Emma Norman (SS) has published “Taking the ‘Frogs Eye View’: How Place Based Learning and Talking Circles Foster Life-Long Learning,” in the American Indian College Fund: Mellon Tribal College Research Journal. 1(1) 162-190.
Adam Wellstead (SS) has co-authored “The Distribution of Analytical Techniques in Policy Advisory Systems: Policy Formulation and the Tools of Policy Appraisal,” in Public Policy and Administration. It is available online.
doi: 10.1177/0952076714524810
Carol MacLennan (SS) has published a book titled “Sovereign Sugar: Industry and Environment in Hawai`i,” with the University of Hawai’i Press. The table of contents and an introductory chapter can be found online.
ISBN: 978-0-8248-3949-9
In the News
Carol MacLennan (SS) was interviewed by Chris Vandercook on Hawaii Public Radio about her new book “Sovereign Sugar” on Tuesday, April 1.
Listen to the full 8:00 minute interview at Hawaii Public Radio.
Hugh Gorman, professor of environmental history and policy, won one of two second prizes awarded for GAIA Best Paper Award 2013, “Learning from 100 Years of Ammonia Synthesis. Establishing Human-Defined Limits through Adaptive Systems of Governance.”
GAIA Best Paper Award
One Gold, Two Silver
GAIA’s Editorial Board also agreed on two second prizes. They were awarded to Thomas Jahn, Wissenschaft für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung braucht eine kritische Orientierung and Hugh S. Gorman, Learning from 100 Years of Ammonia Synthesis. Establishing Human-Defined Limits through Adaptive Systems of Governance.
Adam Wellstead (SS) has published “Responding to a Forest Catastrophe: The Emergence of New Governance Arrangements in Southern California” in ISRN Economics Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 982481.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/982481
From Tech Today.
Emma Norman’s (SS/GLRC) editorial “Transboundary water governance needs new approach” appeared in the Hill Times. She and her co-authors discuss the implications of the renegotiation of the Columbia River Treaty.
From Tech Today.
Professor Barry Solomon (SS) was the lead author of the first chapter in a new book titled “Compendium of Bioenergy Plants: Corn,” Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2014, pp. 1-32. The chapter is titled “Basic Information on Maize,” with co-authors James Birchler (University of Missouri), Stephen L. Goldman (University of Toledo), and Qiong Zhang (University of South Florida).
From Tech Today.
Chelsea Schelly (SS) has published the following papers: Schelly, C. “Implementing Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in a Two State Comparison.” Energy Policy. Article in press; Corrected proof available online.
Schelly, C., and Price, J. (2014). “Utilizing GIS to Examine the Relationship Between State Renewable Portfolio Standards and the Adoption of Renewable Energy Technologies.” ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 3(1), 1-17.
From Tech Today.
Professor Nancy Langston (SS) produced a webinar to help educate the public about new recommendations for mining in the Lake Superior Basin, issued by the Lake Superior Binational Forum, of which she is a US member.
From Tech Today.
Mining Recommendations Webinar with Nancy Langston
Dr. Nancy Langston explains the Lake Superior Binational Forum’s recommendations for responsible mining in the Lake Superior basin in this webinar produced in December 2013.
Watch the video from the Lake Superior Binational Forum.
Responsible Mining Recommendations from the Lake Superior Binational Forum
For two years, the Lake Superior Binational Forum has been examining all aspects of mining operations in the Lake Superior basin to see how mining affects water and land resources and whether mine operations can be responsibly conducted to minimize impacts.
Read more at the Lake Superior Binational Forum.
Sawyer Newman, a 2013 alumna in anthropology, has published a brief summary of her senior thesis in The Chronicle, the quarterly magazine of the Historical Society of Michigan. Her thesis was a study of the Copper Country’s Chinese community.
From Tech Today.