People : Faculty
Dr. Arielle Levine
Assistant Professor of Geography
Department of Geography
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182-4493
Office: Geography Annex 110
e-mail: alevine@mail.sdsu.edu
Education
Ph.D., Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, UC Berkeley, 2006
B.A., Geological and Geophysical Sciences, Princeton University, 1995
Courses Taught
- Culture Worlds
- Environmental and Natural Resource Conservation Theory
Research Interests
- Community involvement in natural resource conservation and management
- Coastal and marine spatial planning
- Socioeconomic assessment and monitoring for marine and coastal management
- Marine protected area policy and implementation (particularly in coral reef ecosystems)
- Participatory mapping
- Coastal community resiliency
- Traditional ecological knowledge
- Institutional dynamics (NGOs, governments, community groups) in international conservation and development
Current Projects
- Coastal Use Mapping of Hawaii Coral Program Priority Sites (Kaanapali-Kahekili and Puako-Kalaoa)
- Establishing Climate Resilient Communities in American Samoa
- Traditional Knowledge of Marine Resource Use and Management
- Trainings in Socioeconomic Assessment and Monitoring for Pacific Island Communities (SEM Pasifika)
- Coastal Use Mapping for coral reef ecosystems in US Territories