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Colleen Strawhacker

Colleen Strawhacker

IGERT in Urban Ecology Fellow, School of Human Evolution and Social Change

colleen.strawhacker @asu.edu

480-965-6213

School of Human Evolution and Social Change
Arizona State University
PO Box 872402
Tempe, AZ 85287-2402
USA

Titles

  • IGERT in Urban Ecology Fellow, School of Human Evolution and Social Change

Journal Articles

2010

Larson, K. L., E. M. Cook, C. Strawhacker and S. J. Hall. 2010. The influence of diverse values, ecological structure, and geographic context on residents' multifaceted landscaping decisions. Human Ecology 38(6):747-761. DOI: 10.1007/s10745-010-9359-6. (link )

Books

2011

Nelson, M. C. and C. Strawhacker eds. 2011. Movement, Connectivity, and Landscape Change in the Ancient Southwest. University Press of Colorado. Boulder.

Book Chapters

2017

Strawhacker, C., G. Snitker, K. A. Spielmann, M. Wasiolek, J. Sandor, A. P. Kinzig and K. W. Kintigh. 2017. Risk landscapes and domesticated landscapes: Food security in the Salinas Province. Pp. 83-118 In: Spielmann, K. A. ed., Landscapes of Social Transformation in the Salinas Province and the Eastern Pueblo World. University of Arizona Press. Tucson, AZ. ISBN: 9780816535699.

2016

Torvinen, A., M. Hegmon, A. P. Kinzig, M. C. Nelson, M. A. Peeples, C. Strawhacker, K. G. Schollmeyer and L. Swantek. 2016. Transformation without collapse: Two cases from the U.S. Southwest. Pp. 262-286 In: Faulseit, R. K. ed., Beyond Collapse: Archaeological Perspectives on Resilience, Revitalization, and Transformation in Complex Societies. Southern Illinois University. Carbondale, IL. ISBN: 978-0809333998.

Posters

2013

Camba, M. O., E. Warkus, D. K. Nakase, C. Strawhacker, J. K. Learned and S. J. Hall. 2013. Landscape legacies influence rock and succulent distribution. Poster presented at the 11 January 2013, 15th Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium and All Scientist Meeting 2013, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

2012

Strawhacker, C. 2012. The ecological impact of colonial economies on O'odham farmers on the middle Gila River. Poster presented January 17th-18th at the Southwest Symposium, Albuquerque, NM.

2010

Strawhacker, C. 2010. Interdisciplinary approaches to studying prehistoric and historic water and land use in the Phoenix Basin, Arizona. Poster presented May 23-25 at the Integrated Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) National Science Foundation Conference Washington DC.

Strawhacker, C. and F. M. Hayashida. 2010. Prehispanic irrigated soils on the North Coast of Peru: Preliminary results from soil sampling on agricultural fields. Poster presented April 14-18 at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology St. Louis MO.

2009

Cook, E. M., S. J. Hall, K. L. Larson and C. A. Strawhacker. 2009. An interdisciplinary, multi-scalar framework for understanding the social and ecological dynamics of residential landscapes: A case study in Phoenix, Arizona. Poster presented September 13-17 at the 2009 LTER All Scientist Meeting, Integrating Science and Society in a World of Constant Change. Estes Park, CO.

Funke, B. M., E. M. Cook, S. J. Hall, K. L. Larson, C. Strawhacker and V. Turner. 2009. Legacy effects and the social-ecological dynamics of residential landscapes: An interdisciplinary study in Phoenix, Arizona. Poster presented at the 15 January 2009, 11th Annual Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Symposium, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Funke, B. M., E. M. Cook, C. Strawhacker, V. Turner, K. L. Larson and S. J. Hall. 2009. Legacy effects and the socio-ecological dynamics of residential landscapes: An interdisciplinary study in Phoenix, AZ. Poster presented at the March 2009 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, NV.

Larson, K. L., S. J. Hall, E. M. Cook, B. M. Funke, C. Strawhacker and V. K. Turner. 2009. Social-ecological dynamics of residential landscapes in an urban ecosystem context. Poster presented February 19 at the Colloquium for Social-Ecological Dynamics in Urban Landscapes, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Strawhacker, C. A. 2009. Risk mediation in prehistoric irrigation communities: Exploring the diversification of farming strategies in arid environments. Poster presented February 26th at the Frontiers in Life Sciences Conference, Tempe, AZ.

Strawhacker, C., E. M. Cook, K. L. Larson and S. J. Hall. 2009. Landscape preferences and yard management: The effects of homeowner's values on residential landscapes. Poster presented at 11th Annual Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research (CAP LTER) Poster Symposium, January 15, 2009, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link )

2008

Strawhacker, C. A. 2008. A spatial analysis of the level of constructedness of the small sites around two large pueblos on Perry Mesa, Arizona. Poster presented March 20-26 at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, BC.

Strawhacker, C. A., M. Hegmon, M. C. Nelson, M. Peeples, K. G. Schollmeyer and S. Swanson. 2008. Interaction and diversity in the Postclassic Mimbres World: Results of the 2007 field season. Poster presented March 19 at the 20th Anniversary Southwest Symposium, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Presentations

2012

Strawhacker, C. 2012. Response of O'odham irrigated agriculture to colonial forces on the middle Gila River, southern Arizona. Presentation April 19 at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Memphis, TN.

2011

Strawhacker, C. and F. M. Hayashida. 2011. Prehispanic irrigated agricultural soils on the North Coast of Peru: The effects of different land use intensities on agricultural soil quality. Invited paper presented March 30-April 2 at the 76th annual meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, Sacramento, CA.

2010

Nelson, M. C., A. P. Kinzig, S. E. Ingram, C. Strawhacker and R. Cleland. 2010. Lessons from the past about biodiversity in social-ecological systems. Presentation October 8 associated with the Convention on Biological Diversity, United Nations Environment Programme, Nagoya, Japan.

Strawhacker, C. 2010. On the making of deserted: Forgetting nature, humanity and history in the Salt and Gila Rivers beds. Presentation August 1-6 at the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Pittsburg, PA.

2009

Cook, E., C. Strawhacker, K. L. Larson and S. J. Hall. 2009. Values and other social drivers of the management and ecological properties of residential landscapes in Phoenix, Arizona. Presentation at the August 2-7, 2009 94th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, NM.

Larson, K. L., S. J. Hall, E. M. Cook, B. M. Funke, C. Strawhacker and V. K. Turner. 2009. Human drivers of management practices and ecological structures in Phoenix, AZ. Presentation June 22 at the Urban Wildlife Ecology and Management: An International Symposium on Urban Wildlife and the Environment, Amherst, MA.

Turner, V. K., K. L. Larson, S. J. Hall, E. M. Cook, C. Strawhacker and B. M. Funke. 2009. The socio-ecology of residential landscapes. Presentation June 23 at the Urban Wildlife Conference, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.

Reports

2010

Strawhacker, C. 2010. Preliminary report on the agricultural soils across the Pampa de Chaparri, Peru. Report on file at Arizona State University.

2009

Kruse, M., W. G. Russell, H. Schaafsma, C. Strawhacker and J. Wallace. 2009. Report of the 2007 archaeological survey of northwestern portions of Perry Mesa within Agua Fria National Monument, Yavapai County, Arizona. Report submitted to the BLM, Phoenix, AZ. Ms on file at Arizona State University.

Larson, K. L., S. J. Hall, E. M. Cook, B. M. Funke, C. Strawhacker and V. K. Turner. 2009. Social-ecological dynamics of residential landscapes: Human drivers of management practices and ecological structure in an urban ecosystem context. Final Report from IGERT workshop Fall 2008 Schools of Geography, Sustainability, Life Science and Hu.

2007

Schollmeyer-Gust, K., S. Swanson, C. Strawhacker and M. Peeples. 2007. 3-Up Site (LA150373): Report on 2007 test excavations. Ms. On file at the Arizona State University School of Human Evolution and Social Change.