Tischa A. Munoz-Erickson

Tischa A. Munoz-Erickson

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability
  • IGERT in Urban Ecology Fellow, School of Sustainability

School of Sustainability
Arizona State University
PO Box 875502
Tempe, AZ 85287

Phone: 480-965-7533
Email: tischa.munoz-erickson@asu.edu



Biography

In a broad sense, Tischa's 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. Tischa has 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. Her 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, she studied the role that scientific information and participatory planning processes have in influencing stakeholder attitudes and preferences. For her dissertation work at the School of Sustainability she wishes to expand her 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 Arizona State University 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 Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research project).

Honors and Awards

  • EPA P3 Sustainability Award
  • U.S. Ecological Economics Society Meadows Awards
  • Communiy-Based Collaborative Research Consortium (CBCRC) Research Grant

Education

  • M.S., Environmental Science and Policy, Northern Arizona University, 2004
  • B.A., Environmental Studies, Prescott College, 1999

Journal Articles

Cutts, B. B., T. Munoz-Erickson, K. J. Darby, M. Neff, E. K. Larson, B. Bolin and A. Wutich. 2010. Ego network properties as a way to reveal conflict in collaboration's clothing. Procedia: Social and Behavioral Sciences 4:93-101.

Fernandez-Gimenez, M., B. Aguilar-Gonzales, T. Munoz-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. (link)

Larson, K. L., A. Wutich, T. Munoz-Erickson and S. Harlan. 2011. Cultural perspectives on water risks and policies in a southwestern city. Human Ecology Review 18:75-87.

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Books and Book Chapters

Sisk, T. D., H. M. Hampton, Y. Xu, B. Dickson, T. Munoz-Erickson, J. Palumbo, J. Rundal and J. Anderson. 2006. Forest ecosystem restoration analysis (ForestERA) Project. In: North-Central New Mexico Landscape Assessment Data Atlas. Center for Environmental Sciences and Education, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.

Posters/Presentations

Burgess, E., R. Cleland, T. Munoz-Erickson and K. Parady. 2009. Arizona State University's IGERT in Urban Ecology: An IGERT in transition. Poster presented October 8 at the 2nd Conference for Sustainable IGERTs, Socio-Ecological Transformations and Sustainability (C4SI2) Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Cutts, B., K. Darby, E. Larson, T. A. Munoz-Erickson, M. Neff, B. Bolin and A. Wutich. 2008. Social networks, environmental governance and science in the Big Chino Water Project: An interdisciplinary research project of the IGERT in Urban Ecology Program. Presentation April 30 at the Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Cutts, B. B., T. Munoz-Erickson, K. J. Darby, M. Neff, E. K. Larson, B. Bolin and A. Wutich. 2009. Ego network properties as a way to reveal conflict in collaboration's clothing. Poster presented at the August 17, 2009 Applications of Social Network Analysis, Zurich, Switzerland.

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Research Interests

human dimensions of environmental systems; adaptive governance, environmental science/policy interface; participatory decision-making; environmental values/perceptions


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