Affiliated Faculty Profile

Diane Austin

Associate Professor, Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology
Ph.D., Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, 1994

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Research Interests: environmental anthropology, environmental education; community development; social impact assessment; environmental justice; and cognitive mapping

Area studies courses: Applying Anthropology in Environmental Decision Making/U.S.-Mexico border.

 

Selected Publications

Austin, Diane E., Brian Burke, Krisna Ruette, Jeremy Slack, Ronald H. Villanueva. 2006. Thermal Construction and Alternative Heating and Cooking Technologies. Final Report. Report prepared at the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, University of Arizona for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.

Diamente, Daniela and Diane Austin. 2006. Ambos Nogales Soil Stabilization Through Revegetation: Final Report. Report prepared at the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, University of Arizona on behalf of the Asociación de Reforestación en Ambos Nogales for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Austin, D.E., E. Mendoza, M. Kimpel Guzmán, A. Jaramillo. 2004. “Partnering for a New Approach: Maquiladoras, Government Agencies, Educational Institutions, Non-Profit Organizations, and Residents in Ambos Nogales.” In Social Costs of Industrial Growth in Northern Mexico. University of California San Diego: Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies.

Lemos, Maria Carmen, Diane Austin, Robert Merideth, and Robert G. Varady.  2002.  “Public-Private Partnerships as Catalysts for Community-Based Water Infrastructure Development: The Border Waterworks Program in Texas and New Mexico Colonias.”  Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 20:281-295.