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2024 Candidate Justin Compton

2024 candidate for Board of Professional Certification Justin ComptonJustin Compton
Associate Professor
Stonehill College

Candidate for: Member of the Board of Professional Certification (incumbent)

Justin Compton is an Associate Professor of Environmental Science at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, and was previously a Professor of Environmental Biology and environmental science program director at Springfield College (Springfield, Massachusetts), and is a Certified Senior Ecologist and Certified Wildlife Biologist (The Wildlife Society). He is currently incumbent on the Board of Professional Certification and is its 2024 chair. Justin’s education began at the University of California, Davis, where he earned his BS in Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology, then moved on to Michigan Tech (MS, Ecology) and Penn State (PhD, Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences). In addition to his long career as an educator and researcher, Justin worked in the private sector with VHB.