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Associate
Faculty
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Dr.
Vicente Lopes - Professor, Aquatic Resources
Dr.
Lopes' research interests involve exploring alternative management
approaches with explicit consideration of social-ecological linkages.
His goal is to improve understanding of watershed dynamics, for
example, through historical analysis of social-ecological interactions,
so that land managers can apply this understanding to develop regionally
specific management strategies for building social-ecological resilience
and sustainability.
Link to URL: http://www.bio.txstate.edu/%7evlopes/lopes.html |
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Dr.
Laura Stroup - Assistant Professor, Geography
Dr.
Stroup's specialties include water resources, physical geography,
and U.S. environmental policy. Her recently completed dissertation,
"Climate Change Effects on U.S. Water Resources Management,"
examined how water managers in four major US river basins intend
to adapt water management practices to their understanding of
climate change and variability, and was supported by a National
Science Foundation (NSF) Geography and Regional Science Doctoral
Dissertation Research Improvement (DDRI) Grant. Future research
directions concern exploring water supply best practices in light
of a changing climate and a rapidly growing population in the
Austin-San Antonio corridor.
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Graduate Students
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Tom Herrod,
Ph.D. Candidate, Aquatic Resources
Tom's research
interests revolve around environmental policy. Specifically, in
measuring how well a local, state, or federal policy allows for
public participation, institutional support, and adaptive co-management
for the sustainable development of resources. His dissertation
project will analyze water policy in Texas, to determine where
improvements can be made and/or highlight areas where environmental
policies foster sustainable development of natural resources.
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Ken Mix,
Ph.D. Candidate, Aquatic Resources
Ken's research
interests are in social systems, entomology, and geology. His
dissertation research area is the San Luis Valley agricultural
system of southern Colorado. The research includes understanding
the fundamental philosophies that lead to resource policies and
laws, that in turn can increase a social system's vulnerability
to changes in the resource. It will follow the agro-social system
of the valley through time to detect influences of changes in
water policy, law, economics and the resource base. Ultimately,
understanding why a social system chose a course of action that
led to vulnerability can improve the ability to make choices which
lead to reduced vulnerability.
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Adrian
L. Vogl, Ph.D. Candidate, Aquatic Resources
Adrian's research
interests include social-ecological resilience, watershed health
and sustainability, and social and institutional factors affecting
natural resource allocation and use. Her dissertation project
will involve developing a Decision Support System, in collaboration
with stakeholders, for the sustainable management of the Cypress
Creek watershed in Wimberley, Texas.
Link to URL: http://uweb.txstate.edu/~av1114/index.html
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Heidi
Moltz, Ph.D. Candidate, Aquatic Resources
Kathy
Alexander, Ph.D. Candidate, Aquatic Resources
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Elizabeth
Fawcett, M.S. Student, Aquatic Resources
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Former Students:
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Leonard
Oliver, M.S., Aquatic Resources
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