Bethany Brooke Cutts

Guide to Strategic Wetlands

Cutts, B., Osia, U., Sanchez, G. M., Gilligan, K., Taylor, V., & Boburka, S. (2026, January 1). Figshare.

Lesson Plan: Spotting Harmful Algal Blooms

Taylor, V., & Lyles, B. R. (2026, January 1). Figshare.

Changes to River Basin Planning Could Boost Disaster Resilience

Gilligan, K., Garde, K., Cutts, B., Osia, U., Shoenig, A., & Williams, T. (2025, August 12). Figshare.

Ally G Instructions (Social Media Science Communication Campaign) – #WhereIsAllyG

Cutts, B., Gilligan, K., & Perry, S. (2025, January 1). Figshare.

Changes to River Basin Planning Could Boost Disaster Resilience

Gilligan, K., Garde, K., Cutts, B., Shoenig, A., Williams, T., & Osia, U. (2025, January 1). Figshare.

Economic Impacts of Harmful Algal Blooms in North Carolina: Proactive Measures to Safeguard the Economy

Ward, R., & Taylor, V. (2025, January 1). Figshare.

Infrastructure as Environmental Health Policy: Lessons from the Clean School Bus Program’s Challenges and Innovations

Osia, U., Cutts, B. B., Fedinick, K. P., & Boone, K. (2025, August 7). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

North Carolina Disaster Landscape Analysis Survey

Cutts, B., Williams, T., & Shoenig, A. (2025, January 1). Figshare.

Social capital as a predictor of collective environmental action in high school students

Gibson, L., Stevenson, K., Busch, K. C., Cutts, B., Seekamp, E., & Krementz, S. (2025, July 29). The Journal of Environmental Education, Vol. 7.

Water security in North Carolina’s most economically insecure county: a case study

Long, H. C., Collins-Hall, B., Moore, K., Cutts, B., & Gibson, J. M. D. (2025, January 2). Environmental Research Letters, Vol. 20.

Conceptualizing community-level environmental literacy using the Delphi method

Gibson, L., Busch, K. C., Stevenson, K., Chesnut, L., Cutts, B., & Seekamp, E. (2024, August 29). Environmental Education Research, Vol. 8.

Exploring Project Connections Across the Citizen Science Landscape: A Social Network Analysis of Shared Volunteers

Futch, S. E., Larson, L. R., Cooper, C. B., Cutts, B. B., Allf, B., Sharova, M. V., … Davis, C. (2024, October 1). SAGE Open, Vol. 14.

Patient capital and no net loss: Applying institutional theory to understand publicly‐owned mitigation banking in an urban context at a United States port

Public Administration, 7.

Pushing toward systemic change in the Capitalocene: Investigating the efficacy of existing behavior prediction models on individual and collective pro-environmental actions in high school students

Gibson, L., Stevenson, K., Busch, K. C., Cutts, B., Seekamp, E., & Krementz, S. (2024, March 3). The Journal of Environmental Education, Vol. 55, pp. 102–124.

Shifting power: data democracy in engineering solutions

Cutts, B. B., Osia, U., Bray, L. A., Harris, A. R., Long, H. C., Goins, H., … Schnetzer, A. (2024, September 2). Environmental Research Letters, Vol. 19.

Advancing social equity in urban tree planting: Lessons learned from an integrative review of the literature

Myers, G., Mullenbach, L. E., Jolley, J. A., Cutts, B. B., & Larson, L. R. (2023, October 14). Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, Vol. 89.

BRIDGE Builders – Leadership and social capital in disaster recovery governance

Beckham, T. L., Cutts, B. B., Rivers, L., Dello, K., Bray, L. A., & Vilá, O. (2023, August 9). International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Vol. 96.

Environmental justice in disaster recovery: Recognition of the Latinx community by nonprofit leaders

Climate Risk Management, 40, 100502.

Family matters: intergenerational influences on children’s agricultural literacy

The Journal of Environmental Education, 54(6), 397–411.

Paying for nature‐based solutions: A review of funding and financing mechanisms for ecosystem services and their impacts on social equity

Sustainable Development, 31(4), 1991–2066.

Shifting terrains: Understanding residential contaminants after flood disasters

Cutts, B. B., Vilá, O., Bray, L. A., Harris, A., Hornsby, G., Goins, H., … Harlee, T. (2023, October 13). The Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 907.

An antiracist, anticolonial agenda for urban greening and conservation

Conservation Letters, 15(4).

Coupling ecosystem-centered governance modes with environmental justice

Cutts, B. B., Greenlee, A. J., & Chantrill, C. V. (2022, October 11). Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, Vol. 4.

Equity in FEMA hazard mitigation assistance programs: The role of state hazard mitigation officers

Vilá, O., Smith, G., Cutts, B., Gyawali, S., & Bhattarai, S. (2022, August 1). Environmental Science & Policy, Vol. 10.

Soil infiltration rates are underestimated by models in an urban watershed in central North Carolina, USA

Bergeson, C. B., Martin, K. L., Doll, B., & Cutts, B. B. (2022, April 8). Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 313, p. 115004.

What is community-level environmental literacy, and how can we measure it? A report of a convening to conceptualize and operationalize CLEL

Gibson, L. M., Busch, K. C., Stevenson, K. T., Cutts, B. B., DeMattia, E. A., Aguilar, O. M., … Wheaton, M. (2022, May 4). Environmental Education Research, Vol. 4, pp. 1–29.

Data Analytics for Environmental Justice and Indigenous Rights: Early Warning Systems or Blind Spots?

Emanuel, R., Rivers, L., Cutts, B., & Blank, G. (2020, January 22).

Uncovering climate (in) justice with an adaptive capacity assessment: A multiple case study in rural coastal North Carolina

Land Use Policy, 94, 104547.

Unearthing the entangled roots of urban agriculture

London, J. K., Cutts, B. B., Schwarz, K., Schmidt, L., & Cadenasso, M. L. (2020, November 24). Agriculture and Human Values, Vol. 38, pp. 205–220.

Hyperlocal sustainabilities: theorizing action research for sustainability in the digital age

Sustainability Science, 15(1), 315–331.

An uncertain future: climate resilience of first-generation ranchers

The Rangeland Journal, 41(3), 189.

Dead Grass: Foreclosure and the Production of Space in Maricopa County, Arizona

Cutts, B. B., & Minn, M. (2018, June 12). Urban Planning, Vol. 3, pp. 16–25.

Fertile Ground for Collaboration: Investing in Community-University Partnerships with Soil Money

The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 100(1), e01479.

Is a clean river fun for all? Recognizing social vulnerability in watershed planning

PLOS ONE, 13(5), e0196416.

Neither Knowledge Deficit nor NIMBY: Understanding Opposition to Hydraulic Fracturing as a Nuanced Coalition in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (USA)

McLaughlin, D. M., & Cutts, B. B. (2018, May 8). Environmental Management, Vol. 62, pp. 305–322.

Local Government Capacity to Respond to Environmental Change: Insights from Towns in New York State

Environmental Management, 60(1), 118–135.

Moving dirt: soil, lead, and the dynamic spatial politics of urban gardening

Local Environment, 22(8), 998–1018.

Weaving Community-University Research and Action Partnerships for environmental justice

Action Research, 16(2), 173–189.

Community Theories of Change: Linking Environmental Justice to Sustainability through Stakeholder Perceptions in Milwaukee (WI, USA)

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(10), 979.

Everything Cannot Be Equal: Ranking Priorities and Revealing Worldviews to Guide Watershed Management

In Learner-Centered Teaching Activities for Environmental and Sustainability Studies (pp. 149–154).

Growing Gardens in Shrinking Cities: A Solution to the Soil Lead Problem?

Sustainability, 8(2), 141.

Media Frames and Shifting Places of Environmental (In)Justice: A Qualitative Historical Geographic Information System Method

Environmental Justice, 9(1), 23–28.

Detection of foreclosure-related landscape management changes using Landsat

Applied Geography, 62, 217–224.

Environmental Justice and Emerging Information Communication Technology: A Review for U.S. Natural Disaster Management

Environmental Justice, 8(4), 144–150.

On-Ranch Grazing Strategies: Context for the Rotational Grazing Dilemma

Rangeland Ecology & Management, 68(3), 248–256.

Public Representation in Water Management—A Network Analysis of Organization and Public Perceptions in Phoenix, Arizona

Society & Natural Resources, 28(12), 1340–1357.

Structural dimensions of knowledge-action networks for sustainability

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 18, 56–64.

Sustaining Working Rangelands: Insights from Rancher Decision Making

Rangeland Ecology & Management, 68(5), 383–389.

Increasing flexibility in rangeland management during drought

Ecosphere, 5(6), art77–art77.

Conservation Program Participation and Adaptive Rangeland Decision-Making

Rangeland Ecology & Management, 66(6), 609–620.

Evaluating Collective Effects: A Participatory Approach to Mapping Public Information About Water Issues in an Uncertain and Politicized Context

In Geospatial Tools for Urban Water Resources (pp. 37–60).

Spatial interactions between organizations and the symbolic landscapes created by their public information campaigns

Water Policy, 15(1), 61–78.

Testing Neighborhood, Information Seeking, and Attitudes as Explanations of Environmental Knowledge Using Random Forest and Conditional Inference Models

The Professional Geographer, 65(4), 561–579.

Participatory geographic information systems for the co-production of science and policy in an emerging boundary organization

Environmental Science & Policy, 14(8), 977–985.

Spanning boundaries in an Arizona watershed partnership: information networks as tools for entrenchment or ties for cooperation?

Ecology & Society, 15(3), 22. http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss3/art22/

City structure, obesity, and environmental justice: An integrated analysis of physical and social barriers to walkable streets and park access

Social Science & Medicine, 69(9), 1314–1322.

City structure, obesity, and environmental justice: An integrated analysis of physical and social barriers to walkable streets and park access

Social Science & Medicine, 69(9), 1314–1322.

Insights into the Interactions between Educational Messages: Looking across Multiple Organizations Addressing Water Issues in Maricopa County, Arizona

Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 7(1-2), 40–50.