John’s Campus Memorial University. Dr. Vodden has been actively involved in community and regional development research, policy and practice in Canadian rural communities since 1995. Her research examines community involvement in multi-level, collaborative natural resource governance and adaptation to environmental change, corporate-community relations and creating sustainable local economies. She is Principal Investigator of the SSHRC-funded multi-province study Canadian regional development: a critical review of theory, practice and potentials (2010-2013) as well as the study Seeking innovative policy and governance solutions for sustainable drinking water systems in rural and small town Newfoundland and Labrador (2013-2014). Dr. Vodden has a strong commitment to community engaged scholarship and has published and presented widely on her work.