Dr. Constance "Dusty" Becker is an Assistant Professor of Natural Resources Conservation in the Department of Horticulture, Forestry and Recreation Resources at Kansas State University.  She is also an ancillary faculty in the Department of Biology.  Dr. Becker teaches Introduction to Natural Resources Conservation and Natural History for undergraduates in the Park Management and Conservation degree program. 

Dr. Becker conducts research on the human dimensions of wildlife management, community-based ecotourism, and conservation biology.  She and her students study recreational impacts on wildlife, the effects of forest management on avian species diversity, gene-flow at the landscape level, and conservation of tropical biodiversity. Their research often involves field work to test hypotheses about the ecology of birds at the community and population level or explores societal attitudes towards biodiversity.  Dr. Becker has worked with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at National Wildlife Refuges and public lands in the central plains, and with Earthwatch Institute in Ecuador and Costa Rica.