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Leah Jones

Leah Jones

PhD Student, Sustainability, School of Sustainability

jleahjones@asu.edu

School of Sustainability
Arizona State University
PO Box 875502
Tempe, AZ 85287-5502

Titles

  • PhD Student, Sustainability, School of Sustainability

Biography

Leah Jones is a doctoral student in the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University. She studies the food-energy-water nexus, water governance, and international development. She is interested in researching water crises and how the institutional governance structures lead to and respond to these crises. Leah holds a BS in environmental science from the University of Virginia.

Research Assistant Experience

  • Decision Center for a Desert City - Dave White

Spoken Languages:
Spanish (advanced)

Education

  • BS, Environmental Science (Sustainability minor), University of Virginia, 2014

Expertise

Journal Articles

2022

Jones, J. L. and D. D. White. 2022. Understanding barriers to collaborative governance for the food-energy-water nexus: The case of Phoenix, Arizona. Environmental Science and Policy 127(Jan):111-119. DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2021.10.025. (link )

2021

Jones, J. L. and D. D. White. 2021. A social network analysis of collaborative governance for the food-energy-water nexus in Phoenix, AZ, USA. J Environ Stud Sci DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-021-00676-3.

2020

Opejin, A. K., R. M. Aggarwal, D. D. White, J. L. Jones, R. Maciejewski, G. Mascaro and H. Sarjoughian. 2020. A bibliometric analysis of food-energy-water nexus literature. Sustainability 12(3):Art. 1112. DOI: 10.3390/su12031112.

2017

White, D. D., J. L. Jones, R. Maciejewski, R. M. Aggarwal and G. Mascaro. 2017. Stakeholder analysis for the food-energy-water nexus in Phoenix, Arizona: Implications for nexus governance. Sustainability 9(12):Art. 2204. DOI: 10.3390/su9122204. (link )

Posters

2020

Sampson, D. A., G. Mascaro, R. Maciejewski, R. M. Aggarwal, D. D. White, C. Duan, X. Guan, A. Mounir, A. K. Opejin, J. L. Jones, M. Roy Choudhury and Y. Ma. 2020. A coupled food-energy-water model for the Phoenix AMA. Poster presented at the Twenty-second Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, January 17, 2020, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

2019

Jones, J. L., A. K. Opejin, R. M. Aggarwal and D. D. White. 2019. Bibliometric Analysis of Food-Energy-Water Nexus Research. Poster presented at the AAAS Annual Meeting, February 14-17 2019, Washington, DC.

Valient-Marin, A., G. Erwin, R. Diaz and J. L. Jones. 2019. Introducing Water to High School Students. Poster presented at the DCDC Poster Symposium, April 22, 2019, Tempe, AZ.

2018

Collins, S., G. Erwin and L. Jones. 2018. Analyzing Current and Future Residential Water Use in Goodyear, Arizona. Poster presented at the 2018 DCDC Poster Symposium, April 25, 2018, Tempe, Arizona.

Jones, L. and D. D. White. 2018. Decision-Making and the Food-Energy-Water Nexus in Phoenix, Arizona. Poster presented at the 2018 AAAS Annual Meeting, February 14-19, 2018, Austin, Texas.

2017

Tucker, M., D. Sversvold, K. Drysdale and J. L. Jones. 2017. Shock and Neglect: Landscape Dynamics in Post-Recession Phoenix. Poster presented at the 2017 DCDC Poster Symposium, April 24, 2017, Tempe, AZ.

2016

Dzyuban, Y., M. Guardaro, R. J. Hobbins, J. L. Jones and Z. Stein. 2016. Healthy fire station complex. Poster presented at the Institute for Social Science Research Poster Competition, December 2016, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Presentations

2018

Jones, J. L. 2018. Decision-making and the Food-Energy-Water Nexus in Phoenix, Arizona. Presentation at the Nexus 2018: Water, Energy, Food, and Climate Conference, April 16, 2018, Chapel Hill, NC.