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Rebecca Witter

Associate Professor of Sustainable Development Associate Professor

Appalachian State University

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Appalachian State University

College of Arts and Sciences

Sustainable Development

Community and service

Rebecca Witter is currently serving as an Appalachian State University Associate Professor of Sustainable Development Associate Professor at Appalachian State University.

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Rebecca Witter

Appalachian State University

Associate Professor of Sustainable Development Associate Professor

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environmental science conservation biology ecology environmental policy sustainable development environmental planning socio-environmental implications political science anthropology political ecology biological anthropology conservation science environmental resource management environmental anthropology zooarchaeology biological conservation wildlife african political economy southern african studies african studies animal conservation african development environmental impact assessment environmental politics climate change mitigation climate change adaptation climate risk biodiversity conservation conservation policy conservation politics research-practice partnerships water governance sustainable environmental management environmental sustainability environmental governance global environmental governance biological diversity indigenous rights recognitions resettlement compensation collaborative research water equity eastern nc understanding cumulative environmental justice-centered approach community-engaged analysis non-permitted poultry operations social vulnerability indices human geography environmental justice sociology global studies social sciences global history early republic community-engaged research conservation letter environmental history history social justice humanities african identity community development community engagement urban history political geography academic ethic colonialism critical race theory social change sociocultural anthropology public history environmental education intersectionality historical geography social history american studies education gender studies american political thought regional studies african american studies historical review social anthropology american literature anti-racism western american literature public policy sustainability science

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Advancing an Environmental Justice-Centered Approach to Understanding Cumulative Impacts: Community-Engaged Analysis of Industrialized Biogas Development From Rural Eastern North Carolina. Environmental Justice (2025)

environmental engineeringenvironmental justiceenvironmental impact assessmentsustainable environmental managementenvironmental impact of the energy industryenvironmental sustainabilityenvironmental sciencesocio-environmental implicationsunderstanding cumulativeenvironmental justice-centered approachcommunity-engaged analysisenvironmental researchsustainability sciencesustainable developmentenvironmental planningenvironmental governance

Collaborative Research as Action: Advancing Rural Environmental Justice, Water Equity, and Well-Being in Eastern Nc. Environmental Justice (2025)

collaborative researchenvironmental justicecommunity engagementpublic policyenvironmental scienceenvironmental policysocio-environmental implicationsresearch-practice partnershipswater equitywater governanceeastern nccommunity-engaged researchsustainable developmentenvironmental planning

Earth Observation Data to Support Environmental Justice: Linking Non‐Permitted Poultry Operations to Social Vulnerability Indices. GeoHealth (2024)

Mirela G. TulbureJúlio CainetaBrooke CoxStephen V. StehmanAyse ErcumenRebecca WitterRyan EmanuelDana E. PowellKemp BurdetteSherri White‐WilliamsonShea Tuberty

non-permitted poultry operationsenvironmental justiceenvironmental sciencesocial vulnerability indices

Renewable Ruse: Bioenergy Development in North Carolina’s Coastal Plains. Engaging Science Technology and Society (2024)

Rhinos as “the Mine” and the Fugitive Meanings of Illegal Wildlife Hunting. Conservation and Society (2021)

Why Militarized Conservation May Be Counter-Productive: Illegal Wildlife Hunting as Defiance. Journal of Political Ecology (2021)

Rhino Poaching and the “Slow Violence” of Conservation-Related Resettlement in Mozambique’s Limpopo National Park. Geoforum (2018)

biological conservationpolitical ecologywildlifeafrican political economybiological anthropologyconservation sciencesouthern african studiesafrican studiesanimal conservationenvironmental resource managementanthropologyglobal healthconservation biologyenvironmental anthropologyecologyafrican developmentzooarchaeology

The Ebb and Flow of Indigenous Rights Recognitions in Conservation Policy. Development and Change (2018)

Rebecca WitterTerre Satterfield

conservation policyindigenous rights recognitions

Negotiating Identity and Heritage Through Authorised Vernacular History, Limpopo National Park. Journal of Social Archaeology (2017)

Moments of Influence in Global Environmental Governance. Environmental Politics (2015)

Rebecca WitterKimberly R. Marion SuiseeyaRebecca L. GrubySarah HitchnerEdward M. MaclinMaggie BourqueJ. Peter Brosius

global environmental governancepolitical scienceenvironmental politicsenvironmental policy

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Rebecca Witter

Associate Professor of Sustainable Development Associate Professor

Appalachian State University

Affiliations

Appalachian State University

College of Arts and Sciences

Sustainable Development

Community and service

Rebecca Witter is currently serving as an Appalachian State University Associate Professor of Sustainable Development Associate Professor at Appalachian State University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Rebecca Witter

Appalachian State University

Associate Professor of Sustainable Development Associate Professor

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Collaborative Research as Action: Advancing Rural Environmental Justice, Water Equity, and Well-Being in Eastern Nc. Environmental Justice (2025)

Earth Observation Data to Support Environmental Justice: Linking Non‐Permitted Poultry Operations to Social Vulnerability Indices. GeoHealth (2024)

Mirela G. TulbureJúlio CainetaBrooke CoxStephen V. StehmanAyse ErcumenRebecca WitterRyan EmanuelDana E. PowellKemp BurdetteSherri White‐WilliamsonShea Tuberty

non-permitted poultry operationsenvironmental justiceenvironmental sciencesocial vulnerability indices

Renewable Ruse: Bioenergy Development in North Carolina’s Coastal Plains. Engaging Science Technology and Society (2024)

Rhinos as “the Mine” and the Fugitive Meanings of Illegal Wildlife Hunting. Conservation and Society (2021)

Why Militarized Conservation May Be Counter-Productive: Illegal Wildlife Hunting as Defiance. Journal of Political Ecology (2021)

Rhino Poaching and the “Slow Violence” of Conservation-Related Resettlement in Mozambique’s Limpopo National Park. Geoforum (2018)

The Ebb and Flow of Indigenous Rights Recognitions in Conservation Policy. Development and Change (2018)

Rebecca WitterTerre Satterfield

conservation policyindigenous rights recognitions

Negotiating Identity and Heritage Through Authorised Vernacular History, Limpopo National Park. Journal of Social Archaeology (2017)

Moments of Influence in Global Environmental Governance. Environmental Politics (2015)

Rebecca WitterKimberly R. Marion SuiseeyaRebecca L. GrubySarah HitchnerEdward M. MaclinMaggie BourqueJ. Peter Brosius

global environmental governancepolitical scienceenvironmental politicsenvironmental policy

1
2
10 / page