Diane E. Austin

Office: Geronimo 350C Phone: 520-626-3879
 
Email:
daustin@email.arizona.edu
Degree:
Ph.D. Michigan, 1994
Affiliation:

Associate Research Anthropologist, Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology

Interests:
environmental anthropology, environmental education; Native American natural and cultural resources management; community development; social impact assessment; environmental justice; cognitive mapping
Classes:
ANTH 537 Data Management and Analysis

Current Research:

Sustainable community development on the US–Mexico border, social impact assessment of the offshore oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico, Southern Paiute basket making, increasing diversity in environmental education and outreach

 

Recent Major Publications:

2007 (Díaz, Estela-María, Rosalva Leprón, Diane Austin, and Irma Fragoso) Sustaining Collaboration across Borders, Languages, and Cultures. Practicing Anthropology 29(3):4–8.
2006 Coastal Exploitation, Land Loss, and Hurricanes: A Recipe for Disaster. American Anthropologist. 108(4):671–691.
2006 Women's Work and Lives in Offshore Oil. Research in Economic Anthropology 24:163–204.
2006 (Austin, Diane E., Thomas R. McGuire, Rylan Higgins) Work and Change in the Gulf of Mexico Offshore Petroleum Industry. Research in Economic Anthropology 24:89–122.
2006 (Austin, Diane E., Brian Burke, Krisna Ruette, Jeremy Slack, Ronald H. Villanueva) Thermal Construction and Alternative Heating and Cooking Technologies in Border Communities. Final Report. Report prepared at the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, University of Arizona for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.
2004 Partnerships, Not Projects! Improving the Environment Through Collaborative Research and Action. Human Organization 63(4):419–430.
2004 (Austin, Diane E., Edna Mendoza, Michèle Kimpel Guzmán) 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, pp. 251–281.

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