Publications
Journal Articles
Hite, Emily B., Posner, S., and Jacka, J. 2025. “Violent environments and the low-carbon energy transition: Cautionary tales from Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea.” Political Geography, 122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2025.103389
Hite, Emily B. 2025. “Making Sense of Unsustainable Realities: Hydropower and the Sustainable Development Goals.” Water, 17(13), 1857. https://doi.org/10.3390/w17131857
Hite, Emily B., Haverkamp, J., & Joshi, C. 2024. “Collaborative event ethnography of the UNFCCC Process: power and (in)justice in global climate governance arenas.” Climate and Development, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2024.2439378
Hite, Emily B., Perry, D., and Fauser, C. 2024. “FERC, hydropower, and tribal rights: Confrontations at the Little Colorado.” Journal of Political Ecology 31(1). https://doi.org/10.2458/jpe.2930
Dragone, N.B. Whittaker, K., Lord, O.M., Burke, E.A., Dufel, H., Hite, E., Miller, F., Page, G., Slayback, D., Fierer, N. 2023. The early microbial colonizers of a short-lived volcanic island in the Kingdom of Tonga. mBio
Hite, Emily B. 2022. The Many-headed Hydra: Assessing the Indigenous-hydropower cycle in Costa Rica. Journal of Political Ecology 29(1):656-671 https://doi.org/10.2458/jpe.2998
Hite, Emily B., Garvin, J., Slayback, D., Burke, E., Callahan, G., Joyce, P., and Whittaker, K. 2020. “Exploring the human-nature dynamics of Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha‘apai, Earth’s newest landmass.” In Special Issue: Environmental and societal impacts of past volcanic eruptions—integrating the geosciences with the historical, anthropological, and archaeological sciences. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 401. 106902. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2020.106902
Hite, Emily B. 2018. “Political ecology of Costa Rica’s climate policy: Contextualizing climate governance.” Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. 8(4):469-476. https://doi.org/10.2458/jpe.2998
Hite, Emily B., Perez, D., Boston, Q., Mitchell, M., and D’Ingeo, D. 2017. “Intersecting race, space, and place through community gardens.” Annals of Anthropological Practice. 41(2):55-66. https://doi.org/10.1111/napa.12113
Hite, Emily B., Bray, D.B., Duran, E., and Rincón-Gutiérrez, A. 2017. “From forests and fields to coffee and back again: Historic transformations of a traditional coffee agroecosystem in Oaxaca, Mexico.” Society & Natural Resources. 30(5):613-626. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2016.1239291
Public Pieces and Blogs
Hite, Emily B., Addis, Bea, and Herannen-Tabibi. 2024. Ethnographic Insights into Climate Worlds. Engagements Blog of the Anthropology and Environment Society, American Anthropological Association.
Hite, Emily B. 2024. Leaders, Victims, and Fugitives at COP 28. Engagements Blog of the Anthropology and Environment Society, American Anthropological Association.
Hite, Emily B. and Perry, Denielle. 2024. Native American voices are finally factoring into energy projects – a hydropower ruling is a victory for environmental justice on tribal lands. The Conversation
Additional projects
Webinar with One, Nature Evolutionaries: Community, Waters, and Connections
Ethnographic research at COP26 in CU Boulder Today
Blogs while sailing as Chief Anthropologist with Sea Education Association: A Sea of Islands , The Ties that Bind, and a reflection of Now and Then.
Tracking endangered fish in Jarbidge, Nevada with a team of USGS biologists
Research in Oaxaca, Mexico for my Master’s degree at Florida International University
Dissertation research in Costa Rica as a cultural anthropologist at CU Boulder.
Grants recently funded
The first Global Stocktake (GST) of the Paris Agreement. A Success Story for the UNFCCC and beyond?