Assistant Professor (Lead USDA National Wildlife Research Center, Predator Behavior and Ecology)  

Research Interests:  Dr. Young's research focuses on behavior, ecology, and management of carnivores.  The research utilizes wild and captive carnivore populations to understand and reduce human-wildlife conflict.  She is a Supervisory Research Wildlife Biologist with the Predator Research Field Station for the National Wildlife Research Center (USDA-WS) with an appointment as Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Wildland Resources at Utah State University.