Curriculum Vitae

Publications

1. Hunt, L., Wilmer, H., Burnham, M., Hillis, V. 2025. Understanding the role of climate skepticism in climate change adaptation: a case study of Western US ranchers. Agriculture and Human Values, revise and resubmit 

2.  Hunt, L., Thompson, J.J., Niles M.T. 2025. How on-farm research project participants compare to a general sample of farmers: a case study of US cover crop farmers. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, accepted

3.  Hunt, L. and Hillis, V. 2025. The appeal of climate program framing depends on climate beliefs: a conjoint survey experiment among US agricultural producers. Climate Policy, 1–15. 10.1080/14693062.2024.2447486 (PDF)

4. Hasting, Z.+, Ocloo, X.S.+, Chapman, M.+, Hunt, L.+, Stenger, K, 2023. Trends in agroforestry research over four decades. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 11:1, 00151. 10.1525/elementa.2022.00151. (+shared first author) (PDF)

5. Hunt, L., Williamson, M., Hillis, V. 2023. Spatial (mis)alignment between climate change-related risks and risk perceptions across the US. Environmental Research Letters, 18:2, 021001. 10.1088/1748-9326/acb06c (PDF)

6. Hunt, L.G., Dively, G., Hooks, C.R.R., 2021. Flowering Chamaecrista fasciculata borders enhance natural enemy populations and improve grain quality in field corn.  Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 306, 107193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2020.107193 (PDF) 

7. Dainese, M., Martin, E.A., Aizen, M., Albrecht, M., Bartomeus, I., Bommarco, R., ...Hunt, L., et al., 2019. A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production. Science Advances. 554170. https://doi.org/10.1101/554170

8. Karp, D.S., Chaplin-Kramer, R., Meehan, T.D., Martin, E.A., DeClerck, F., Grab, H., Gratton, C., Hunt, L., et al., 2018. Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115, E7863–E7870. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1800042115

9. Nelson, J.L., Hunt, L.G., Lewis, M.T., Hamby, K.A., Hooks, C.R.R., Dively, G.P., 2018. Arthropod communities in warm and cool grass riparian buffers and their influence on natural enemies in adjacent crops. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 257, 81–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2018.01.019

10. Tscharntke, T., Karp, D.S., Chaplin-kramer, R., Batáry, P., Declerck, F., Gratton, C., Hunt, L., Ives, A., Jonsson, M., Larsen, A., Martin, E.A., Martínez-salinas, A., Meehan, T.D., O’Rourke, M., Poveda, K., Rosenheim, J.A., Rusch, A., Schellhorn, N., Wanger, T.C., Wratten, S., Zhang, W., 2016. When natural habitat fails to enhance biological pest control - Five hypotheses. Biological Conservation. 204, 449–458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.10.001

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Boise State University

Graduate Certificate in Human-Environment Systems, Boise State University

Master of Science in Entomology, University of Maryland

Bachelor of Science in Biology, University of Maryland