Casey King
Casey King
Lecturer of Environmental Science, Director of Sustainability
Office: 006 Karpen Hall
Phone: (828) 350-4556
Email: cking10@unca.edu
Dr. King teaches geology and environmental science courses. Her current research investigates science-based environmental management, and focuses on the emergence of Ecosystems-Based Fisheries Management for New England’s marine fisheries. She is interested in systems thinking to assess and address issues of uncertainty and complexity in socioecological systems.
Education
- B.A. University of California at Santa Barbara, Geophysics
- M.S. University of Montana, Geology
- Ph.D. The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Courses Taught
- ENVR 130 Intro to Environmental Science
- ENVR 105L Lab for Physical Geology
- ENVR 373 The World in a Grain of Sand
- HUM 414 Critical Perspectives on Contemporaneity
Professional Interests
- Earth Systems Science (including geology and geophysics)
- Socioecological Systems
- Environmental Governance
- Political Ecology
- Science Studies
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Recent Presentations
- King, Catherine, 2022, The Performativity of New England’s Groundfish Fishery as Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) Practices Emerge, American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Online Conference
- King, Catherine, 2021, Who’s to Blame?: The Multiplicity of New England’s Groundfish Crisis, American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Online Conference
- King, Catherine, 2020, Performing Crisis and Intervention in Fisheries Management: Matters of Failure and Success in New England’s Groundfish Fishery, American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Denver, CO
- King, Catherine, 2018, Ethnographies of Environmental Management: Emergence of an Ecosystems-Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) Intervention in New England’s Marine Fisheries, American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA
- King, Catherine, 2017, The Emergence of Ecosystems-based Fisheries Management in New England: Something New or Business as Usual?, American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
- King, Catherine, 2017, Constructing Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management in New England, The Seventh Annual Dimensions of Political Ecology Conference, Lexington, KY
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