Laurel E. Phoenix, Assistant Professor

 

Public and Environmental Affairs Department                                Associate Editor: Water Resources IMPACT

Environmental Science and Policy Graduate Faculty                     Manuscript Reviewer: JAWRA

University of Wisconsin – Green Bay                                                                                     Lynne Rienner Publishers

Cofrin Hall B310, 2420 Nicolet Dr.                                                                                            Resources for the Future     Green Bay, WI. 54311

Tel (920) 465-2402; Fax (920) 465-2791

http://www.uwgb.edu/phoenixl/index.htm

 

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

 

Anti-environmentalism, Watershed Management, Drinking Water, Rural Environmental Planning

 

ACADEMIC TRAINING

 

   School                                                                                   Major                                     Degree                Date

 

   University of Colorado, Boulder                                      Geography                               B.A.                   1992       

   University of Colorado, Boulder                                      Geography                               M.A.                  1994

   College of Environmental Science and Forestry,           Watershed Mgmt/Forestry    Ph.D.                 2001

State University of New York

 

TEACHING AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

 

A.  Courses taught

 

Water Resources Policy and Mgmt., 835-351/551, UWGB

Environmental Law, 835-378/578, UWGB

Environmental Impact Assessment, 835-356, UWGB

Environmental Science and Policy Capstone, 008-763, UWGB

Planning Theory and Methods, 835-452/652, UWGB

Land Use Controls, 835-323, UWGB

Intro. to Public Policy, 835-202, UWGB

Environment and Society, 835-102, UWGB

Environment and Behavior, ENVD 3001, UC Boulder

Water Resources, GEG 340, Metro State College

Water Law Seminar, GEG 490, Metro State College

Wetlands Seminar, GEG 490, Metro State College

World Resources, GEG 110, Metro State College

World Regional Geography, GEG 100, Metro State College

Environmental Science, GEG 120, Metro State College

Context of Planning & Architecture, ENVD 5361, UC Boulder

Intro. to Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Planning, ENVD 1014, UC Boulder

Environmental Planning I: Ecology, URP 6649, UC Denver

Climate and Vegetation, GEOG 1001, Cont. Ed, UC Boulder

Climate and Weather, GEO 112, Front Range Community                                   

Landforms and Soils, GEOG 1011, Cont. Ed, UC Boulder                                                                                                                                                                                                   

B.   Publications

 

In development, accepted by editor:

 

Chapter.  “In the Land of Myth and Honey” in Confluence: A Global Anthology of Women’s Voices on the Politics of Water ed. by Nandita Ghosh and Paola Corsa.  Essay is on the policy and politics of the current public health crisis of lead in the drinking water of Washington, D.C.  Publication in 2005.

 

Chapter.  “Infrastructure degradation and policy response in major US cities” in Environmental History of Water: Global views on community water supply and sanitation, edited by Juuti, Katko and Vuorinen.  Publication in Fall, 2005.

 

Guest essay.  “International Trends of Privatization of Drinking Water Treatment and Wastewater Treatment Plants” in Principles of Water Resources, 3rd ed., by Tom Cech.  Publication in 2005.

 

 

Forthcoming:              

 

·         In press: 

 

Encyclopedia entries, three.  “Irrigation,” “Littoral,” “New Mexico,” in The Encyclopedia of World Geography, Golson Books Publishers. Publication in 2005.

 

Encyclopedia entries, six.  “Lakes - Discharges to,” “Source Water Quality Management,” “Mining Fossil Aquifers,” “Extraterritorial Land Use Control to Protect Water Supplies,” “Water as a Human Right,” “Water Managed in the Public Trust,” in The Encyclopedia of Water, Wiley Publishers.  Publication in April, 2005.

 

·         Accepted for publication:

 

          Article.  “The Neoconservative Assault on the Earth: The Environmental Imperialism of the Bush

          Administration,” by Austin, A. and L. Phoenix to Capitalism, Nature, and Socialism.  Summer 2005.

 

 

 

­Published:

 

          Chapters:

 

“Beyond the Texas Oil Patch: The Political Ascendancy of Anti-Environmentalism.”  (with Andrew Austin).  Devastating Society - The Neoliberal Assault on Democracy and Social Justice, Bernd Hamm, ed. London: Pluto Press.  January, 2005. 

         German translation chapter title, “Jenseits texanischer Ölflecken: Der politische Aufstieg der

                        Umweltgegner.” In Gesellschaft zerstören: Die Neoliberale Übernahme und der Sturm auf die

                        Demokratie, Homilius Verlag Publishing, August of 2004)

 

 “The Other America – Dissenting Groups and Movements.”  Devastating Society - The Neoliberal Assault on Democracy and Social Justice, Bernd Hamm, ed. London: Pluto Press.  January, 2005.  

German translation chapter title, “Proteste und Gegenbewegungen.”  In Gesellschaft zerstören: Die Neoliberale Übernahme und der Sturm auf die Demokratie, Homilius Verlag Publishing, August of 2004.

 

          Articles:

 

“Vulnerable Groundwater Drinking Sources in Door County, Wisconsin,” Applied Environmental Science and Public Health, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 129-137. December, 2003

 

Clay J. Landry and Laurel E. Phoenix.  “Forging New Rights to Water”, Water Resources IMPACT, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 3-4, March 2003.

 

“Introduction to Small Municipalities and Water Supply”  and  “Rural Municipal Water Supply Problems: How do Rural Governments Cope?”, in Water Resources IMPACT, Vol. 4, #2, p. 2-3 and 20-26.  March, 2002.

 

“Measuring Success of the SWAP Program.”  Water Resources IMPACT, 2(1):8-10. Jan. 2000.

 

 

Encyclopedia Entries:

 

§         Six entries in MacMillan’s Water: Science and Issues, ed. E. Julius Dasch. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2003.

Phoenix, Laurel E. and William A. Atkins. “Water Supply Infrastructure.”  p. 213-216.

Phoenix, Laurel E. “Small Leaks and Big Breaks.” p. 214.

        ___. “Federal Water Legislation.” p. 28-31.

        ___. “Who is Responsible for our Water Resources?” p. 30.

        ___. “National Environmental Policy Act.” p. 112-114.

        ___. “Safe Drinking Water Act.” p. 66-69.

 

§         Forty entries in Encyclopedia of Housing, ed. W. van Vliet--.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishing.  1998.  (subjects covering government policy, program administration, and organizations related to housing)

 

Essays:

 

§         “Urban Runoff: Nonpoint Source Pollution in Colorado.”  In Essentials of Physical

Geography.  ed. Ralph C. Scott.  West Publishing: New York. 1996. 

                                                 

Book review:

 

§         “Voices For The Watershed: Environmental Issues in the Great Lakes—St Lawrence Drainage Basin”, edited by Gregor Gilpin Beck and Bruce Litteljohn.   In JAWRA (Journal of the American Water Resources Association), Vol. 37, #6, p. 1736-1737.  Dec. 2001.

 

               

CONCURRENT AFFILIATIONS/APPOINTMENTS

 

                Graduate School Faculty: Environmental Science and Policy Program

 

Associate Editor: Water Resources IMPACT, bimonthly publication of the American Water Resources Association, 2001.

 

§         Editor for March 2003 Issue:  Water Resources IMPACT, Vol 5, #2, March 2003.  Issue Title: ‘Forging New Rights to Water’.  Articles on strengths, weaknesses and needed policy reform for water rights in the U.S. (riparian, prior appropriation, hybrid) and creating water rights internationally.

 

Included the following articles:

“Forging New Rights to Water” – Clay Landry and Laurel Phoenix

“East Meets West: The Tale of Two Water Doctrines” – George Sherk

“Water Rights in the Commons” – Elinor Ostrom, et al.

“Environmental Consequences of Ground Water Pumping – Robert 

  Glennon

“Native American Water Rights” – Tod Smith

“Water Rights, Conflicts, and Culture” – Jeffrey Rothfeder

“Negotiating Transitions in Water Rights” – Meinzen-Dick and Bruns

 

§         Editor for March 2002 Issue:  Water Resources IMPACT, Vol. 4, #2, March 2002.  Issue title: ‘Small Municipalities and Water Supply’

 

Included the following articles:

“When the Well Runs Dry: Examining the Water Supply Issues in Brown

County, Wisconsin”

                        “Potential Impacts of Comm 83 on Rural Groundwater”

                        “Source Water Assessment Implementation Obstacles: Are Transient Non-

Community Wells Not as Important?”

                                “Water Supply and Rural Municipal Water Supply Problems: How do Rural

Governments Cope?”

                                “Agriculture and Water Decision-making by County Boards in the Western United States”

Manuscript reviewer:         Journal of the American Water Resources Association.

Lynne Rienner Publishers

Resources for the Future

 

 

CONFERENCES

 

                November, 2004    Navajo-Gallup Pipeline: Collaborating to Access Water Supplies,

                                                American Water Resources Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.

 

                October, 2004        Getting the Lead Out – Policy Problems for Drinking Water,

                                                56th Annual Meeting of West Lakes Division, American Association of Geographers,

Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

 

October, 2002      Paper mills and science mills: The Battle for the Fox River.

Mid-South Sociological Association. Memphis, Tennessee. October 16-19, 2002. Co-

authored with Andrew Austin.

 

November, 2002  Unprotected Groundwater Drinking Sources In Door County, Wisconsin.  

American Water Resources Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.  

 

                March, 2001          Drinking Water Access, Availability, and Constraints for Central Brown

County Water Authority Communities

Wisconsin Annual Conference of the American Water Resources Association

Green Lake, WI.

 

                February, 2001      Influence of Rural Community Characteristics on Participation in Interlocal

Drinking Water Agreements

Annual Conference of Association of American Geographers, NYC, NY

 

                Fall, 1997                Application of Water Law concepts to Mitigate Agricultural Nonpoint Source

Pollution

Salt City Chapter Annual Conference, American Water Resources Association,

Syracuse, NY.

 

                Fall, 1993                Voluntary Stakeholder Motivation in Nonpoint Source Pollution Education

                                                Annual Rocky Mountain Association of American Geographers Conference,

Boulder CO.

 

Spring 1993           Boulder County's Water Treatment Compliance Pattern under the Safe   

                                Drinking Water Act and the Clean Water Act

                                Annual Conference of Association of American Geographers, Atlanta, GA.

 

CONFERENCE SERVICE

 

Mar 29, 2001          Moderator – Effects of Urbanization on Water Quality and Quantity

Session

Wisconsin Annual Conference of the American Water Resources Association

Green Lake, WI.

 

                Feb 28, 2001          Chair – Water Resources I Session

Annual Conference of Association of American Geographers, NYC, NY

 

INVITED SPEAKER

 

 

“Smart Growth and water issues” lecture given to Dr. Stoll’s graduate Perspectives class.

 

“Problems in public planning” lecture given to Dr. Abel’s Public Administration class.

 

“The Great Debate”, February 1, 2002

                I championed the field of Geography at this debate between the social sciences. 

Each champion had five minutes to argue why their social science should be the only survivor if a “social science catastrophe” occurred, wiping out all but one field.

 

Faculty Research Lecture Series, April 10, 2002 - “Rural Sprawl, Smart Growth, and Drinking Water

Quality” 

 

 

THESIS COMMITTEES

 

 

Chairperson of committee, thesis completed:

 

Mary Verkuilen - Media Influence on High  School Seniors Regarding Law Enforcement Careers.  Nov.

23, 2001.

                Michael J. Brown – Efficacy of Smart Growth planning in Howard, Wisconsin

 

Chairperson of committee:                 

 

Vinnie Hancock – Modeling Contaminant Pathways of Door County Beaches

Diana Cornelius – Three Sisters Gardening: Rejuvenating a Cultural Food System with the Oneida Tribe of

Indians of Wisconsin

 

Service on thesis committee, thesis completed:             

 

Robert Proudfit, 2001.  Development of a Decision Support Framework for Local Land-Use Decision-Making.

Jay Hodgson, May 2002.  An evaluation of the source water assessment program for transient non-community groundwater systems in northeast Wisconsin.

Erin Gatzke, May 2002.  TMDL Implementation in the Fox-Wolf Basin.

Hiroko Yamagishi, May, 2002.  A Comparison of Voluntary Environmental Activity Disclosure between Japan and the United States.

Monica Hauck-Whealton September, 2003- Wisconsin Civic Environmentalism in the DNR’s Self-

help Lake Monitoring Program

Sashi Yadav – Recycling Programs in Brown County

 

Service on thesis committees:

 

Mike Stievater - Impact of Logging Roads on Hydrologic Function at Shivering

      Sands

Steven Potokar – Evaluating Membrane Performance in Removal of Fine

      Particulate Matter from Recirculating Aquaculture Systems

Thomas VanDrasek – Public Policy and the Fox River Trail:  A Comparative

                  Analysis and Policy Evaluation

 

COMMITTEE SERVICE

 

·         Boardmember – University Leadership Awards Selection Committee starting Fall, 2004.                         

 

·         Boardmember - Student Affairs Committee starting Fall, 2002

 

·         Boardmember  - Center for Biodiversity Advisory Committee starting Fall 2001

 

·         Boardmember -  Student Appeals Committee - Summer 2003

 

·         Graduate School Thesis Awards Committee

 

·         Chair - Graduate School Curriculum Committee for Perspectives/Capstone Course

 

·         Chair of Non-Thesis Option Committee

 

·         Chair, Curriculum Committee for Public and Environmental Affairs Department

 

 

 

HONORS

 

 

Teaching Scholar, UWGB, 2001-2002

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

                               

American Water Resources Association

Association of American Geographers

Wisconsin Geographical Society

 

 

 

COMMUNITY SERVICE

 

 

Green Bay Speakers Forum

Fox/Wolf Rivers Environmental History Project

Public Access Programming-Politics, Media, and Culture