Christopher (Chris) Chizinski is an Associate Professor of Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management in the School of Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Originally from northwestern Connecticut, he received a B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Science at the University of Connecticut and then an M.S. and Ph.D. in Fisheries Sciences from Texas Tech University. His research examines the interplay of humans and wildlife and provides information to aid and inform conservation and management decisions.