Major Interests

• Social Feasibility of Ecosystem Based Management and Marine Protected Areas
• Integrated Coastal Management
• Marine Protected Area Impacts on Coral Reef Fisheries and Fishing Communities
• Participatory Research
• Qualitative Social Research Methods

Patrick's current research projects consider the human dimensions of marine protected area networks, tribal perspectives on the state of Puget Sound, and the feasibility of marine ecosystem-based management in tropical contexts. He was recently selected as a Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation. He has led various comparative, socio-ecological research projects in the Philippines and Indonesia on the practice of marine resource management. Findings have been published and served as the basis for educational materials. Patrick conducted his graduate research on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua where he studied the potential of participatory research, which engaged coastal community members as researchers, to improve environmental management. Prior to his academic work, he was involved in the implementation of a community-based marine protected area in the Philippines as a Peace Corps Volunteer. He teaches about environmental sociology, marine protected areas, coastal management, and environmental management in the tropics. He is an Associate Editor for the journal Coastal Management and a national board member for The Coastal Society.

Education

• B.S., Zoology, 1987 University of Wisconsin-Madison
• M.S., Conservation Biology, 1993, University of Michigan
• Ph.D., Natural Resources and Environment, 1999, University of Michigan
  Dissertation title: In a Country Without Forest, No Life Is Good: Participatory Action Research in the Neo-Liberal Context of Nicaragua (Volume I) PDF

Recent Publications

Where PDF files are available, links to them are provided at the end of the citation.

• Christie, P. and A.T. White. 2007. Best practices for improved governance of coral reef Marine Protected Areas. Coral Reefs 26:1047-1056. PDF
• Christie, P., D.L. Fluharty, A.T. White, R.L. Eisma-Osorio, W. Jatulan 2007. Assessing the feasibility of ecosystem-based fisheries management in tropical contexts. Marine Policy 31:239-250. PDF
• World Bank 2006. Scaling Up Marine Management: the Role of Marine Protected Areas.  World Bank report # 36635-GLB. Washington, D.C. 100 pp. (Christie as contributing author). PDF
• Christie, P. and A.T. White. 2006. Best Practices in Governance and Enforcement of Marine Protected Areas: An Overview. Report for the FAO. 45 pp.
• Christie, P. (guest editor). 2005. Integrated coastal management process sustainability. Ocean and Coastal Management. 48. Theme issue.
• Christie, P. 2005. Is integrated coastal management sustainable? Ocean and Coastal Management 48:208-232. PDF
• Christie, P. 2005. Observed and perceived environmental impacts of integrated coastal management in two Southeast Asia sites. Ocean and Coastal Management. 48:252-270. PDF
• Christie, P., K. Lowry, AT White, E.G Oracion, L. Sievanen, R.S. Pomeroy, R.B. Pollnac, J. Patlis, L. Eisma. 2005. Key findings from a multidisciplinary examination of integrated coastal management process sustainability. Ocean and Coastal Management 48:468-483. PDF
• White, A.T., P. Christie, H. D’Agnes, K. Lowry, N. Milne. 2005. Designing ICM projects for sustainability: Lessons from the Philippines and Indonesia. Ocean & Coastal Management 48:271–296. PDF
• Christie, P., D. Buhat, L.R. Garces, and A.T. White. 2003. The challenges and rewards of community-based coastal resources management: San Salvador Island, Philippines. In Contested Nature—Promoting International Biodiversity Conservation with Social Justice in the Twenty-first Century. Brechin, SR, PR Wilshusen, CL Fortwangler, and PC West (Eds.), pp. 231-249. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. PDF
• Christie, P., B.J. McCay, M.L. Miller, C. Lowe, A.T. White, R. Stoffle, D.L. Fluharty, L. Talaue-McManus, R. Chuenpagdee, C. Pomeroy, D.O. Suman, B.G. Blount, D. Huppert, R.L. Villahermosa Eisma, E. Oracion, K. Lowry, R.B. Pollnac. 2003.  Toward developing a complete understanding: A social science research agenda for marine protected areas. Fisheries 28(12):22-26. PDF
• Christie, P., A.T. White and E. Deguit. 2002.  Starting point or solution? Community-based marine protected areas in the Philippines.  Journal of Environmental Management 66:441-454. PDF
• Christie, P. 2004. MPAs as biological successes and social failures in Southeast Asia. In Aquatic Protected Areas as Fisheries Management Tools: Design, Use, and Evaluation of These Fully Protected Areas. J. B. Shipley (editor), pp 155-164. Bethesda, Maryland: American Fisheries Society. PDF
• Olsen, S., and P. Christie. 2000. What are we learning from tropical coastal management experiences? Coastal Management 28:5-18. PDF

UW School of Marine Affairs 3707 Brooklyn Ave. NE Seattle, WA 98105-6715 uwsma@u.washington.edu