Danya Rumore

Danya Rumore is a Research Professor at the University of Utah's S.J. Quinney College of Law and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of City and Metropolitan Planning. As Director of the Wallace Stegner Center Environmental Dispute Resolution (EDR) Program, she focuses on:

• Collaborative decision-making in environmental contexts
• Stakeholder engagement strategies
• Climate change adaptation frameworks
• Gateway community planning
• Conflict resolution training

Research interests center on science-intensive environmental disputes, with particular emphasis on collaborative problem-solving through joint fact-finding, role-play simulations, and facilitated negotiations. Her work addresses:

• Transportation and housing challenges in natural amenity regions
• Air quality impacts on recreation
• Community resilience strategies
• Interactive governance models
• Conflict competence development

Recent publications demonstrate trends in environmental dispute resolution, including:

• 2023: Analysis of rural gentrification dynamics
• 2022: GNAR Initiative's collaborative tools
• 2021: Gateway community planning challenges
• 2019: Air quality threshold research
• 2018: Innovative transportation planning pedagogy

Scientific recognition:

• Recipient of the Rob Williams Award for Emerging Environment and Public Policy Leaders (2018)
• Held the MIT John S. Hennessy Fellowship (2014)

Professional impact: Rumore's work spans environmental law, policy implementation, and community capacity building through:

• NSF-funded research on gateway communities
• National Park Service collaborations
• Co-design of climate adaptation simulations
• Training federal agencies in conflict resolution
• Founding the GNAR Initiative