Dr. David Casagrandeœ

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Associate Professor of Anthropology

Dept of Sociology and Anthropology

Morgan Hall 203F
Western Illinois University
1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455

Tel: (309) 298-1567
Fax: (309) 298-1857

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  • Casagrande, D.G., and M. Vasquez. Restoring for cultural-ecological sustainability in Arizona and Connecticut. In Marcus Hall (Ed.). Greening History: The Presence of the Past in Environmental Restoration. Routledge Press. Scheduled publication date: December 1, 2009. (Abstract)
  • Larson, K. L., D. G. Casagrande, S. Harlan, and S. Yabiku. 2009. Residents’ yard choices and rationales in a desert city: Social priorities, ecological impacts, and decision tradeoffs. Environmental Management. 44 (5): 921-937. (Abstract)
  • Yabiku, S., D. G. Casagrande and E. Farley-Metzger. 2008. Preferences for landscape choice in a Southwestern desert city. Environment and Behavior. (Abstract)
  • Rands, G., B. Ribbens, D. Casagrande, and H. McIlvaine-Newsad. 2007. Envisioning an ecologically sustainable society: An ideal type and an application. Pp. 22-59, in S. Sharma, M. Starik and B. Husted (Eds.), Organizations and the Sustainability Mosaic: Crafting Long-Term Ecological and Societal Solutions. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. (Abstract)
  • Casagrande, D. G., D. Hope, E. Farley-Metzger, W. Cook, and S. Yabiku. 2007. Problem and opportunity: Integrating anthropology, ecology, and policy through adaptive experimentation in the urban American Southwest. Human Organization 66(2):125-139. (Abstract)
  • Haenn, N., and D. G. Casagrande. 2007. Citizens, Experts, and Anthropologists: Finding Paths in Environmental Policy. Human Organization 66(2):99-102. (Abstract)
  • Hope, D., C. Gries, D. Casagrande, C. L. Redman, N. B. Grimm, and C. Martin. 2006. Drivers of spatial variation in plant diversity across the Central Arizona-Phoenix ecosystem. Society and Natural Resources 19(2):101-116. (Abstract)
  • Casagrande, D. G. 2005. Who Wins? Globalization, migration, and indigenous commodification of medicinal plants in Chiapas, Mexico. Pp. 83-106, in G. Guest (Ed.), Globalization, Health, and the Environment: An Integrated Perspective. Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press. (Abstract)
  • Casagrande, D. G. 2005. Encyclopedia entries: Urban Ecology, Ethnopharmacology, Cybernetic Modeling, Steven Pinker, Venezuela Encyclopedia of Anthropology. H. James Birx (Ed.). Sage Publications.
  • Casagrande, D. G. 2004. Ethnobiology lives! Theory, collaboration, and possibilities for the study of folk biologies. Reviews in Anthropology 33(4):351-370.
  • Cook, W., D. Casagrande, D. Hope, P. M. Groffman, and S. L. Collins. 2004. Learning to roll with the punches: Adaptive experimentation in human-dominated systems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2(9): 467-474. (Abstract)
  • Casagrande, D. G. 2004. Conceptions of primary forest in a Tzeltal Maya community: Implications for conservation. Human Organization 63:189-292. (Abstract)
  • Stepp, J. R., E. C. Jones, M. Pavao-Zuckerman, D. Casagrande, and R. K. Zarger. 2003. Remarkable properties of human ecosystems. Conservation Ecology 7(3): 11. (Abstract)
  • Casagrande, D. G. 2002. Ecology, Cognition, and Cultural Transmission of Tzeltal Maya Medicinal Plant Knowledge. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Georgia. (Abstract) (Download PDF)
  • Casagrande, D. G. 2000. Human Taste and Cognition in Tzeltal Maya Medicinal Plant Use. Journal of Ecological Anthropology 4:57-69. (Abstract) (Download PDF)
  • Casagrande, D. G. 1999. Information as verb: Reconceptualizing information for cognitive and ecological models. Journal of Ecological Anthropology 3:4-14. (Abstract) (Download PDF)
  • Casagrande, D. G. and S. R. Beissinger 1997. Evaluation of four methods for estimating parrot population size. Condor 99:445-457. (Abstract)
  • Casagrande, D. G. (ed.). 1997. Restoration of an urban salt marsh: An interdisciplinary Approach. Bulletin No. 100, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT.
  • Casagrande, D. G. 1997. The full circle: A historical context for urban salt marsh restoration. Pp. 13-40, in D. Casagrande (Ed.), Restoration of an urban salt marsh: An interdisciplinary approach. Bulletin No. 100, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT. (Abstract) (Full paper PDF)
  • Casagrande, D. G. 1997. Values, perceptions and restoration goals. Pp. 62-75, in D. Casagrande (Ed.), Restoration of an urban salt marsh: An interdisciplinary approach. Bulletin No. 100, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT. (Abstract) (Full paper PDF)
  • Lewis, C. and D. G. Casagrande. 1997. Using avian communities to assess salt marsh restoration. Pp. 204-236, in D. Casagrande (Ed.), Restoration of an urban salt marsh: An interdisciplinary approach. Bulletin No. 100, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT. (Abstract) (Full paper PDF)
  • Casagrande, D. G. 1997. The Human Component of Urban Wetland Restoration. Pp. 254-270, in D. Casagrande (Ed.), Restoration of an urban salt marsh: An interdisciplinary approach. Bulletin No. 100, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT. (Abstract) (Full paper PDF)
  • Casagrande, D. G. 1996. A value based policy approach: The case of urban salt marsh restoration. Coastal Management 24:327-337. (Abstract)

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