Kelli L. Larson

Assistant Professor, School of Sustainability

Affiliate Faculty, Environmental Social Science Degree Program

Investigator, Decision Center for a Desert City and Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research projects

2005 - Ph.D. (Geography) Oregon State University, Corvallis
1999 - M.A. (Geography) Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
1997 - B.A. (Geography) Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Water resource geography and governance; human dimensions of sustainability; risk perceptions, policy preferences, and human ecological behavior

2005 - UCOWR Ph.D. Dissertation Award, Honorable Mention, University Council on Water Resources

2003 - Civic Engagement Award for Excellence in Faculty/Community Engagement for work with Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium, Portland State University

2000 - Outstanding Student Paper Competition, 1st place, Association of American Geographers' Water Resource Specialty Group

1999 - Outstanding Thesis Award, Honorable Mention, Southern Illinois University Alumni Association

1997 - Outstanding Senior in Geography, Illinois Geographical Society

Hirt, P., A. Gustafson and K. L. Larson. 2008. The mirage in the Valley of the Sun. Environmental History. 13: 482-514.

Larson, K. L. and D. Lach. 2008. Participants and non-participants of place-based groups: An assessment of attitudes and implications for public involvement in water resource management, Journal of Environmental Management. 88(4): 817-830.

Larson, K. L. and M. V. Santelmann. 2007. An analysis of the relationship between residents' proximity to water and attitudes about resource protection. Professional Geographer. 59(3): 316-333.

Harlan, S., M. Budruk, A. Gustafson, K. Larson, D. Ruddell, V. K. Smith, A. Wutich, A. and S. Yabiku. 2007. Highlights from the 2006 Phoenix Area Social Survey: Community and Environment in a Desert Metropolis. Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe.

Edsall, R. and K. L. Larson. 2006. Decision making in a virtual environment: effectiveness of a semi-immersive "Decision Theater" in understanding and assessing human-environment issues. Conference Proceedings for Automated Cartography.

Larson, K. L. 2005. Residents' Attitudes Toward Water Resource Protection in Metropolitan Portland, Oregon. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University.

Santelmann, M. and K. L. Larson. 2004. Sustaining multiple functions of urban wetlands. Wetlands. 24.

Yoffe, S., G. Fiske, M. Giordano, M. Giordano, K. L. Larson, K. Stahl, and A. T. Wolf. 2004. Geography of international water conflict and cooperation: data sets and applications. Water Resources Research, 40:12.

Human Dimensions of Sustainability
Water Resource Geography and Policy
Geographic Research Methods
Professional Seminar in Geography
Regional Geography of the United States and Canada