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doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
~Margaret Mead |
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Publications |
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Peer-Reviewed Publications
(Student co-authors**)
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“Resistant place identities in rural
Charleston County, South
Carolina: Cultural, Environmental, and Racial Politics in the
Sewee
to Santee Area.” Human Ecology Review.
In press; with Cassandra Johnson and
Patrick Hurley.
“Finding a ’disappearing’ resource: Rural gentrification
and the ‘fringe ecologies’
of sweetgrass basket-making in the SC Lowcountry." The
Professional Geographer.
In press; with Patrick Hurley, Norm Levine, and Marianne Burke.
“Practical seed source selection for restoration projects
in an urban setting:
tallgrass prairie, serpentine barrens, and coastal habitat examples."
Urban Habitat.
In press; with Danny Gustafson and Roger Anderson.
“The Use of Focus Groups in Assessing Ethnic and Racial
Concerns about
Nuclear Waste Cleanup” in The Promise
and the Peril of Public Participation. In
press. Frans H.J.M. Coenen, Ed. Springer Publications.
“Dodging Alligators, Rattlesnakes, and Backyard Barbeques:
A Political Ecology
of Sweetgrass Basketmaking and Conservation in the South Carolina
Lowcountry, USA" GeoJournal.
In Press; with Patrick T. Hurley.
"'Growing' a Campus Native Species Garden: Sustaining Volunteer-Driven
Sustainability" International Journal
of Sustainability in Higher Education. April
2008; with Kristan McKinne**.
"As Green as We Think? The Case of the College of Charleston
Green
Building Initiative" International
Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. May
2006; with Katharine A. Owens**.
“Latino Migrant Farmworkers
in Lowcountry South Carolina: a Demographic
Profile and an Examination of Pesticide Risk Perception and Protection
in Two
Pilot Case Studies” Human Organization.
Spring 2006; with Deborah McCarthy,
Tracy Burkett, and Alicia Carvajal**.
“Barriers to Student Mobilization and Service at Institutions
of Higher
Education: A Greenbuilding Initiative Case Study on a Historic,
Urban Campus
in Charleston, South Carolina, USA” International
Journal of Sustainability in
Higher Education. January 2006; with Katherine S. Zimmerman**.
“Community Participation in Preservation of Lowcountry SC
Sweetgrass
(Muhlenbergia filipes) Basketry” Economic
Botany, Summer 2004; with Zachary H.
Hart** and Marianne K. Burke.
“The Green Building Project: Promoting Political Science
Learning through a
Collaborative Research Approach” PS:
Political Science and Politics, April
2004; with Katharine A. Owens**, Katherine S. Zimmerman**, and
Zachary H.
Hart**.
“Local Autonomy and Environmental Justice: Implementing
Distributional
Equity Across National Scales” in Achieving
Sustainable Development eds. Walter
A. Rosenbaum and Hans Bressers, (Westport, CT: Praeger , 2003);
with Frans
H.J.M. Coenen.
“A Restoration Plan for Sweetgrass in Coastal Prairie Habitat
of South
Carolina” Ecological Restoration,
March, 2003; with Marianne Burke and Zachary
Hart**.
“Environmental Decision-Making and Community Involvement:
The Case of
Sandy Island, South Carolina” The
Southeastern Geographer, May, 2001; with
Jeremy Browning and Brian Ballard**.
“Regulating Contested Local Hazards: Is Constructive Dialogue
Possible Among
Participants in Community Risk Management?” Policy
Studies Journal, Volume
28, No. 3, Fall 2000; with Albert R. Matheny and Walter A. Rosenbaum.
[Entire
Issue Received 2000-2001 Don Hadwiger Award for Best Symposium
Published
in Volume 28.]
“De verdeling van milieueffecten en milieurisico’s
over de Nederlandse
bevolking als beleidsprobleem” (Environmental Injustice
in the Netherlands).
Beleidswetenschap (Policy Science).
Volume 4, December 2000; with F.H.J.M.
Coenen.
“The Grassroots at Risk: Local Perceptions and Environmental
Injustice” in
Locality and Identity: Environmental Issues
in Law and Society, eds. Jane Holder and Donald McGillivray
(Dartmouth/Aldershot, 1999); with Albert R. Matheny.
“Political Issues and Political Choice: Belief Systems,
Generations, and the
Potential for Realignment in American Politics” in After
the Boom: The Politics of
Generation X, eds. Stephen C. Craig and Stephen Earl Bennett
(Boulder, Co:
Rowman and Littlefield, 1997); with Stephen C. Craig.
“The Florida Federation of Political Research,” The
Political Chronicle (December
1996); with Michael Martinez and David Hill.
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| Reports
and Other
Publications
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“Community Associations and Nonpoint Source Pollution: A
Coastal South
Carolina Perspective.” July 2007. Columbia, SC: USC/NOAA
USES Project;
with Daniel R. Hitchcock, Jessi Adair Shuler**, and contributions
by Megan
Barkes**.
“Community environmental conservation and Gullah culture:
reactions to
development and access to sweetgrass (Muhlenbergia filipes) for
basketmaking in
Lowcountry South Carolina.” American
Political Science, Technology, and
Environmental Policy (STEP) Newsletter. 1:6-8.
http://www.apsanet.org/~step/newsletter.htm; with Patrick Hurley.
“Critical Line Buffer Ordinances: Guidance for Coastal Communities.”
2005.
Columbia, SC: SC-DHEC OCRM; with Daniel R. Hitchcock and contributions
by
Katherine Zimmerman** and Zachary Hart**.
“Results of South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Staff
and Board of
Directors Interviews Regarding Organization Name” Research
Results
Submitted to the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Coastal
Conservation
League, April 11, 2003; with Katharine Owens** and Katherine Zimmerman**.
“An Examination of Environmental Nonprofit Organizations’
Decisions to Alter
Their Names” Research Results Submitted to the Board of
Directors of the
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League, October 18, 2002;
with Katharine
Owens** and Katherine Zimmerman**.
"Panelists' Analyze SC Elected Officials' Attitudes About
Growth Study
Findings" The Palmetto Planner: A Publication
of the South Carolina Chapter of the
American Planning Association. Volume 22, Issue 2, Spring
2002; with Lucie
Hartley** and Allison Turza**.
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| research
in progress |
My research examines environmental decision-making, perceptions,
and
communications. For each project, I examine stakeholder views,
engagement,
and actions. I have a long-standing interest in environmental
risk and justice and
mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative) approaches to exploring
research
problems.
Some of these projects are:
1. examination of the political, economic, and policy issues involved
in the
establishment of the Sandy Island, SC wetlands mitigation bank
and the
Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge
2.comparative analysis of gender, ethnic, and socioeconomic differences
in
environmental risk perception and justice in the United States
and the
Netherlands
3. evaluation of the translation of complex, scientific information
into public
outreach products (currently public outreach related to the Urbanization
and
Southeastern Estuarine Systems Project, 1990 - present)
4. inventory of stakeholder views regarding resource use (most
recently, an
examination of the views of South Carolina lowcountry sweetgrass
users)
5. analysis of the impacts and experiences of sustainability campaigns
on
stakeholders (cases include the College of Charleston's Greenbuilding
and
Native Species Garden as well as the Local Government experiences
with
implementation of scientifically complex environmental regulation)
6. examination of migrant farm worker and Latino immigrant experiences
and
perceptions in lowcountry South Carolina
7. exploration of the impact of development on rural inhabitants’
perceptions,
attitudes, and behaviors (e.g., Sewee to Santee region, Johns
Island, SC)
8. analysis of community association (private neighborhood) management
of
environmental resources and defining ‘conservation subdivision’
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