Publications
MacFarland, S. K., S. Sachdeva, S. A. Wood, and J. J. Lawler. 2025. A computational approach for characterizing values for nature: a case study with US Forest Service public comments. People and Nature, 00: 1-12, DOI: 10.1002/pan3.70050. (pdf)
Gray, C. E., P. H. Kahn, Jr., J. J. Lawler, P. S. Tandon, G. N. Bratman, S. P. Perrins, and F. Boyens. 2025. The importance of (not just visual) interaction with nature: A study with the Girl Scouts. The Journal of Environmental Education, 56(2), 126–143. Doi.org/10.1080/00958964.2024.2436166. (pdf)
LoTemplio, S., A. S. McDonnell, N. Nadkarni, S. Walker, C. A. Gallegos-Riofrío, E. Scott, J. E. Bettmann, D. Rojas-Rueda, J. Dahl, L. Powers Tomasso, J. J. Lawler, D. Davalos, and D. Strayer. 2023. Healthy by nature: policy practices aimed at maximizing the human health benefits of nature contact. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 10(2), DOI: 10.1177/23727322231197578. (pdf)
Gray, C. E., P. H. Kahn, Jr., J. J. Lawler, P. S. Tandon, G. N. Bratman, S. P. Perrins, and F. Boyens. Time spent interacting with nature is associated with greater well-being for Girl Scouts before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2023. Land 2(7), 1303, DOI: 10.3390/land12071303. (pdf)
in, Y., S. A. Wood, J. J. Lawler. 2022. The relationship between natural environments and subjective well-being as measured by sentiment expressed on Twitter. Landscape and Urban Planning 227:104539, DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104539. (pdf)
Nay, A., P. H. Kahn Jr., J. J. Lawler, G. N. Bratman. 2022. Inequitable effects of COVID-19 on time spent in urban nature: a case study of Seattle, WA with Asian, Black, Latino, and White residents. Land 11(8): 1277, DOI: 10.3390/land11081277. (pdf)
Remme, R. P., H. Frumkin, A. D. Guerry1, A. C. King, L. Mandle, C. Sarabu, G. N. Bratman, B. Giles-Corti, P. Hamel1,, B. Han, J. L. Hicks, P. James, J. J. Lawler, T. Lindahl, H. Liu, Y. Lu, B. Oosterbroek, B. Paudel, J. F. Sallis, J. Schipperijn, R. Sosič, S. de Vries, B. W. Wheeler, S. A. Wood, T. Wu, G. C. Daily. In Press. Nature and physical activity in cities: an ecosystem service perspective. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Carter, N., M. A. Williamson, S. Gilbert, S. A. Lischka, L. R. Prugh, J. J. Lawler, A. L. Metcalf, A. L. Jacob, B. J. Beltrán, A. J. Castro, A. Sage, Abigail, and M. Burnham. 2020. Integrated spatial analysis for human-wildlife coexistence in the American West. Environmental Research Letters 15: 021001, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab60e1. (pdf)
Kawas, S., J. Sherry-Wagner, N. S. Kuhn, S. K. Chase, B. Bentley, J. J. Lawler, and K. Davis. 2020. NatureCollections: Can a mobile application trigger children’s interest in nature? CSEDU 1: 579-592. (pdf)
Kawas, S., S. K. Chase, J. Yip, J. J. Lawler, and K. Davis. 2019. Sparking Interest: A Design Framework for Mobile Technologies to Promote Children’s Interest in Nature. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction 20: 24-34. (pdf)
Bratman, G. N., C. B. Anderson, M. G. Berman, B. Cochran, S. de Vries, J. Flanders, C. Folke, H. Frumkin, J. J. Gross, T. Hartig, P. H. Kahn, M. Kuo, J. J. Lawler, P. S. Levin, T. Lindahl, A. Meyer-Lindenberg, R. Mitchell, Z. Ouyang, J. Roe, L. Scarlett, J. R. Smith, M. van den Bosch, B. W. Wheeler, M. P. White, H. Zheng, and G. C. Daily. 2019. Nature and mental health: An ecosystem service perspective. Science Advances 5:eaax0903–eaax0903. (pdf)
Frumkin, H., G. N. Bratman, S. J. Breslow, B. Cochran, P. H. Kahn, Jr., J. J. Lawler, P. S. Levin, P. S. Tandon, U. Varanasi, K. L. Wolf, S. A Wood. 2017. Nature Contact and Human Health: A Research Agenda. Environmental Health Perspectives DOI:10.1289/EHP1663. (pdf)
Asah, S. T., A. D. Guerry, D. J. Blahna, and J. J. Lawler. 2014. Perception, acquisition and use of ecosystem services: Human behavior, and ecosystem management and policy implications. Ecosystem Services 10: 180-186. (pdf)