Michael Strong, PhD
Residential Faculty
Department: Social Sciences
Contact Information
Campus: Main
Office Location: O5 Building
Office Number: O5-136
Email: michael.strong@gccaz.edu
Phone number: (623) 845-3602
Office Hours:
Mon. & Wed., 7:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Tues., 11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Fri., online by appointment
Bio
Biography
Michael Strong is a professor of earth and environmental sciences. He earned his PhD from the University of Maryland College Park. His research emphasizes understanding the short- and long-term outcomes of sustainability initiatives for human well-being. Dr. Strong has published his research in journals focused on the changing environment and global conservation. His current project explores the incentives that motivate individuals to adopt cleaner burning cooking fuels in urban Africa. He is also the Secretary of the GCC Faculty Senate.
Dr. Strong enjoys reading, cooking, traveling, and spending time in nature. He has a growing collection of plants, four aquariums, and five cats in the home he shares with his partner in central Phoenix.
Publications
Publications
Strong, M. & Silva, J. 2023. Predictors of persistent charcoal consumption among urban households in Tete, Mozambique. Energy for Sustainable Development 76: 101286.
Strong, M. & Silva, J. 2021. ‘We would like this place to be a town’: The benefits and challenges of rural development near protected areas. World Development Perspectives 24: 100371.
Strong, M. & Silva, J. 2020. Impacts of hunting prohibitions on multidimensional well-being. Biological Conservation, 243: 108451.
Strong, M. 2019. People, place, and animals: Using disemplacement to identify invisible losses of conservation near Limpopo National Park. African Geographical Review, 38: 95-108.
Strong, M. 2018. Influence of memory on post-resettlement place attachment (pp 19-32). In J. Smith (Ed), Explorations in PLACE attachment. London: Routledge.
Silva, J., Loboda, T., and Strong, M. 2018. Examining aspiration's imprint on the landscape: Lessons from Mozambique's Limpopo National Park. Global Environmental Change, 51: 45-53.
Strong, M. 2017. Review of "Rebuilding shattered worlds: Creating community by voicing the past," A. Smith and A. Eisenstein, Journal of Cultural Geography, 34: 268-269.
Strong, M. 2016. Review of "A new scramble for Africa? The rush for energy resources in Sub-Saharan Africa," S. Scholvin (Ed), African Geographical Review, 37: 283-284.