College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department of Fisheries and Wildlife

Background:

Dr. Riley is an emeritus professor in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife. Previously he was Parish Storrs Lovejoy Professor of Wildlife Management and a scientist in the Partnership for Ecosystem Research and Management sponsored by Michigan's Department of Natural Resources. During 2009-2010, Dr. Riley served as a Senior Fulbright Fellow to Sweden, and during 2022-2023 he was a Fulbright Specialist at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Umeå. Dr. Riley is retired from new research and teaching endeavors although he is still actively involved in consulting and writing while serving on several committees with The Wildlife Society.

Recent Publications:

In progress

Decker, D.J., S. J. Riley, and W. F. Siemer. In progress. Human dimensions of wildlife management. Pages xx-xx in J. W. Cain, III and P. R. Krausman, editors. Wildlife Management & Conservation: Contemporary Principles & Practices, Second Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.

2025

Riley, S. J., K. F. Kellner, M. Cross, E. F. Pomeranz, and J. L. Belant. 2025. Social and ecological influences on human coexistence with gray wolves. Conservation Science and Practice e70142 https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70142. 

2024

O’Brien, D., R. Kao, R. Little, G. Enticott, and S. J. Riley. 2024. The road not travelled: bovine tuberculosis in England and Wales, and Michigan, USA. Chapter 10 in S. Cork and J. Lindenmayer, editors. One health case studies: practical applications of the transdisciplinary approach. CAB International, Oxfordshire, UK. ISBN : 978-1-80062-950-9, 384 pp. (Adapted from O’Brien et al. 2023 into a book chapter for a wildlife health textbook).

2023

Burton, S., D. Kramer, K. Frank, and S. J. Riley. 2023. The role of social networks in developing of partnerships with state wildlife agencies. Human Dimensions of Wildlife https://doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2021.2015015

Menale, R. T., S. J. Riley, and J. F. Organ. 2023. Change in attitudes and beliefs about uses of wildlife among wildlife conservation professionals.  The Wildlife Society Bulletin https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1419.

O’Brien, D., R. Kao, R. Little, G. Enticott, and S. J. Riley,. 2023. The road not travelled: Bovine tuberculosis in England and Wales, and Michigan, USA. One Health Cases. doi.org/10.1079/onehealthcases.2023.0028.

Riley, S. J., and A. K. Fuller.  2023.  Human dimensions, decision science, and the Endangered Species Act.  Chapter 14 in L. E. Baier and J. F. Organ, Editors.  The Codex of the Endangered Species Act: The Next Fifty Years (Volume II). Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham, MD, USA.