Contact Information

• acase1@unca.edu
• 232-5182
• 137 Rhoades/Robinson Hall

Office Hours

• Monday 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
• Thursday 11:20 am - 12:20 pm
• Note: Office 137 Rhoades/Robinson Hall, CPO 2330

Ashley Case has taught in the Environmental Science department at UNCA since Fall 2016. She received the Excellence in Teaching Award in the 2023-2024 academic year. She is invested in promoting sustainability at UNCA and the greater community and serves on Asheville City's Sustainability Action Committee, working on Community Resilience and Waste Reduction groups. Professor Case is particularly interested in how Environmental Science, Sustainability, and Social justice complement each other. She also enjoys teaching Community Engaged Learning (CEL) courses to give students hands-on experiences while being of service. 

Education:

• B.S. University of North Carolina Asheville
• M.S. University of Tennessee Knoxville

Courses Taught:

• ENVS 130 Introduction to Environmental Science
• ENVS 334 Environmental Policy
• ENVS 373 & ENVS 374 CEL: ST: Experiential Learning in Ecology (with and without lab)
• ENVS 373 DI: CEL: ST: Environmental Justice

Publications:

• Case, A. E., A. E. Mayfield, S. E. Schlarbaum, S. L. Clark and B. C. Reynolds. [2016]. "Abundance and Frequency of the Asiatic Oak Weevil [Coleoptera: Curculionidae] and Defoliation on American, Chinese, and Hybrid Chestnut [Castanea]." THE JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE 16[1]:29. doi: 10.1093/jisesa/iew012.
• ​Case, A. E.  [2015]. "Interactions among insect defoliation, insecticide treatments, and growth rate in American and hybrid chestnuts." Thesis (Masters)-University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 72 pp.
• ​Case, A. E., A. E. Mayfield, S. E. Schlarbaum, S. L. Clark, and A. M. Saxton. [2014]. "Interactions among insect defoliation insecticide treatments and growth rate in American and hybrid BC3F3 chestnut seedlings." 19th CENTRAL HARDWOOD FOREST CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, pages 362-363, Carbondale, IL.
• ​Case, A. E., A. E. Mayfield, S. L. Clark, and S. E. Schlarbaum. [2012]. "Frequency and abundance of the Asiatic oak weevil on American, Chinese, and hybrid chestnut in the southern Appalachian Mountains." The American Chestnut Summit, October 2012; Asheville, NC. [Poster presentation]

Professional Interests:

• Environmental Science Education
• Sustainability
• Service learning
• Community Service
• Experiential Knowledge
• Plant and People Interactions
• Waste Reduction
• Community Resilience