Arielle Levine
Professor of Geography, Sustainability Major Director
Storm Hall 306B | (619) 594-5600 | [email protected]
Curriculum Vitae
Arielle Levine’s research interests focus on interactions between people and their environments and the implications of these interactions for natural resource management and conservation. The majority of Dr. Levine’s current research program centers on understanding and managing marine resources in a changing environment. Her field locations have included California, coastal Tanzania, American Samoa, and Hawaii. Currently, her research examines community participation in natural resource management, as well as climate impacts on coral reef fisheries and fisheries in the California Current.
- Ph.D., Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, UC Berkeley, 2006
- B.A., Geological and Geophysical Sciences, Princeton University, 1995
- GEOG 170: Sustainable Places and Practices
- HONOR 413: Culture and Environment
- GEOG 496: Oceans, Coasts, and Society
- GEOG 570: Environmental Conservation Practice
- GEOG 670: Environmental Conservation Theory
- GEOG 770: Seminar in Environmental Conservation
- 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)
- NSF-funded Project: Climate change impacts on the sustainability of key fisheries of the California Current System
- Community involvement in natural resource conservation and management
- Coastal community resiliency
- Traditional ecological knowledge
- Institutional dynamics (NGOs, governments, community groups) in international conservation and development
- Participatory mapping
- Assessing vulnerability and adaptation to environmental change in West Coast shellfish harvesting communities