Mark Larese-Casanova
Product Design & Engineering Technologies
Professional Practice Assistant Professor
Biography
I am a longtime educator at Utah State University where I train students to become the next generation of outdoor product designers.
Teaching Interests
Softgoods and apparel design and construction, sustainable product design.
Research Interests
Assessment of participant knowledge gain and course evaluation in support of classroom teaching.
Awards
Program of the Year Award, 2017
Alliance for Natural Resources Outreach and Service Programs
Outstanding Program Evaluation Award, 2015
Alliance for Natural Resources Outreach and Service Programs
Carl Johnson Educator of the Year Award, 2015
Bridgerland Audubon Society
Outstanding Educational Materials, 2013
Alliance of Natural Resource Outrach and Service Programs
Utah Environmental Education Program of the Year Award, 2009
2007 Non-Point Source Water Quality Award, 2007
Publications | Fact Sheets
- Veblen, K.E, Thacker, E., Larese-Casanova, M., Nehring, K., Duniway, M., Brungard, C., (2023). Establishing big sagebrush seedlings on the Colorado Plateau. USU Extension Fact Sheets
- Larese-Casanova, M., (2017). Measuring Extension Program Impacts: 1. Setting Goals and Objectives. USU Extension
- Larese-Casanova, M., (2017). Measuring Extension Program Impacts: 2. Assessing Participant Knowledge Gain. USU Extension
- Larese-Casanova, M., (2017). Measuring Extension Program Impacts: 3. Evaluating Program Success. USU Extension
- Larese-Casanova, M., (2017). Measuring Extension Program Impacts: 4. Evaluating Long-Term Impacts. USU Extension
- Rohal, C., Kettenring, K., Downard, R., Larese-Casanova, M., (2017). Soils of Great Salt Lake Wetlands: Hydric Indicators and Common Features. USU Extension
- Frank, M., Marty, J., Rohal, C., Downard, R., Endter-Wada, J.L, Kettenring, K., Larese-Casanova, M., (2016). Water Rights for Wetlands in the Bear River Delta. USU Extension
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Curriculum
- Larese-Casanova, M., (2017). Utah Master Naturalist Watershed Investigations Manual. USU Extension
- Larese-Casanova, M., (2017). Utah Master Naturalist Desert Explorations Manual. USU Extension *
- Larese-Casanova, M., (2017). Utah Master Naturalist Mountain Adventures Manual . USU Extension
- Larese-Casanova, M., (2008). Utah Botanical Center K-12 Field Trip Curricula. *
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Larese-Casanova, M., (2018). Evaluation of Long-Term Impacts of the Utah Master Naturalist Program. Journal of Extension, 56:6
- Larese-Casanova, M., (2015). Using Evaluation to Guide and Validate Improvements to the Utah Master Naturalist Program. Journal of Extension, 53:3, doi: 3IAW3
- Kinder, T., Mesner, N., Larese-Casanova, M., Lott, K.H, Cacheline, A., Leksander, K., (2015). Short-Term Environmental Education Programs: Changes in Knowledge and Attitude about Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality. Natural Sciences Education / published by American Society of Agronomy, 44, 18-25.
- Larese-Casanova, M., (2011). Asessment and Evaluation of the Utah Master Naturalist Program: Implications for Targeting Audiences. Journal of Extension, 49:5, 5RIB2.
Professional Journal
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Technical Reports
Research Reports
- Rupp, L.A, Whitesides, R.E, Kettenring, K., Larese-Casanova, M., Goodspeed, J., (2013). Phragmites australis Control at the Rural-Urban Interface Final Report. *
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
Other
- Larese-Casanova, M., (1999). The Ecology of an Insular Population of Eastern Mud Turtles. University of Connecticut Master's Thesis *
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.