Hallie Eakin - Fulbright NEXUS Scholar

Home Country: United States

Grant Dates: 2012/2013

Dr. Hallie Eakin is an Associate Professor in Sustainability Science with the School of Sustainability, Arizona State University. Her research focuses on the adaptability, resilience and sustainability of food systems in face of global environmental and socioeconomic change. Her research has largely focused on the livelihoods of rural smallholders in Latin America (Mexico, Central America and Argentina). Recently, she has investigated processes of change and vulnerabilities in the Mexican maize system, and the adaptive capacity of Mesoamerican coffee farmers. Dr. Eakin has consulted with the World Bank, the United States Agency for International Development, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency on projects in agricultural development, the use of seasonal forecasting in drought risk mitigation, and adaptation to anticipated climate-change impacts on urban water availability. She teaches courses on food systems sustainability, on adaptation and resilience and on proposal writing in sustainability research.