Symposium: Learning from Legacies, Sustaining the Future. The Jornada Centennial Symposium. Las Cruces, NM.
• Vukomanovic, J., Doumas, S., & Orr, B. (2012, July). Housing density and fire hazard in a southeastern Arizona grassland. International Drylands Symposium: Learning from Legacies, Sustaining the Future. The Jornada Centennial Symposium. Las Cruces, NM.

Others

• Hartfield, K., van Leeuwen, W. J., Moore, D. J., Orr, B. J., & Marsh, S. E. (2014, March, 2013). Remote Sensing and GIS - Natural Resource Applications at Multiple Spatial and Temporal Scales.. GIS career day.
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  2013 Kyle Hartfield, Willem J.D. van Leeuwen, Barron Orr, David Moore, Stuart Marsh, 2013. Remote Sensing and GIS - Natural Resource Applications at Multiple Spatial and Temporal Scales. GIS Career Day, University of Arizona, March 6, Tucson, AZ,USA.
• Ocampo-Melgar, A., & Orr, B. J. (2013, All Year). Particpatory Environmental Evaluation Workshop Series: San Simon Watershed Assessment. Cooperative Extension.
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  Conducted a series of individual and group activities with 31 stakeholders associated with the San Simon Watershed during 2013.
• Orr, B. J. (2013, September). Refinement of the set of impact indicators on strategic objectives 1, 2 and 3. Recommendations of the ad hoc advisory group of technical experts. ICCD/COP(11)/CST/2 (Official Document). UNCCD COP-11 Windhoek, Namibia. http://www.unccd.int/Lists/OfficialDocuments/cop11/cst2eng.pdf
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  *UN documents generally do list authors. This document was completed in collaboration with the Knowledge Management Science and Technology (KMST) of the UNCCD and the Adhoc Group of Technical Experts (AGTE).
• Orr, B. J., & Ocampo-Melgar, A. (2013, March). Enhancing the potential for sustainability through participatory environmental assessment. AZ Gila Watershed Partnership. http://gilawatershedpartnership.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/March_2013.13363409.pdf
• Orr, B. J., & TRAGSATEC, . (2013, November). Reuniones con Usuarios Finales “Adaptacion de la Planificacion contra incendios forestales”. Forest fire under climate, social and economic changes in Europe, the Mediterranean and other fire-affected areas of the World.
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  FUME Stakeholder Workshop Series (Forest fire under climate, social and economic changes in Europe, the Mediterranean and other fire-affected areas of the World)
• Passos de Andrade, T., Fortes, R., Finan, T. J., Orr, B. J., Nelson, D. R., Panferov, S., & Fitzsimmons, K. (2013, October). Relatorio do No. 1; Workshop Internacional de Cooperacao de Pesquisa e Educacao - UEMA_UofA@'13 (Report of the 1st International Workshop of Education and Research collaboration - UEMA_UofA@'13). University of Arizona and Universidade Estadual do Maranhao (UEMA) (Brazil).
• Ribeiro, C. E., Vallejo, V. R., Bautista, S., Major, A., Alloza, J. A., & Orr, B. J. (2013, October). PRACTICE NetWeb: Prevention and Restoration Actions to Combat Desertification. Website/Web application. http://80.24.165.149/practice.netweb/
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  Exact Date: 10/10/2011
• Bautista, S., & Orr, B. J. (2011, Fall). IAPro, Integrated Assessment Protocol. European Commission.
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  Framework 7 Grant Agreement no.: 226818
• Hartfield, K., Ellers-Kirk, C., Wisneski, K., Orr, B., & Marsh, S. (2011, Fall). Novel ground truth method for crop fields combining a global positioning system (GPS) and Handheld Geographic Information System (HGIS). eXtension.org. http://extension.org/60989
• Olsson, A., Marsh, S. E., Orr, B. J., Pfirman, E., Schowengerdt, R. A., Hutchinson, C. F., Rojas, F., Goodhue, J., Torrey, Y., Kaplan-Dunn, W., Lizarraga, I., & Innes-Gwan, D. (2011, December). Arizona Regional Image Archive (ARIA). Website/Web application. http://aria.arizona.edu
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  Exact Date: 12/31/2011
• Orr, B. (2011, February). Scientific review of the UNCCD provisionally accepted set of impact indicators to measure the implementation of strategic objectives 1, 2 and 3. Whitepaper.. Version 1 for the CST of the UNCCD. http://www.unccd.int/en/programmes/Science/Monitoring-Assessment/Documents/White%20paper_Scientific%20review%20set%20of%20indicators_Ver1.pdfr_Scientific%20review%20set%20of%20indicators_Ver1_31011%E2%80%A6.pdf.
• Orr, B. J. (2011, February). Scientific review of the UNCCD provisionally accepted set of impact indicators to measure strategic objectives 1, 2 and 3. ICCD/CST(S-2)/INF.1 (Information Document). Committee on Science and Technology Second special session (CST-S2) Bonn, Germany. http://www.unccd.int/cop/officialdocs/cst-s2/pdf/inf1eng.pdf
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  *UN documents generally do list authors. This document was completed in collaboration with the Knowledge Management Science and Technology (KMST) of the UNCCD, based on the input of 183 technical experts.
• Orr, B. J. (2011, October). Report on the refinement of the set of impact indicators on strategic objectives 1, 2 and 3 . Note by the secretariat. ICCD/COP(10)/CST/2 (Official Document). Tenth Conference of the Parties (COP-10), Changwon, Republic of Korea. http://www.unccd.int/php/document2.php?ref=ICCD/COP%2810%29/CST/2
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  *UN documents generally do list authors. This document was completed in collaboration with the Knowledge Management Science and Technology (KMST) of the UNCCD, based on the input of 183 technical experts.
• Orr, B. J. (2011, October). Report on the scientific peer review for the refinement of the set of impact indicators on strategic objectives 1, 2 and 3. Note by the secretariat. ICCD/COP(10)/CST/INF.1 (Information Document). Tenth Conference of the Parties (COP-10), Changwon, Republic of Korea. http://www.unccd.int/cop/officialdocs/cop10/pdf/cstinf1eng.pdf
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  *UN documents generally do list authors. This document was completed in collaboration with the Knowledge Management Science and Technology (KMST) of the UNCCD, based on the input of 183 technical experts.
• Orr, B. J., Torrey, Y., Hertzfeld, M., Porras, P., Thwaits, A., McGee, J., Bonynge, G., Prisloe, S., Vlaseck, K., & Hays, A. (2011, December). National Geospatial Technology Extension Network (NGTEN). Website. http://ngten.org
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  Exact Date: 12/31/2011
• Parizek, P., Hammond, D., Thompson, D., Kuma Reddy, S. S., Kulasinghe, D. M., Seethur, D., Merchant, N., Wisneski, K., Knutson, N., Vancel, J., Liang, I., Hannah, C., Nakazny, K., Choquehuanca, J., Orr, B. J., Marsh, S. E., Macias-Navarro, L., Grace, S., Going, S., , Hingle, M., et al. (2011, October). Akshen.org Application Suite. Website/Web application. http://www.akshen.org
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  Exact Date: 10/10/2011
• Hongu, N., Orr, B. J., Torrey, Y., Knutson, N., Hoelscher-Day, S., Mosqueda, M., Rahr, M. J., & Bloc, L. M. (2010, Fall). Walk Across Arizona web development. Website/Web application. http://cals.arizona.edu/walkacrossaz/
• Meymaris, K., Henderson, S., Havens, K., Mazer, S., Brewer, C., Orr, B., Wright, S., Mulder, S., McBride, B., Haggerty, B., Crimmins, T., Yu, R., & Risen, N. (2010, Fall). Project BudBurst. Website/Web application. http://www.budburst.org/
• Nowatski, J., Hays, A., McGee, J., Prilsoe, S., Vlaseck, K., Mattox, N., Bonynge, G., Bradt, S., Orr, B., Rasmussen, P., & Watermeier, N. (2010, Fall). Geospatial Technology Resource Area for eXtension: Map@Syst. Website. http://www.extension.org/geospatial+technology