Charles L. Redman

Charles L. Redman

  • Distinguished Sustainability Scientist, Global Institute of Sustainability
  • Teaching Faculty, School of Sustainability
  • Founding Director, School of Sustainability
  • Professor, School of Sustainability
  • Virginia M. Ullman Professor, Natural History and the Environment, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

School of Sustainability
Arizona State University
PO Box 875502
Tempe, AZ 85287

Phone: (480) 965-8654
Fax: (480) 965-8087
Email: charles.redman@asu.edu



Biography

Charles Redman has been committed to interdisciplinary research since as an archaeology graduate student he worked closely in the field with botanists, zoologists, geologists, art historians, and ethnographers. Redman received his BA from Harvard University, and his MA and PhD in Anthropology from the University of Chicago. He taught at New York University and at SUNY-Binghamton before coming to Arizona State University (ASU) in 1983. Since then, he served nine years as Chair of the Department of Anthropology, seven years as Director of the Center for Environmental Studies and, in 2004, was chosen to be the Julie Ann Wrigley Director of the newly formed Global Institute of Sustainability. From 2007-2010, Redman was the founding director of ASU's School of Sustainability. Redman's interests include human impacts on the environment, sustainable landscapes, rapidly urbanizing regions, urban ecology, environmental education, and public outreach. He is the author or co-author of 14 books including Explanation in Archaeology, The Rise of Civilization, People of the Tonto Rim, Human Impact on Ancient Environments and, most recently, co-edited four books: The Archaeology of Global Change, Applied Remote Sensing for Urban Planning, Governance and Sustainability, Agrarian Landscapes in Transition, and Polities and Power: Archaeological Perspectives on the Landscapes of Early States. Redman is currently working on building upon the extensive research portfolio of the Global Institute of Sustainability and teaching in the School of Sustainability, which is educating a new generation of leaders through collaborative learning, transdisciplinary approaches, and problem-oriented training to address the environmental, economic, and social challenges of the 21st Century.

Selected Publications

Costanza, R., L. Graumlich, W. Steffen, C. Crumley, J. Dearing, K. Hibbard, R. Leemans, C. Redman, and D. Schimel. 2007. Sustainability or collapse: What can we learn from integrating the history of humans and the rest of nature? Ambio 36(7):522-527.

McDonald, R.I., C. Yuan-Farrell, C. Fievet, M. Moeller, P. Kareiva, D. Foster, T. Gragson, A. Kinzig, L. Kuby, and C. Redman. 2007. Estimating the effect of protected lands on the development and conservation of their surroundings. Conservation Biology 21(6):1526-1536. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00799.x.

Redman, C. L. 2005. Resilience in archaeology. American Anthropology 107(1), 70-77.

Redman, C. L., S. R. James, P. R., Fish, and J. D. Rogers,. 2004. The archaeology of global change: The impact of humans on their environment. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC

Redman, C. L. and A. P. Kinzig. 2003. Resilience of past landscapes: Resilience theory, society, and the longue durée. Conservation Ecology 7(1):14. [online] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol7/iss1/art14 .

Courses

  • SOS 510: Principles of Sustainability
  • SOS 111/PUP 190: Sustainable Cities

Education

  • Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Chicago, 1971
  • M.A., Anthropology, University of Chicago, 1969
  • B.A., Physical Sciences, Harvard University, 1967

Journal Articles

Alberti, M., C. L. Redman, J. Wu, J. Marzluff, M. Handcock, J. M. Anderies, P. Waddell, D. Fox, H. Kautz and J. Hepinstall. 2006. Urban landscape patterns and global environmental change: Complex dynamics and emergent properties. IHDP Update 2006:5-6.

Brundiers, K., A. Wiek and C. L. Redman. 2010. Real-world learning opportunities in sustainability — from classroom into the real-world. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 11:308-324. (link)

Costanza, R., L. Graumlich, W. Steffen, C. Crumley, J. Dearing, K. Hibbard, R. Leemans, C. Redman and D. Schimel. 2007. Sustainability or collapse: What can we learn from integrating the history of humans and the rest of nature?. Ambio 36:522-527.

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Books and Book Chapters

Cumming, G. S., D. Cumming and C. L. Redman. 2006. Scale mismatches in social-ecological systems: causes, consequences, and solutions. Pp. 23-40 In: B. Walker H., J. M. Anderies, A. P. Kinzig and P. Ryan. eds., Exploring Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems. CSIRO Publishing.

Fink, J., F. Steiner, N. B. Grimm and C. L. Redman. 2003. Greater Phoenix 2100: Building a national urban environmental research agenda. Pp. 413-426 In: G. Heiken, R. Fakundiny and J. Sutter. eds., Geosciences in the Cities. Volume 56,

Grimm, N. B., J. M. Grove, S. T. Pickett and C. L. Redman. 2008. Integrated approaches to long-term studies of urban ecological areas. In: J. Marzluff M., E. Shulenberger, W. Endlicher, M. Alberti, G. Bradley, C. Ryan, U. Simon and C. ZumBrunnen. eds., Urban Ecology. Springer.

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Posters/Presentations

Baker, L. A. and C. L. Redman. 1999. Environmental analysis of urban ecosystems. July-August, Research Frontiers Conferences, Association of Environmental Engineering and Sciences Professors, Penn State, PA.

Bang, C., R. Bills, J. Briggs, M. DiIorio, L. Dugan, R. Erickson, S. Earl, S. Faeth, M. Feldner, C. Gries, N. Grimm, E. Holmes, D. Hope, J. Kaye, A. Kinzig, C. Kochert, A. Majumdar, C. Redman, E. Shock, Q. Stewart, J. Stutz, M. Tseng, J. Walker, S. Whitcomb and X. Zhuo. 2006. Survey 200: CAP LTER's approach to extensive field monitoring. Poster presented at the 20-23 September 2006 LTER All Scientist Meeting, YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park, CO. (link)

Casagrande, D., S. Yabiku, E. Farley-Metzger, D. Hope, C. Gries, K. Larson, N. Grimm and C. Redman. 2006. Effects of landscape manipulation on human behavior, knowledge, and social organization in an urban ecosystem. Poster presented at the 6-11 August 2006 91st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Memphis, TN.

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