Paul Lachapelle is Professor in
the Department of Political Science at Montana State University-Bozeman. His teaching and research spans many disciplines and practices including community climate change resiliency, diversity and inclusion, and social justice topics. His publications include the edited book,
Addressing Climate Change at the Community Level (Routledge 2019) and
Community Capacity and Resilience in Latin America (Routledge 2020), as well as journal articles on energy impacts in communities, democratic practice and local governance, and community visioning and leadership. He earned a Ph.D. (Forestry) at the
University of Montana's College of Forestry and Conservation with a focus on natural resource policy and governance and serves as Editor of the
Community Development Society Current Issues Book Series and member of the Board of Directors (and past-President 2016-2019) of the
International Association for Community Development.
