Melinda Herrold-Menzies, PhD
Associate Professor of Environmental Analysis

Research Interests:

Conflicts over natural resources, gender and the environment, nature reserves in China and Russia, natural history, California cultures and ecosystems

Recent Courses

Introduction to Environmental Studies (EA10)
California’s Landscapes: Diverse Peoples and Ecosystems (EA74)
Environmental Change in China and East Asia (EA90)
Doing Natural History (EA104)
Protecting Nature: Parks, Conservation Areas, and People (EA124)
Nature through Film (EA154)
Gender, Environment, and Development (EA162)

Selected Recent Publications:

“Spies in the Marsh or Post-Soviet Saviors? Crane Conservation and Community Development in the Russian Far East.” Journal of the Society of Natural Resources. In Press.

“Muraviovka Residents and Muraviovka Park,” Zhuravl’ (March 2011).

“Reading the Tea Leaves-Interpreting the Meaning and Significance of China's Climate Commitments: Blog Review of ‘China Environmental Law’ and “The Green Leap Forward,’ ” Asian Politics and Policy, vol.2, no. 4 (fall 2010).

“Peasant Resistance against Nature Reserves,” in You-tien Hsing and Ching Kwan Lee, eds., Reclaiming Chinese Society: The New Social Activism. New York: Routledge Press, 2009.

“Boating on the Sea of Grass: Western Development, Ecotourism and Elite Capture in Guizhou, China,” Asian Geographer, vol.25, no.1-2 (2009).

“The Post-Collective Village: A Tale of Two Transitions," World Development, vol.37, no.1 (January 2009).

“Gender, Microcredit and Conservation at Caohai: An Attempt to Link Women, Conservation and Development in China,” in Bernadette Resurreccion and Rebecca Elmhirst. eds., Gender and Natural Resource Management: Livelihoods, Mobility and Interventions. London: Earthscan, 2008.

“Integrating Conservation and Development,” The Journal of Environment and Development, vol.15, no. 4 (December 2006).

“From Adversary to Partner: the Evolving Role of Caohai Nature Reserve in the Lives of Reserve Residents.” Canadian Journal of Development Studies, vol. 27 no. 1 (2006).

Selected Recent Conferences and Invited Talks:

Invited speaker, “Critical Environmental Problems Facing China Today,” National China Town Hall, National Committee of United-States China Relations and the World Affairs Council of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, October 2010.

"Spies in the Park or Post-Soviet Saviors? Crane Conservation and Community Development in the Russian Far East," paper presented at the Association for American Geographers Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, March 2009.

"Violence in the Marsh: Enclosure, Community Development, and Changing Patterns of Resistance around Caohai Nature Reserve," paper presented at the Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, April 2008.

“Boating on the Sea of Grass: Western Development, Tourism, Resistance, and Local Empowerment,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting for the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, CA, April 2007.

Invited speaker, “Microcredit at Caohai, China: One Effort to Link Conservation, Development and Women,” Women’s Studies Seminar, Huntington Library and Botanic Gardens, San Marino, CA, February 2007.

Invited lecturer, “Post-Collective Villages in Russia and China” and “Integrating Conservation and Development: A Look at Projects in Russia and China,” Department of Geography, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, October 2006.