Michael L. Schoon
Work:
School of Sustainability
Arizona State University
P.O. Box 875502
Tempe, AZ 85287-5502
W: (480) 965-0919
Home:
943 E. Hermosa Dr.
Tempe, AZ 85282
M: (480) 398-5550
michael.schoon@asu.edu
www.michaelschoon.com
I. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy – School of Public and Environmental Affairs and Department of Political Science, Indiana University.
Bloomington, Indiana 47405. Awarded: August, 2008. Dissertation Chair – Dr. Elinor Ostrom.
Concentrations: Environmental Policy, International Relations and Public Policy
Dissertation Title: “Building Robustness to Disturbance: Governance in Southern African Peace Parks”
Won American Political Science Association’s Harold Lasswell Award for best doctoral dissertation in public policy
Won Indiana University’s Greenough Dissertation Award for best dissertation in political science
Masters of Business Administration – Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. Bloomington, IN 47405. Awarded: May
1999, 3.95 GPA.
Major: Strategy and Operations
Minors: International Business and Entrepreneurship
BS in Mechanical Engineering and BS in Aerospace Engineering, University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ 85721. Awarded: May
1993, 3.2 GPA.
II. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Arizona State University, 08/2012 – present.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS INITIATIVE
Arizona State University, 05/2010 – 08/2012.
 Develop and promote the complex systems paradigm, building a research program and teaching series on campus
o Designing an undergraduate concentration and a doctoral certification
o Building an campus-wide, interdisciplinary network of scientists engaged in complexity research
o Leading a Complexity speaker series with experts from around the world participating in 3 day mini-workshops
 Manage and coordinate the strategic and scientific agendas of the Consortium for Biosocial Complex Systems and its three
research centers
 Create partnerships between ASU and other research institutions for joint hiring, shared post-doctoral positions, and
collaborative grant proposals
 Host conferences and workshops on complexity and innovation, social networks, and sustainability
POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER
Arizona State University, Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity, School of Human Evolution and Social Change,
09/2008 – 06/2010.
Continuing research on the robustness of institutions; international, collaborative, multi-level governance; and sustainability of
social-ecological systems in conservation projects.
Project 1 – Cross-Scale Environmental Governance from Common-Pool Resources and International Regime Theory
Project 2 – Collaborative Governance in Cross-border Environmental Policy and Conservation in the Arizona borderlands
Project 3 – Modeling Complexity in Networked Social-Ecological Systems
Project 4 – Institutional Robustness in Transboundary Conservation Policy between Parks and Local People in Southern Africa
PUBLICATIONS
Schoon, Michael L. 2013. “Governance Structures in Transboundary Conservation: How Institutional Evolution Influences
Cross-Border Cooperation”, Conservation and Society (forthcoming).
Childs, Cameron, Abigail York, Dave White, Michael Schoon, and Gita Bodner. 2013. “The Emergence of Adaptive CoManagement in the Agua Fria Watershed, Arizona, USA”, Ecology and Society (forthcoming).
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Norström AV, Dannenberg A, McCarney G, Milkoreit M, Diekert F, Engström G, Fishman R, Gars J, Kyriakopolou E,
Manoussi V, Meng K, Metian M, Sanctuary M, Schlüter M, Schoon M, Schultz L, Sjöstedt M. 2013. “Social change vital to
sustainability goals: a Response to Griggs and colleagues”, Nature 498 (7454): XX.
Schoon, Michael L. and Michael E. Cox. 2012. “Understanding Disturbances and Responses in Social-Ecological Systems”.
Society and Natural Resources 25(2): 141-155.
Salau, Kehinde, Michael Schoon, Jacopo Baggio and Marco Janssen. 2012. “Varying Effects of Connectivity and Dispersal on
Interacting Species Dynamics”, Ecological Modeling 242: 81-91.
Resilience Alliance Young Scholars Network. 2012. “Toward Principles for Enhancing the Resilience of Ecosystem Services”,
Annual Review of Environment and Resources 37:3.1-28.
Baggio, Jacopo, Kehinde Salau, Marco Janssen, Michael Schoon, and Orjan Bodin. 2011. “Landscape Connectivity and
Predator-Prey Population Dynamics ”, Landscape Ecology 26 (1): 33-45.
Schoon, Michael L., and Abigail M. York. 2011. "Cooperation across Boundaries: The Role of Political Entrepreneurs in
Environmental Collaboration", Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research 3 (2): 113-123.
Robards, Martin, Michael Schoon, Chanda Meek, and Nathan Engle. 2011. “The Importance of Social Drivers in the Resilient
Provision of Ecosystem Services”, Global Environmental Change 21 (2): 522-529.
Schoon, Michael L., Christo Fabricius, Marty Anderies, and Margaret Nelson. 2011. “Synthesis: Vulnerability, Traps, and
Transformations – Long Term Perspectives from Archaeology”, Ecology and Society 16 (2): 24. [online] URL:
http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss2/art24/.
Biggs, D., R. Biggs, V. Dakos, R. J. Scholes and M. Schoon. 2011. “Are We Entering an Era of Concatenated Global Crises?”,
Ecology and Society 16 (2): 27. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss2/art27/
Reprinted in 2011: Mother Pelican: A Journal of Sustainable Human Development 7 (9): Art. 6.
http://www.pelicanweb.org/solisustv07n09page6.html
York, Abigail and Michael Schoon. 2011. “Collective Action on the Western Range: Coping with External and Internal
Threats”, International Journal of the Commons 5 (2): 388-409.
http://www.thecommonsjournal.org/index.php/ijc/article/view/286/228
York, Abigail and Michael Schoon. 2011. “Collaboration in the Shadow of the Wall: Shifting Power in the Borderlands”,
Policy Sciences 44: 345-365.
Dressler, Wolfram, Bram Buscher, Michael Schoon, Dan Brockington, Tanya Hayes, Christian Kull, James McCarthy, and
Krishna Streshta. 2010. “From Hope to Crisis and Back Again? A Critical History of the Global CBNRM Narrative”,
Environmental Conservation 37 (1): 1-11.
Cox, James, Elinor Ostrom, James Walker, Jamie Castillo, Eric Coleman, Robert Holahan, Michael Schoon, and Brian Steed.
2009. "Trust in Private and Common Property Experiments", Southern Economics Journal 75 (4): 957-975.
Büscher, Bram and Michael L. Schoon. 2008. “Competition over Conservation: Governance, the State and Negotiating
Transfrontier Conservation”, Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy 12 (2): 33-59.
Janssen, Marco A., Michael L. Schoon, Katy Borner, and Weimao Ke. 2006. "Scholarly Networks on Resilience,
Vulnerability, and Adaptation", Global Environmental Change 16 (3): 240-52.
Book Chapters
Schoon, Michael L. 2012. "Governance in Southern African Transboundary Protected Areas." In Parks, Peace, and
Partnerships, pp. 205-236. edited by Michael Quinn, Len Broberg and Wayne Freimund. Calgary: University of Calgary Press
(http://dspace.ucalgary.ca/bitstream/1880/49304/15/UofCPress_ParksPeacePartnership_2012_Chapter08.pdf).
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Spenceley, Anna, and Michael L. Schoon. 2007. "Peace Parks as Social Ecological Systems: Testing Environmental Resilience
in Southern Africa". In Peace Parks: Conservation and Conflict Resolution, edited by Saleem Ali. Cambridge, MA: MIT
Press.
Manuscripts Under Review
Schoon, Michael L. and Abigail York. “Emergence and Evolution of an Environmental Governance Network: The Case of the
Arizona Borderlands”, under review with Policy Studies Journal.
Cundill, Georgina, James Gambiza, Tally Palmer, Tony Palmer, Michael Schoon and Lawrence Sisitka. “The Importance of
Agency in Fractured Governance Contexts”, under review with Ecology and Society.
Schoon, Michael, Kehinde Salau, Jacopo Baggio, and Marco Janssen. “Modeling Decision-making across Habitat Patches:
Insights on Large-Scale Conservation Management”, under review with Environmental Management.
Epstein, Graham, Chanda Meek, Irene Pérez, Michael Schoon. “Governing the Invisible Commons: Ozone regulation and the
Montreal Protocol”, under review with International Journal of the Commons.
Evans, Louisa, Natalie Ban, Michael Schoon, Mateja Nenadovic. “Explaining the Great in the Great Barrier Reef: The GBR
Marine Park as a large-scale social-ecological system”, under review with International Journal of the Commons.
Ban, Natalie, Louisa Evans, Mateja Nenadovic, Michael Schoon. “Challenges of Governance in the Great Barrier Reef Marine
Park: the interplay of multiple goods, ecosystem services, and property rights”, under review with Ecological Applications.
Norström AV, Dannenberg A, McCarney G, Milkoreit M, Diekert F, Engström G, Fishman R, Gars J, Kyriakopolou E,
Manoussi V, Meng K, Metian M, Sanctuary M, Schlüter M, Schoon M, Schultz L, Sjöstedt M. “Critical considerations for
setting successful and effective Sustainable Development Goals in the Anthropocene”, under review with Proceedings of the
National Academy of Science.
Manuscripts in Preparation
Schoon, Michael L, Michael Cox, Martin Robards, and Oran Young. “Scaling Up CPR Theory – What We Now Know and
Where We Are Going”, for submission to the International Journal of the Commons.
Chanda Meek, Margot Hill, Michael Schoon, Michele-Lee Moore, and Manjana Milkoreit. “Coherence at a crossroad:
examining the normative implications of resilience science”, for submission to Environmental Science and Policy.
Biggs, Oonsie, Maja, Schluter, and Michael Schoon, “Introduction”
Robards, Martin, Michael Schoon, Chanda Meek, Nathan Engle, and Katrina Brown, “Politics Chapter”
Schoon, Michael, Martin Robards, Chanda Meek, and Victor Galaz, “Polycentricity Chapter”.
Biggs, Oonsie, Maja, Schluter, and Michael Schoon, “Synthesis”.
Galafassi, Diego, Jacopo Baggio, Orjan Bodin, Marco Janssen, and Michael Schoon, “Social-Ecological Connectivity in the
Lab”, for submission to Ecology and Society.
Graeme Cumming, David Cumming, Kristi Maciejewski, Mateja Nenadovic, Karen Kotschy, Graham Epstein, Harry Biggs,
Christine Moore, Natalie Ban, Alta de Vos, Michel Etienne, Raphael Mathevet, Craig Allen, Duan Biggs, Michael Schoon,
“Contributions of PAs to regional resilience”, for submission to Ecology and Society.
Green, Olivia, Michael Schoon, Natalie Ban, Lance Gunderson, Ahjond Garmestani, Mary Gardiner, “Governance of Protected
Areas and the Resilient Provision of Ecosystem Services”, for submission to Ecological Applications.
Book Reviews
Schoon, Michael L. 2011. “A Review of Fairness in International Climate Change Law and Policy by Friedrich Soltau”.
Environmental Conservation.
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Schoon, Michael L. 2010. “A Review of Systemic Management: Sustainable Human Interactions with Ecosystems and the
Biosphere by Charles W. Fowler”. Environmental Conservation 36 (3): 261-262.
Schoon, Michael L. 2010. “A Review of Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed, and a Sustainable Future by Saleem Ali”. Global
Environmental Politics 10 (3): 150-151.
Working Papers
Schoon, Michael L. 2005. “A Short Historical Overview of the Concepts of Resilience, Vulnerability, and Adaptation”,
Working Paper W05-4, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis.
Reports, Conference Proceedings and Other Publications
Schoon, Michael L. 2011. “Commons Complexity and Understanding Transboundary Conservation Areas”. The Commons
Digest Issue 10 edited by Alyne Delaney.
Schoon, Michael L. 2010. Governance and decision-making: Fencing in the Great Limpopo and the Kavango-Zambezi
Transfrontier Conservation Areas. In A review of the environmental, social and economic impacts of game and veterinary
fencing in Africa with particular reference to the Great Limpopo and Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Areas
edited by K. Ferguson and J. Hanks. Pretoria, South Africa: University of Pretoria.
Schoon, Michael L. 2007. “Institutional Disturbances in Transfrontier Conservation” for the Proceedings of the Parks, Peace
and Partnerships Conference.
Schoon, Michael L. and Abigail York. 2006. “The Song Remains the Same: Cooperation and Coordination in Cross-Border
Governance from Local to International Scales” for the Proceedings from the Lineae Terrarum International Border
Conference.
Schoon, Michael L. 2005. “Do Parks Harm More Than They Help? The Role of Peace Parks in Improving Robustness in
Southern Africa”, published as a chapter in USGS Scientific Investigations Report.
WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES ORGANIZED
Co-organized and led four day Workshop on Large-scale Common-Pool Resources for 10 people (November 8-11, 2012 in
Hanover, NH).
Organized and led five day Resilience Alliance Young Scholars Workshop for 25 people (August 20-24, 2012 in Askö,
Stockholm).
Organized and led one day Workshop on Linking CPR and International Regime Theory for 12 people (April 4, 2012, in San
Diego, CA).
Organized and led three day Workshop on Cross-Scale Governance for 12 people (October 27-29, 2011 in Tempe, AZ).
Organized and led three day Resilience Alliance Young Scholars Workshop for 45 people (March 9-11, 2011 in Payson, AZ).
Science Committee – Resilience 2011 Conference (700 conference participants).
Planning Committee – Resilience 2011 Conference (700 conference participants).
Planning Committee – International Association for the Study of the Commons North American Conference – 2010 (125
conference participants).
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND MAJOR PRESENTATIONS
“Applying Sustainability to the Southern Africa Context”, presented to the Mastercard Scholars (November 21, 2012 in Tempe,
AZ).
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“How Far Does the Bottom Up Take Us”, presented at the Think Locally, Act Globally Workshop at the Sandra Day O’Connor
College of Law (November 2-3, 2012 in Tempe, AZ).
“Modeling Decision-making across Habitat Patches: Moving from Isolated Management to Collaborative Management”,
presented at the Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity Colloquia (October 29, 2012 in Tempe, AZ).
“Complex Dynamics in the Sustainable Governance of Social-Ecological Systems”, presented at the Stockholm Resilience
Centre (August 30, 2012 in Stockholm, Sweden).
“Scaling Up Common-Pool Resource Theory to the Governance of Large-Scale Environmental Problems”, presented at the
International Studies Association convention (April 1-4, 2012 in San Diego, CA).
“From Case Studies to Agent-based Modeling: Multiple Methods in the Study of Complexity”, presented at the More is
Different Conference on Complexity at the Nanyang Technical University (February 26 – March 3, 2012, in Singapore).
“The State of Resilience Scientists’ Young Scholars” presented at the Resilience Alliance Science Meeting (January 9-14, 2012
in Montpellier, France).
“Scaling Up CPR theory to a Broad-Scale” presented at the Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity Colloquia (October
10, 2011 in Tempe, AZ).
“Cooperation across Borders: Large-scale Environmental Governance in an Era of Climate Change” at the Inter-American
Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture Conference on Adaptation to Climate Change (September 28, 2011 in Mexico City,
Mexico). Invited Keynote Speaker.
“Applying common-pool resource theory to the governance of large-scale environmental problems” presented at the Stockholm
Resilience Centre (August 29, 2011 in Stockholm, Sweden).
“Governance Structures in Transboundary Conservation: How Institutional Structure and Evolution Influences Cross-Border
Response in the Face of Complexity” presented at the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences conference (June
23-26, 2011 in Burlington, VT).
Chaired panel on “Common Property: Management and Conflict” (American Society for Environmental History Conference,
April 14-17, 2011 in Phoenix, AZ)
“Emerging Networks of Collaboration: When Does Cross-border Governance Build Resilience?” presented at the Resilience
2011 conference (March 11-16, 2011 in Tempe, AZ).
Co-chaired panel on “The Policy Translation and Communication of Resilience” (Resilience 2011, March 11-16, 2011 in
Tempe, AZ).
Co-chaired panel on “Characteristics of Social Networks as Indicators of Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems” (Resilience
2011, March 11-16, 2011 in Tempe, AZ).
“Transboundary Protected Areas and the Commons” presented at the International Association for the Study of the CommonsNorth American conference (September 30-October 2, 2010 in Tempe, AZ).
“Rangeland Collaboration-Bridging and Bonding in An Ecology of Games” presented at the International Association for the
Study of the Commons-North American conference (September 30-October 2, 2010 in Tempe, AZ).
Chaired panels on “Ecosystem Services and the Commons” and “Protected Areas” at the International Association for the Study
of the Commons-North American conference (September 30-October 2, 2010 in Tempe, AZ).
“Communicating Concepts of Resilience to Policymakers in Transboundary Protected Areas”, presented at the Resilience
Alliance Science Meeting (September 25-October 2, 2009 in Nanaimo, British Columbia).
“Types of Goods and the Scale of Effects in Transboundary Protected Areas” presented at the Workshop on the Workshop IV
at Indiana University (June 3-6, 2009 in Bloomington, IN).
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“Governance Structures in Transboundary Conservation: How Institutional Evolution Influences Cross-Border Cooperation”
presented at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting (February 15-18, 2009 in New York, NY).
“Transfrontier Conservation in Southern Africa: Advancing Rural Livelihoods or Preserving Global Biodiversity” presented at
the African Studies Association Annual Meeting (November 13-16, 2008 in Chicago, IL).
“Robustness in Transfrontier Parks: Institutional Design in Southern African Peace Parks” presented at the Center for the
Study of Institutional Diversity speaker series, Arizona State University (September 24, 2008 in Tempe, AZ) Invited.
“Researcher Ethics and Local Communities surrounding Protected Areas” presented at the TPARI Community Engagement
Workshop with the University of the Western Cape (August 5, 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa) Invited.
“Governance in Transfrontier Parks: The Influences of Scale, Path Dependency and Institutional Evolution” presented at the
Society for Conservation Biology Annual Conference (July 14-18, 2008 in Chattanooga, TN).
“Adaptive Governance in Transboundary Conservation: Influences of Institutional Evolution” presented at the Resilience 2008
Conference (April 14-17, 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden).
“Institutional Disturbances in Transfrontier Conservation” presented at the Parks, Peace and Partnerships Conference
(September 10-13, 2007 in Waterton Lakes, Canada) Invited.
“Institutional Disturbances in Transfrontier Conservation” presented at the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis
Colloquium Series at Indiana University (September 6, 2007 in Bloomington, IN) Invited.
“Transfrontier Conservation Challenges: A Game Theoretic Perspective” presented at University of South Africa’s Economics
Faculty Colloquium (August 22, 2007 in Pretoria, South Africa) Invited.
“Competition over Conservation: Governance, the State, and Negotiating Transfrontier Conservation” presented at the Society
for Conservation Biology Annual Conference (July 1-5, 2007 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa).
“Building Robustness to Disturbance: Governance in Southern African Peace Parks” presented at the Kruger National Park
Annual Science Conference (April 20, 2007 in Skukuza, South Africa).
“How to Improve Governance in Southern African Peace Parks” presented at the University of the Witwatersrand
Environmental Forum (March 16, 2007 in Johannesburg, South Africa).
“Crossing Borders: Responding to Disturbance in Transboundary Protected Areas” presented at University of Pretoria Political
Science Colloquium (October 13, 2006 in Pretoria, South Africa).
“The Song Remains the Same: Managing Across Borders at the Municipal and International Level” presented with Abigail
York at the Lineae Terrarum International Border Conference (March 28, 2006 in Las Cruces, NM).
“Neo-Imperial Conservation: The Relationship between South Africa and Its Neighbors in Transboundary Protected Areas”
presented at the International Studies Association Annual Conference (March 22, 2006 in San Diego, CA).
Chaired panel on “Biodiversity, Conservation, and Agriculture” at the International Studies Association Annual Conference
(March 22, 2006 in San Diego, CA).
“Understanding Institutional Design in the Transboundary Protected Areas of Southern Africa” presented at University of South
Africa’s Economics Faculty Colloquium (May 25, 2005 in Pretoria, South Africa).
“Institutional Design and Robustness of Peace Parks in Southern Africa” presented at University of Witwatersrand Graduate
Student Colloquium (May 24, 2005 in Johannesburg, South Africa).
“Looking Beyond Traditional International Relations Paradigms in the Study of Transboundary Protected Areas”, presented at
the Midwest Political Science Annual Conference (April 7-10, 2005 in Chicago, IL).
“Do Parks Harm More Than They Help? The Role of Peace Parks in Improving Robustness in Southern Africa” presented at
the Institutional Analysis for Environmental Decision-making Workshop (January 28-29, 2005 in Fort Collins, CO).
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GRANTS AWARDED
FORMAS Networking Grant, co-PI. 2012. 36,000 SK
Advancing Conservation in a Social Context Seed Funding Grant 2009. $5000
Indiana University DeVault Graduate Fellowship, 2008. $24,000
Indiana University Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis Dissertation Writing Grant, 2007. $24,000
National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant through the Decision, Risk and Management Sciences.
and the Ethics and Values of Science and Society Programs, 2006. $24,000
Transboundary Protected Area Research Initiative Pre-Dissertation Grant, 2005. $2,500
Indiana University Pre-Dissertation International Travel Grant, 2005. $1,000
HONORS/AWARDS
American Political Science Association’s Harold Lasswell Award for best doctoral dissertation in public policy, 2009.
Indiana University’s Greenough Dissertation Award for best dissertation in political science, 2009.
Indiana University Chancellor’s Fellowship Recipient, 2003-2005.
Dean’s Merit Scholar – Awarded to top 5 students in MBA graduating class, Indiana University, 1999.
Member of National Business Honorary – Beta Gamma Sigma, 1999 – present.
Patent awarded for printing refeeder machine, 1996.
First place awarded in Senior Aircraft Conceptual Design Competition, University of Arizona, 1993.
Certified Engineer-in-Training, 1993.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Editorial Board and Associate Editor, Global Governance, 2012 – present.
Co-Editor-in-Chief for International Journal of the Commons, 2011 – present.
Editorial Board and Associate Editor, Society and Natural Resources, 2010 – present.
Editorial Board and Subject Editor, Ecology and Society, 2009 – present.
JOURNAL REVIEWS
Reviewer for Ambio
Reviewer for Conservation and Society
Reviewer for Conservation Letters
Reviewer for Development Southern Africa
Reviewer for Ecological Economics
Reviewer for Ecology and Society
Reviewer for Ecosystems
Reviewer for Environmental Conservation
Reviewer for Environmental Management
Reviewer for Geojournal
Reviewer for Global Environmental Change
Reviewer for Human Organization
Reviewer for the International Journal of the Commons
Reviewer for the Journal of Environmental Management
Reviewer for the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences
Reviewer for the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Reviewer for Landscape Ecology
Reviewer for Land Use Policy
Reviewer for Policy Sciences
Reviewer for Society and Natural Resources
Reviewer for Sustainability
BOOK/MANUSCRIPT REVIEWS
Reviewer for Island Press
Reviewer for MIT Press
Reviewer for Springer – Social and Behavioral Science
Reviewer for University of Kwazulu-Natal Press
THESIS AND GRANT REVIEWS
Referee for Animal Health for the Environment and Development-Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area (AHEADGLTFA) Seed Grants Program, 2008
Referee for anonymous U of Cape Town Master’s Thesis, 2010
Reviewer for South Africa’s National Research Foundation, 2009 – present.
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External Reviewer, Rhodes University PhD thesis, 2012, Gladman Thondhlana, "Dryland Conservation Areas, Indigenous
People, Livelihoods and Resource Values in South Africa: The Case of Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park".
External Reviewer, University of KwaZulu Natal PhD thesis, 2013, Alfons Mosimane. “Collective Identity and Collective
Action in the Management of Common Pool Resources: A Case of Doro !Nawas Conservancy in Namibia”.
External Reviewer, University of KwaZulu Natal PhD thesis, 2013, Nelly Mwango. “”.
External Grant Reviewer, Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) Secretariat of Natural Environment Research
Council, 2013.
POPULAR PRESS CITATIONS
Interviewed for Chicago Tribune article on transfrontier conservation and global warming, released November 2, 2007.
Kruger Park Times article on dissertation research, released March 26, 2008.
Interviewed for Indiana Business Review on sustainability, released May 5, 2008.
Interviewed for Indiana University Publications on “SPEA and the Workshop of Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom”, released
March, 2010.
Previewed in Stockholm Resilience Centre blog and newsletter:
http://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/researchnews/aworryingchainofevents.5.17f61104130b69a66e6800017487.html
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Associate for Transboundary Protected Area Research Initiative (TPARI), an IUCN-South Africa and
University of Witwatersrand affiliated research group, 05/2005 – 07/2007.
Applying social ecological concepts of resilience, robustness, vulnerability, and adaptability to communities surrounding
transboundary protected areas in an effort to understand the impacts of protected areas on the surrounding communities and
ecosystems.
Analyzing the institutional design of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Protected Area in comparison with the institutional
design of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Protected Area.
Research Associate for International Human Dimensions Programme, Bonn, Germany 04/2004 – 02/2006.
Studying social ecological concepts of resilience, robustness, vulnerability, and adaptability.
Co-authored paper on historical mapping of resilience, vulnerability, and adaptability.
Created annotated bibliography and database of literature on resilience, vulnerability, and adaptability.
Research Associate for Indiana University’s Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, 04/2004 – 08/2008.
Training undergraduate honors student interns on the concepts of resilience, vulnerability, and adaptability.
Conducting double-blind experiments on trust and reciprocity in the Interdisciplinary Experimental Laboratory.
Conducting computer experiments on common pool resource usage in the Interdisciplinary Experimental Laboratory.
Research Associate for Business Management and Strategy Department at Kelley School of Business at Indiana
University, 1998 – 1999.
Research Associate for Center for International Business and Education Research (CIBER) at Indiana University,
1997 – 1998.
III. TEACHING
COURSES TAUGHT
Taught 500-level/400-level “Transformative Sustainability Research” course at the School of Sustainability at Arizona State
University, Spring, 2013.
Taught 300-level “Policy and Governance in Sustainable Systems” course at the School of Sustainability at Arizona State
University, Spring, 2011; Spring, 2012.
Taught MSc. level “Governance, Society and the Environment” section of a “Conservation Biology” course at the University
of Cape Town, August, 2008 and August, 2009.
Taught 100-level “People and the Environment” course at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana
University, Spring, 2008.
Taught sessions on protected areas for 500-level “Conservation Biology” course at the School of Public and Environmental
Affairs at Indiana University, Spring, 2008.
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Taught 200-level public management course at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, Spring,
2006.
Organized and led a for-credit, student-run doctoral seminar on international environmental policy for first, second, and third
year Ph.D. students, 03/2004 – 2006.
STUDENTS SUPERVISED
Doctoral
Biao Huang, 2011 – present. Doctoral Candidate, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, working on econometric
analysis on transboundary cooperation in territorial use rights for fishing.
Annie McVay, 2012 – present. Doctoral Candidate, Department of Community Resources and Development, Arizona State
University, working on public perceptions of state parks.
Skaidra Smith-Heisters, 2013 – present. Doctoral Candidate, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State
University, working on large-scale irrigation systems as common pool resources.
Honors Undergraduates
Joseph Williams, 2011 – 2012. Undergraduate Honors Intern, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, working on
engineering solutions to renewable energy provision at the community level in conjunction with the Sonoran Institute.
Erin Barton, 2011 – 2012. Undergraduate Honors Intern, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, working on urban
state land development in conjunction with the Sonoran Institute.
Mirna Hodzic, 2011 – 2012. Undergraduate Honors Thesis, “Global Health and Sustainability Collaborative Research
Networks as Models of Collective Action”. School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University.
Hyejung Kim, 2012 – 2013. Undergraduate Honors Thesis Director, “An Analysis of South Korean Government’s Grand
Canals Civil Engineering and Architectural Project”. School of Sustainability, Arizona State University.
Katie Schumacher, 2012 – 2013. Undergraduate Honors Thesis Director, “Documenting the Development of ASU’s Green Bin
Program”. School of Sustainability, Arizona State University.
Kevin Keleher, 2013 – 2014. Undergraduate Honors Thesis Director, “Creating a Sustainability Consulting Business”. School
of Sustainability, Arizona State University.
Derek Pezzela, 2013 – 2014. Undergraduate Honors Thesis Director, “Collaborative Governance”. School of Sustainability,
Arizona State University.
IV. PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
EMPLOYMENT
Strategy Consultant, Kurt Salmon Associates, Atlanta, GA 8/99 – 6/2003
International Development
Instructed the government of El Salvador on how to focus business incentives for apparel exports to the US under new free
trade policies.
Analyzed the offshore garment production environment for a Honduran joint venture and presented findings to the JV partners
and to the Latin American division of the World Bank, resulting in a loan of $25 million.
Strategy Development
Built a go-to-market strategy for a manufacturing division of a large Japanese firm, guiding senior management to re-align
company directives in sales, manufacturing, inventory, and IT, returning the division to profitability.
Assessed and outlined retail strategy options for a French manufacturer with the goal of improving the retail experience –
conducting focus groups and a market assessment to identify new retail formats and working with ad agencies to build message
for consumers.
Quantitative Research and Analysis
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Created a new corporate vision and strategy through detailed economic analysis and market research for a major home textile
firm leading to a new positioning of brands, in product categories and channels, as well the development of as a new
organizational structure. Stock prices have increased 300% and the company is no longer on the verge of bankruptcy.
Generated a launch strategy for a newly developed product with a multinational chemical company, estimating market share
gains and competitive responses. Product launch is currently proceeding as scheduled.
Formulated supply chain strategies for an international apparel organization, using B2B technology to increase efficiencies
organization-wide and with key supply chain partners.
R&D Engineer, Gämmerler (US) Corp, Hanover Park, IL 1/94 - 7/97
Innovation
Invented and patented printing industry refeeder machine with $1.5 million market, taking design from concept through sale.
Implemented all design-engineering processes for $18 million US division, growing from one person to a division of nine.
Created all engineering standards for refeeder and flat conveying production lines, resulting in over 100 easy-to-use designs.
Communication Skills
Established engineering communications with German parent firm, linking projects and design concepts, through frequent trips
and business sessions in European office.
Initiated and managed first US-division new product development team, providing contact between customers and engineering.
Studied German formally to the intermediate level to facilitate international work.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Society of Mechanical Engineers member, 1990 – present.
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics member, 1990 – present.
Beta Gamma Sigma, National Business Honorary, 1999 – present.
American Political Science Association member, 2003 – present.
International Studies Association member, 2003 – present.
International Association for the Study of the Common, 2003 – present.
Midwest Political Science Association member, 2003 – present.
Transboundary Protected Area Research Initiative, 2003 – present.
Society of Conservation Biology, 2005 – present.
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas member, 2005 – present.
George Wright Society member, 2006 – present.
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, 2006 – present.
African Studies Association, 2006 – present.
Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2010 – present.
Transboundary Protected Area Research Initiative – co-director, 2007 – 2010.
Resilience Alliance Young Scholars group, 2007 – present.
Resilience Alliance Young Scholars Executive Committee, 2009 – present.
Resilience Alliance Young Scholars Director, 2011 – present.
IUCN Transboundary Protected Area Taskforce – vice-chairperson, 2010 – present.
Society for American Baseball Research – statistician, 2011 – present.
Complex Systems Society, 2011 – present.
Member of the Core Faculty of the Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity, ASU, 2011 – present.
Indiana University’s Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Affiliated Faculty, 2011 – present.
Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics Young Scholars Program, 2012 – present.
V. PUBLIC SERVICE
SCHOOL OF SUSTAINABILITY ACTIVITIES
Faculty Honors Advisor for the Barrett Honors College, August 2012 – present.
Academic Program Review Committee, August 2012 – May 2013.
School of Sustainability representative to the Curriculum and Academic Programs Committee, August 2012 – present.
Faculty Advisor, Greenlight Solutions Sustainability Consulting student organization, January 2013 – present.
UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES
Complex Adaptive Systems Science Faculty, Arizona State University, August 2011 – present.
Coordinator, Late Lessons from Early History Speaker Series, Arizona State University, August 2010 – August 2011.
Elected to Executive Council of Association for SPEA PhD Students at Indiana University, 2003-2004 and 2004-2005.
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Member of Organizing Committee for Indiana University Young Researchers Conference, 2004 and 2005.
Elected by student body as Vice President of MBA class, 1998-1999.
Selected as member of the Board of Directors for the Indiana University Entrepreneurship Academy, 1998 – 1999.
Selected for Leadership Development Institute of Indiana University, 1997-1999 – Inaugural class and mentor group for
leadership skill-building.
PUBLIC ACTIVITIES
Nominated to IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Transboundary Protected Area Taskforce, 2005 – present.
Presented “Visions of Peace Parks” to the Pretoria Central, South Africa Rotary Club, July 19, 2007.
Taught class on Sustainability to Danville (IL) High School advanced Economics courses, April 24, 2008.
Volunteer, Fundacion Mensajeros de La Paz, Cuenca, Ecuador 3/02 – 7/02
Obtained advanced proficiency in oral and written Spanish through 16-week intensive in-country coursework.
Taught life skills and music to 30 street children and orphans over 4 months in Ecuador.
Center Director, Appalachia Service Project, Johnson City, TN 5/90 – 8/93
Coordinated and directed Buchanan County Summer Center for low-income housing construction and rehabilitation.
Supervised over 500 workers per summer at 15 construction work sites.
Led staff of four in coordination of construction supervision, budget management, and volunteer activity planning.
Chapter President, Habitat for Humanity, Tucson, Arizona, 8/91 – 5/93
Founded and chaired Habitat for Humanity chapter at the University of Arizona.
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