Megan Mucioki PhD
I am thrilled to announce that I will start as an Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Indigenous Studies with the Department of Environmental Science at Emory University in August!
I am looking forward to joining incredible faculty and ongoing work at the nexus between the environment and Indigenous Peoples as well as working with the Indigenous Initiative at Emory. I am so grateful for the opportunities and growth in my career that have transpired at Penn State and through my collaborative work with the support and mentorship of so many people! My family and I are excited about making Atlanta home, eating incredible food, and growing warm weather plants.
Website update coming soon including opportunities for undergraduate research and Ph.D. students through Emory’s new PhD program in Environmental Sciences and Society
***Stay tuned****
Select Publications
**NEW** Guest editor and contributor to two part special issue on Native Plants and Climate Change
Part one: Here!
Part two: Coming spring 2024
**NEW** Mucioki, M. (2024). Climate and land-use change impacts on cultural use berries: considerations for mitigative stewardship. Plants, People, Planet. Available online here
**NEW** Chi, G., Zhou, S., Mucioki, M. et al. (2024). Climate impacts on migration in the Arctic North America: existing evidence and research recommendations. Regional Environmental Change 24, 47 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-024-02212-9
**NEW** Contributor to special issue on Indigenous Food Sovereignty As A Path To Health Equity.
**NEW**Mucioki, M., Fried, R., and Beans, J. (2024) Urban traditional foods security in Anchorage, Alaska: findings from planning discussions. Penn State University, University of Alaska, Southcentral Foundation. Download available here.
Powell, B., Bhatt, I.D., and Mucioki, M., Rana, S., Rawat, S., and Kerr, R.B. (2023) The need to include wild foods in climate change adaptation strategies. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 63, 101302.
Mucioki, M., Sowerwine, J., Sarna-Wojcicki, D., McCovey, K., and Bourque, S.D. (2022). Understanding the conservation challenges and needs of culturally significant plant species through Indigenous Knowledge and species distribution models. Journal for Nature Conservation, 70.
Mucioki, M., Sowerwine, J., Sarna-Wojcicki, D., Lake, F.K., and Bourque, S. (2021). Conceptualizing Indigenous Cultural Ecosystem Services (ICES) and benefits under changing climate conditions in the Klamath River Basin and their implications for land management and governance. Journal of Ethnobiology, 41(3): 313-330.
(co-lead author with Sowerwine) Sowerwine, J., Mucioki, M., Sarna, D., and Hillman, L. (2019). Reframing food security by and for Native American communities: A case study among Tribes in the Klamath River Basin of Oregon and California. Food Security, 11(3): 579-607.
Mucioki, M., Sowerwine, J., and Sarna, D. (2018). Thinking inside and outside the box: local and national considerations of the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR). The Journal of Rural Studies, 57: 88-98.
