Degree Program:
PhD in Sustainability
Other Degrees:
M.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from Northern Arizona University (2004)
B.A. in Environmental Studies from Prescott College (1999).
Research Interests:
In a broad sense, my interests lie on the human dimensions of environmental systems, with a focus on adaptive governance, environmental science/policy interface, participatory decision-making and environmental values/perceptions. I have conducted research and applied projects in the southwest U.S. and Latin America aimed at understanding the role of alternative management organizations in integrating various types of knowledge, values and perspectives, as well as assessing their effects on the sustainability of socio-ecological systems. My master’s thesis evaluated the ecological and social outcomes of collaborative management with the development and implementation of place-based sustainability indicators for a rangeland collaborative group in northern Arizona. In the area of forest policy, I studied the role that scientific information and participatory planning processes have in influencing stakeholder attitudes and preferences. For my dissertation work at SOS I wish to expand my interests in adaptive governance to the area of integrated water resource management, and explore the role that organizational networks, diverse forms of knowledge and values/worldviews have in fostering institutional learning for water sustainability. Other ongoing research projects at ASU include exploring the role of culture in ecological worldviews, comparing Latino and Anglo residents in Phoenix (with Kelli Larson and Amber Wutich as part of the Phoenix Area Social Survey of the CAP LTER).
Publications/Conference Presentations:
Muñoz-Erickson, T.A, B.J. Aguilar-Gonzalez and T.D. Sisk. 2007. Linking ecosystem health indicators and collaborative management: a systematic framework to evaluate ecological and social outcomes.
Ecology and Society 12 (2).
Tilt, W., C. Conley, M. James, J. C. Lynn, T.A. Muñoz-Erickson, and P. Warren. In Press. Creating successful collaborations in the West: lessons from the field. In Proceedings of the 8th Biennial Conference on the Colorado Plateau. Van Riper III, C. and M. Sogee (eds.). University of Arizona Press. Tucson.
Fernández-Giménez, M., B. Aguilar-González, T. A. Muñoz-Erickson, and C. G. Curtin. 2006. Assessing the Adaptive Capacity of Collaboratively Managed Rangelands: A Test of the Concept and Comparison of 3 Rangeland CBCs. Journal of the Community-based Collaborative Research Consortium. [online] URL: http://www.cbcrc.org/php-bin/news/showArticle.php?id=75
Muñoz-Erickson, T.A., B.J. Aguilar-González, M.R. Loeser and T. D. Sisk. 2006. Assessing the Effectiveness of the Holistic Ecosystem Health Indicator (HEHI) as a Monitoring Tool to Assess the Adaptive Capacity of Community-based Collaboratives. Journal of the Community-based Collaborative Research Consortium. [online] URL: http://www.cbcrc.org/php-bin/news/showArticle.php?id=75
Muñoz-Erickson, T.A., M.R. Loeser, and B.J. Aguilar-González. 2004. Identifying Indicators of Ecosystem Health for a Semiarid Ecosystem: A Conceptual Approach. In The Colorado Plateau: Cultural, Biological and Physical Research. Van Riper III, C. and Cole, K.L. (eds.) University of Arizona Press. Tucson.
Honors/Awards/Other Accomplishments:
NSF IGERT in Urban Ecology (ASU) EPA P3 Sustainability Award US Ecological Economics Society Meadows Awards Community-based Collaborative Research Consortium (CBCRC) Research Grant
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