Contact Information

• acase1@unca.edu
• 232-5182

Office Hours

• Monday 9:30 am - 10:50 am
• Note: or by appointment

Ashley Case has taught in the Environmental Studies department at UNCA since Fall 2016. She is invested in promoting sustainability at UNCA and the greater community. Professor Case is the faculty co-advisor for the Student Environmental Center and serves on Asheville City's Sustainability Action Committee, working on Community Resilience and Waste Reduction subgroups. Prior to being at UNCA, she was a Teaching Assistant for the Tree Biology lab, Forests and Forestry in American Society and Forestry, and Wildlife & Fisheries while working on her master's degree.  

Education:

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

Courses Taught:

• ENVR 130 Introduction to Environmental Science
• ST: ENVR 373 Experiential Learning in Ecology. Service Learning
• ENVR 334 Environmental Ecology

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
• Environmental Justice
• Sustainability