Nicola Ulibarri
Assistant Professor
Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy
University of California, Irvine
206B Social Ecology I
Irvine, CA 92697
(949) 824-6484
ulibarri@uci.edu
Nicola Ulibarri is an interdisciplinary scholar who uses political, social, and technical perspectives to evaluate the sustainability of environmental planning and decision-making practices. She investigates the interaction between people, infrastructure, and the environment, with a focus on redesigning planning, permitting, and operations to meet more diverse social and environmental needs. She earned her PhD through the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment & Resources at Stanford University, and spent a year as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford University. Her professional life has spanned the public and non-profit sectors, including work with the US Department of the Interior (Region IX), the World Bank, and Amigos Bravos, a grassroots river-protection nonprofit in New Mexico.
Graduate Students
PhD Advisees
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Omar Pérez Figueroa (PhD student, Urban and Environmental Planning and Policy) BA Social Sciences, University of Puerto Rico; MS Water. Interdisciplinary Analysis & Sustainable Management, University of Barcelona Research interests: Environmental hazards, environmental justice, the Caribbean |
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Ambereen Siddiqui (PhD student, Social Ecology) BS Psychology, BA Spanish, University of Florida Research interests: Environmental hazards and disasters, social & psychological resilience, mutual aid |
Graduate Student Researchers
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Nataly Escobedo Garcia (PhD student, Social Ecology) BA Latin American and Latino/a Studies, UC Santa Cruz; MA Sociocultural Anthropology, CSU Los Angeles Research Interests: Water rights, human rights, and politics in California farmworker communities |
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Kristen Goodrich (PhD candidate, Social Ecology) MA Marine Affairs and Policy, University of Miami Research Interests: Coastal & marine governance, ecosystem services, San Diego/Tijuana border |
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Paroma Wagle (PhD candidate, Planning, Policy & Design) BS Statistics, University of Pune; Erasmus Mundus MS in Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management; MRes Social Science Research Methods, University of East Anglia Research Interests: Water governance and conflict, participatory system dynamics modeling, Mumbai |
Lab Alumni
Gissel Enriquez (BA Urban Studies, BS Earth System Science)
Kevin Steve Tellez (BA Urban Studies)
Cherry Yip (MPP)