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Anna Erwin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences

About Me: Welcome to my page! I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in the School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences (SEEMS). I am an interdisciplinary, environmental social scientist. My work sits at the nexus of human geography, public policy, and sociology. In my research program, I use qualitative and mixed methods to investigate the how and who of environmental justice in rural and peri-urban communities. In particular, my research analyzes how institutions address environmental injustices through participation, laws, and governance processes and who makes decisions when addressing environmental issues and injustices. I apply this approach to study how rural communities wrestle with social and environmental injustices associated with multiple domains including agriculture, extractive industries, climate change, migration, water, and energy.

Recent Publications: 
Grower influence during a participatory project with farmworkers. (2022). Geoforum. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.12.017
Linking migration to community resilience in the receiving basin of a large scale water transfer project. (2022). Land Use Policy 
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105900
Connecting food justice to farmworkers through a faith-based organization. (2022). The Journal of Rural Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.10.009

Scholarship: For a comprehensive and up-to-date list of publications, please visit my Google Scholar page. 

​Contact:
Anna Erwin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
(she/her/hers)
anna.erwin@utrgv.edu 
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