Hallie Eakin

Hallie Eakin

  • Senior Sustainability Scientist, Global Institute of Sustainability
  • Teaching Faculty, School of Sustainability
  • Associate Professor, School of Sustainability

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

Phone: 480-965-0011
Email: hallie.eakin@asu.edu
Home Page: http://hallieeakin.wordpress.com/



Biography

Dr. Eakin's recent research investigated economic globalization, agricultural change, and rural vulnerability to climate in the context of comparative international projects involving case studies in Mexico, Argentina, Guatemala, and Honduras. She is currently exploring coffee farmers' adaptive strategies in Mexico and Central America. Dr. Eakin has consulted with the World Bank, the United States Agency for International Development, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency on projects in agricultural development, the use of seasonal forecasting in drought risk mitigation, and adaptation to anticipated climate-change impacts on urban water availability. She teaches courses on sustainable worlds.

Select Publications

Eakin, H., and K. Appendini. In press. Livelihood change, farming, and managing flood risk in the Lerma Valley, Mexico. Agriculture and Human Values. (2008). Doi 10.1007/s10460-008-9140-2

Eakin, H., and L. A. Bojorquez-Tapia. 2008. Insights into the composition of household vulnerability from multicriteria decision analysis. Global Environmental Change 18:112-127.

Eakin, H., M. Wehbe, C. Avila, G. Sanchez Torres, and L. A. Bojorquez-Tapia. In press. Social vulnerability of farmers in Mexico and Argentina. In N. Leary, C. Conde, J. Kulkarni, A. Nyong, and J. Pulnin, (Eds) Climate Change and Vulnerability. Earthscan, London (2007).

Eakin, H., V. Magana, J. Smith, J. L. Moreno, J. L. Martinez, and O. Landavazo. 2007. A stakeholder driven process to reduce vulnerability to climate change in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Climate Change 12:935-955. DOI 10.1007/s11027-007-9107-4.

Eakin, H., and A. L. Luers. 2006. Assessing the vulnerability of social-environmental systems. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 31:365-394.

Expertise

Latin America; Mexico; agrarian change; climate change; food systems; globalization; vulnerability; adaptation

Courses

  • SOS 110: Sustainable World
  • SOS 598: Food Systems Sustainability

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2002
  • M.A., University of Arizona, 1998
  • B.A., Brown University, 1993

Books and Book Chapters

Eakin, H., E. L. Tompkins, D. Nelson and J. M. Anderies. 2009. Hidden costs and disparate uncertainties: Trade-offs involved in approaches to climate policy. Pp. 212-226 In: W. Adger, I. Lorenzoni and K. Obrien. eds., Adapting to Climate Change: Thresholds, Values, Governances. Cambridge University Press.

Posters/Presentations

Bausch, J. C., J. P. Conners and H. Eakin. 2012. Half full? Buffering Central Arizona farmers from signals of environmental change. Poster presented on April 25, 2012 at the Decision Center for a Desert City Annual Poster Symposium, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Bausch, J. C., J. P. Connors and H. Eakin. 2012. Half full?: Buffering Central Arizona farmers from signals of environmental change. Poster presented February 19, 2012 at the AAAS Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, February 16-20, 2012.

Bausch, J. C., J. P. Connors, C. Rubinos, H. Eakin, R. Aggarwal and A. York. 2012. Agriculture around a desert city: Perspectives on decisions for water, land, and livelihoods. Poster presented at 13 January 2012 CAP LTER 14th Annual Poster Symposium and All Scientist Meeting, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link)

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