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CURRICULUM VITA
CRAIG ANTHONY (TONY) ARNOLD
Boehl Chair in Property and Land Use
Professor of Law and Affiliated Professor of Urban and Public Affairs
Director of the Resilience Justice Project
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
Wilson W. Wyatt Hall
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
Cell (preferred): (502) 216-5534; Office: (502) 852-6388
I. EMPLOYMENT AND AFFILIATIONS
A. CURRENT POSITIONS
University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 2005-present
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
Boehl Chair in Property and Land Use and Professor of Law (with tenure)
Associate Dean for Curriculum and Scheduling (2019-2020)
Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development (2013-2014)
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Faculty Development (2010-2011)
Director, Resilience Justice Project (formerly the Center for Land Use and Environmental
Responsibility)
Department of Urban & Public Affairs, College of Arts & Sciences
Affiliated Professor of Urban and Public Affairs
M.U.P. Faculty in Urban Planning
Ph.D. Faculty in Urban and Public Affairs
Graduate Faculty in Sustainability
B. AFFILIATIONS
Current
Indiana University Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis
University of Exeter Centre for Environmental Law
University of Louisville Center for Integrative Environmental Health Sciences
Kentucky Climate Consortium (University of Kentucky)
Past
University of Florida Water Institute
University of Kentucky Center for Excellence in Watershed Management (KWRRI)
University of Colorado Children, Youth and Environments Center for Research and Design
University of Louisville Center for Environmental Policy and Management
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C. PRIOR POSITIONS
University of California, Los Angeles, California, Fall 2016
Visiting Scholar, UCLA Law School
University of Florida Levin College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, Fall 2009
Huber Hurst Visiting Eminent Scholar
University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, Spring 2010
Visiting Professor of Law & Symposium Visiting Professor
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2008- 2009
Visiting Scholar, School of Planning, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning
Chapman University School of Law, Orange, California, 1996-2005
Donley & Marjorie Bollinger Chair in Real Estate, Land Use, and Environmental Law,
2004-2005
Professor of Law, 2002-2005
Director of the Center for Land Resources, 1999-2005
Tenured, March 26, 2001 (Assistant Professor, 1996-99; Associate Professor, 1999-2002)
University of Wyoming College of Law, Laramie, Wyoming, Fall 2003
E. George Rudolph Distinguished Visiting Professor
Stanford Law School, Stanford, California, 1995-1996
Teaching Fellow, Legal Research and Writing
University of Puerto Rico School of Law, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, Summer 1995
Visiting Professor, Land Use Planning
Trinity University Department of Urban Administration, San Antonio, Texas, Spring 1995
Adjunct Faculty, Urban Law
Matthews & Branscomb, P.C., San Antonio, Texas, 1991-1995
Associate, Public Law Department
Primary Areas: environmental, natural resources, water, municipal, administrative, and
constitutional law
City Attorney, City of Hondo; City Attorney, City of Shavano Park
Pro Bono General Counsel, Federación Ecuménica de Fe y Acción
Represented diverse clients, including private businesses, government entities, public
interest organizations, and water districts
The Honorable James K. Logan, Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, 1990-1991
Judicial Law Clerk
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II. EDUCATION AND HONORS
A. EDUCATION
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL 1987-1990
Doctor of Jurisprudence with Distinction
3.56 grade point average (estimated top 15%)
Executive Editor (Founding co-editor), Stanford Law & Policy Review
Graduate Student Fellow, Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation
Teaching Assistant, Major Issues in Public Policy (Political Science)
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS 1983-1987
Bachelor of Arts with Highest Distinction, Political Science (Honors) and History (Honors)
4.00 grade point average; Phi Beta Kappa
Harry S. Truman Scholar (national scholarship)
TIME College Achievement Award (national honor)
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B. HONORS
GENERAL
Article selected by peer review as one of 10 best land use and environmental law journal articles
published in 2002
Article selected by peer review as one of 20 best land use and environmental law journal articles
published in 2004
Article selected by peer review as one of the leading articles on zoning and planning published in
2014
Article selected by peer review as one of the 20 best environmental law articles published in
2021: ELPAR Award.
Article selected by peer review as one of the 20 best environmental law articles published in
2022; ELPAR Award.
Article selected by IUCN (World Conservation Union) as one of the top 12 essential readings in
resilience and environmental law
Article selected as one of 12 exemplary publications in environmentally responsible land use
Book selected to be excerpted in collection of essential readings in urban planning
Article selected as among the best ever published in the Hastings West-Northwest Journal of
Environmental Law & Policy, 2008
Social Science Research Network: Top 10% of all scholars in total downloads (for all time and
also annually)
Elected to Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society
Planning Accreditation Board (national accreditation entity for urban planning programs)
selected my Land Use & Planning Law syllabus for national recognition as a best practice
in planning education
Visiting Scholar, UCLA School of Law, 2016
Huber Hurst Visiting Eminent Scholar at the University of Florida, 2009
Distinguished Visiting Lecturer in Environmental and Land Use Law, Florida State University,
2009
Keynote Speech, New Zealand Center for Environmental Law Conference on Property Rights
and Sustainability: The Evolution of Property Rights to Meet Ecological Challenges,
University of Auckland, NZ, 2009
Distinguished Lecture, Children, Youth and Environments Center for Research and Design,
University of Colorado College of Architecture and Planning, 2008
Distinguished Lecture, Human Rights and National Security Law Program, College of William
and Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law, 2008
Jestrab Lecture on Water, University of Montana, 2011
Stegner Center Green Bag Lecture, University of Utah Wallace Stegner Center, 2012
Scholar of the Month, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Center for Law, Adaptation,
Environment, and Resources, January 2014
Who’s Who in the World (multiple years); Who’s Who in America (multiple years); Who’s Who
in American Law (multiple years); Who’s Who in American Education (multiple years)
Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, Marquis Who’s Who, 2019
Madison’s Who’s Who (multiple years)
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UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
Appointed to the Boehl Chair in Property and Land Use, 2005 (endowed chair created by
Kentucky Research Challenge Trust Fund, also known as “Bucks for Brains”)
Trustees Award, 2013 (highest University honor for a faculty member; awarded for
extraordinary impact on students)
Distinguished Faculty Award for Outstanding Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity in
the Social Sciences, 2011
Jonathan N. Helfat Award for Legal Scholarship, 2010
Law Alumni Council Outstanding Faculty Member Award for Teaching Excellence, 2018
University of Louisville Nominee for Acorn Award, 2013 and 2015 (statewide honor for
outstanding teaching)
Faculty Favorite, 2020, 2021, 2022 (nominated by students)
Covid Hero, 2020 (nominated by students for going above & beyond during pandemic)
Selected by students as Hooding Faculty, Law School Convocation, 2023
Brandeis School of Law Nominee for University Distinguished Faculty Award for Career
Achievement in Research and Scholarship, 2020, 2021
University of Louisville Senior Scholar Nominee for Andrew Carnegie Fellowship Program,
2020
Barbara B. Lewis Faculty Fellowship. 2021
Ferreri Family Faculty Fellowship. 2021
Honorable Thomas A. Ballentine Faculty Fellowship, 2021
University of Louisville Research Award, 2022, 2023 (for national and international impact of
research and scholarship)
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
Appointed to the Donley & Marjorie Bollinger Chair in Real Estate, Land Use, and
Environmental Law, 2004
Chapman University Achievement Award for Excellence in Scholarship, 2003 (University-wide
honor)
Outstanding Professor of the Year, 1999-2000 (voted by law student body)
Honored in 100 Years of Legal Scholarship: AALS, 1900-2000 (nationwide group of law
professors honored with tributes by former students to the educators who most affected
their lives)
Finalist, Outstanding Professor of the Year, 1998-1999
Hagman Scholar, UCLA Land Use Law & Planning Conference, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005
Honored by City of Anaheim City Council and Planning Commission for Distinguished Service
on the City of Anaheim Planning Commission and as Chairman, 2002
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STANFORD LAW SCHOOL
Graduated with Distinction (estimated rank, top fifteen percent)
Executive Editor (Founding co-editor), Stanford Law & Policy Review
Graduate Student Fellow, Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation
Honorable Mention, Murie Award in Environmental Law
Outstanding Young Men of America (multiple years)
Rosemary Ginn National Mortar Board Fellowship
McKelvie Fellowship
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Graduated with Highest Distinction (4.00 cumulative grade point average)
Honors in Political Science (thesis)
Honors in History (thesis)
Phi Beta Kappa
Harry S. Truman Scholar
National scholarship for academic performance and commitment to government service
TIME College Achievement Award
Among 100 college students nationally recognized for college achievement
Strickland Award (outstanding graduating senior: leadership, service, and scholarship)
Rusty Leffel Concerned Student Award (student leadership)
University Scholar (academic)
Chancellors Club Scholar (academic)
Summerfield Scholar (academic)
Hilltopper Award (leadership and service)
Undergraduate Research Award
Paul Lawson Award for Highest GPA
Awards in history and political science
Completed College Honors Program
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III. SCHOLARSHIP
A. MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE, IDEAS, & PUBLIC POLICY
1. The concept of property as a web of interests
2. Environmental justice/racism perspectives on land use planning and regulation, and land use
planning and regulation perspectives on environmental justice/racism
3. Resilience justice: concept, framework, applications
4. “Wet growth” tools to integrate water supply, water quality, and land use and development
5. Adaptive law for social-ecological resilience
6. Trends and issues in the privatization of public water services in the U.S.
7. Urban ecosystem services and issues of social, racial, and environmental justice
8. A systems analysis of the structure of the land use regulatory system in the U.S.
9. The emergence, evolution, and effects of watershed governance and planning
10. Adaptive governance and social-ecological resilience
11. Systems thinking at the intersection of law, society, and the environment
B. PUBLISHED OR IN PRESS
(Selected honors for publications and selected usage for governance and policy reforms listed for
illustrative purposes; Extensive academic citations in many diverse disciplines not listed)
1. BOOKS and MONOGRAPHS
ARNOLD, POWELL, FOSL, AND ROTHSTEIN, EDS., RACIAL JUSTICE IN AMERICAN LAND USE
(Cambridge University Press, forthcoming)
RABIN, KWALL, KWALL, AND ARNOLD, FUNDAMENTALS OF MODERN PROPERTY LAW, SEVENTH
EDITION (Foundation Press 2017)
RABIN, KWALL, KWALL, AND ARNOLD, TEACHER’S MANUAL TO FUNDAMENTALS OF MODERN
PROPERTY LAW, SEVENTH EDITION (Foundation Press 2017) (extensive stand-alone book
of commentary, analysis, and scholarship)
RABIN, KWALL, KWALL, AND ARNOLD, FUNDAMENTALS OF MODERN PROPERTY LAW, SIXTH
EDITION (Foundation Press 2011)
RABIN, KWALL, KWALL, AND ARNOLD, TEACHER’S MANUAL TO FUNDAMENTALS OF MODERN
PROPERTY LAW, SIXTH EDITION (Foundation Press 2011) (extensive stand-alone book of
commentary, analysis, and scholarship)
ARNOLD, NORTON, AND WALLEN, KENTUCKY WET GROWTH TOOLS FOR SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT : A HANDBOOK ON LAND USE AND WATER FOR KENTUCKY COMMUNITIES
(University of Louisville Center for Land Use & Environmental Responsibility 2009)
• Received the 2010 Jonathan N. Helfat Award for Legal Scholarship
• Used by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development, Kentucky Division of Water, Kentucky Division of Forestry,
municipalities in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (land-use planning and local
economic development projects), the Iowa Department of Economic Development,
the Association of State Wetlands Managers, the Alliance for Community Trees,
Lexington-Fayette County Urban Government’s land-development guidelines for
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stormwater management, and local neighborhood and environmental groups in the
Louisville KY area, among others.
• Used by land-use and water planners in U.S. Rocky-Mountain region states and in
training by the Land Use Leadership Alliance
ARNOLD, FAIR AND HEALTHY LAND USE: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND PLANNING (American
Planning Association 2007)
• Received funding from the National Academy of Public Administration and the Ford
Foundation
• Used as policy resource by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Environmental
Justice: Key Resources for Building a Community of Practice for Local Use
Planning), American Planning Association (Resource Finder on Social Equity;
Community-Based Food Systems planning report), California Environmental Justice
Alliance (SB1000 Implementation Toolkit: Planning for Healthy Communities), The
City Project (Using Civil Rights Tools to Address Health Disparities), and the Los
Angeles Sustainability Collaborative (Urban Freeway Cap Parks in Los Angeles),
environmental justice advocacy groups in South Carolina, and many others
• Selected by Black graduate students at Harvard Graduate School of Design as one of
top readings in new course on race and urban design, as publicized nationally by
Atlantic Magazine’s City Lab
• Excerpted in EVANS-COWLEY, ESSENTIAL READINGS IN URBAN PLANNING (Planetizen
2014)
• Listed as core reading for preparation for the American Institute of Certified Planners
exam
ARNOLD, ED., WET GROWTH: SHOULD WATER LAW CONTROL LAND USE? (Environmental Law
Institute 2005)
• Used and cited in Summit County, Utah, Board of Health’s Water Concurrency
Ordinance
• Used in development of Kansas City, Missouri, stream setback ordinance
• Used in watershed planning in the Fraser Basin in British Columbia, Canada
• Used by land-use and water planners in the American West and Florida Everglades
• Used in advocacy by environmental groups like the Sierra Club, Watershed Watch, and
10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania
ARNOLD, PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC WATER SERVICES: THE STATES’ ROLE IN ENSURING PUBLIC
ACCOUNTABILITY (State Environmental Resource Center, Madison, WI, 2004) (invited)
ARNOLD AND JEWELL, BEYOND LITIGATION: CASE STUDIES IN WATER RIGHTS DISPUTES
(Environmental Law Institute 2002)
2. CHAPTERS
Arnold, Roseman, Klatt, Banda-Cruz, Williams, and Schuhmann, Structural Inequality and the
Evolving Movements for Land Use Justice: From Housing Injustice to Environmental
Injustice to Resilience Injustice, in ARNOLD, POWELL, FOSL, AND ROTHSTEIN, EDS.,
RACIAL JUSTICE IN AMERICAN LAND USE, (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming)
Boamah and Arnold, Assemblages of Inequalities and Resilience Ideologies in Urban Planning,
in ARNOLD, POWELL, FOSL, AND ROTHSTEIN, EDS., RACIAL JUSTICE IN AMERICAN LAND
USE, (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming)
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Arnold, Fosl, and Powell, The Intransigence of Racial Injustice in American Land Use 100 Years
After Buchanan v. Warley, in ARNOLD, POWELL, FOSL, AND ROTHSTEIN, EDS., RACIAL
JUSTICE IN AMERICAN LAND USE, (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming)
Arnold, Powell, Rothstein, and Fosl, Hope and Transformation: The Next 100 Years of Racial
Justice in American Land Use, in ARNOLD, POWELL, FOSL, AND ROTHSTEIN, EDS., RACIAL
JUSTICE IN AMERICAN LAND USE, (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming)
Arnold and Cartaxo, Resilience Justice and Adaptive Law in European Cities, in van der Berg &
Verschuuren, eds., ENHANCING URBAN CLIMATE RESILIENCE: THE ROLE OF LAW125-150
(Edward Elgar 2022)
Arnold, Adaptive Law, in LYSTER AND VERCHICK, EDS., RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON CLIMATE
DISASTER LAW: BARRIERS AND OPPORTUNITIES 169-186 (Edward Elgar 2018)
Arnold, Gosnell, Benson, and Craig, Cross-Basin Patterns of Systemic-Change Drivers and
Adaptive-Governance Features, in COSENS AND GUNDERSON, EDS., PRACTICAL
PANARCHY: LINKING LAW, RESILIENCE AND ADAPTIVE WATER GOVERNANCE OF
REGIONAL SCALE SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS 205-227 (Springer Press 2018)
Arnold, Green, DeCaro, Chase, and Ewa, Resilience of the Anacostia River Basin: Institutional,
Social, and Ecological Dynamics, in COSENS AND GUNDERSON, EDS., PRACTICAL
PANARCHY: LINKING LAW, RESILIENCE AND ADAPTIVE WATER GOVERNANCE OF
REGIONAL SCALE SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS 33-46 (Springer Press 2018)
DeCaro, Arnold, Boamah, and Garmestani, Theory and Research to Study Principles of Social
Cognition and Decision Making in Adaptive Environmental Governance, in COSENS AND
GUNDERSON, EDS., PRACTICAL PANARCHY: LINKING LAW, RESILIENCE AND ADAPTIVE
WATER GOVERNANCE OF REGIONAL SCALE SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS 289-309
(Springer Press 2018)
Allen, Birgé, Angeler, Arnold, Chaffin, DeCaro, Garmestani, and Gunderson, Uncertainty and
Tradeoffs in Resilience Assessments, in COSENS AND GUNDERSON, EDS., PRACTICAL
PANARCHY: LINKING LAW, RESILIENCE AND ADAPTIVE WATER GOVERNANCE OF
REGIONAL SCALE SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS 243-268 (Springer Press 2018)
Craig, Garmestani, Allen, Arnold, Birgé, DeCaro, Fremier, Gosnell, and Schlager, Stability and
Flexibility in the Emergence of Adaptive Water Governance, in COSENS AND
GUNDERSON, EDS., PRACTICAL PANARCHY: LINKING LAW, RESILIENCE AND ADAPTIVE
WATER GOVERNANCE OF REGIONAL SCALE SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS 167-181
(Springer Press 2018)
Gosnell, Chaffin, Ruhl, Arnold, Craig, Benson, and Devenish, Finding Flexibility in Section 7 of
the Endangered Species Act through Adaptive Governance, in COSENS AND GUNDERSON,
EDS
., PRACTICAL PANARCHY: LINKING LAW, RESILIENCE AND ADAPTIVE WATER
GOVERNANCE OF REGIONAL SCALE SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS 183-202 ((Springer
Press 2018)
Cosens, Craig, Hirsch, Arnold, Benson, DeCaro, Garmestani, Gosnell, Ruhl, and Schlager, Legal
Pathways to Adaptive Governance in Water Basins in North America and Australia, in
COSENS AND GUNDERSON, EDS., PRACTICAL PANARCHY: LINKING LAW, RESILIENCE AND
ADAPTIVE WATER GOVERNANCE OF REGIONAL SCALE SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
151-165 (Springer Press 2018)
Arnold, Framing Watersheds, in HIROKAWA, ED., ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND CONTRASTING
IDEAS OF NATURE: A CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH 271-302 (Cambridge University Press,
2014) (invited)
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Arnold and Gunderson, Adaptive Law, in ALLEN AND GARMESTANI, EDS., SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL
RESILIENCE AND LAW 317-364 (Columbia University Press, 2014) (invited)
Garmestani, Allen, Arnold, and Gunderson, Introduction to Resilience and Law, in ALLEN AND
GARMESTANI, EDS., SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE AND LAW 1-14 ((Columbia
University Press, 2014) (invited)
Arnold, Sustainable Webs of Interests: Property in an Interconnected Environment, in
GRINLINTON AND TAYLOR, EDS., PROPERTY RIGHTS AND SUSTAINABILITY: THE
EVOLUTION OF PROPERTY RIGHTS TO MEET ECOLOGICAL CHALLENGES 167-193 (Martinus
Nijhoff, 2011) (invited)
Arnold, Introduction: The Fragmentation and Integration of Land Use and Water, in ARNOLD,
ED
., WET GROWTH: SHOULD WATER LAW CONTROL LAND USE? 1-55 (Environmental
Law Institute, 2005)
Arnold, Polycentric Wet Growth: Policy Diversity and Local Land Use Regulation in Integrating
Land and Water, in ARNOLD, ED., WET GROWTH: SHOULD WATER LAW CONTROL LAND
USE? 393-433 (Environmental Law Institute, 2005)
Arnold, Litigation as Dispute Non-Resolution: Lessons from Case Studies in Water Rights
Disputes, in ARNOLD AND JEWELL, EDS., BEYOND LITIGATION: CASE STUDIES IN WATER
RIGHTS DISPUTES 1-14 (Environmental Law Institute, 2002)
Arnold and Jewell, The Real Public Trust Doctrine: The Aftermath of the Mono Lake Case, in
ARNOLD AND JEWELL, EDS., BEYOND LITIGATION: CASE STUDIES IN WATER RIGHTS
DISPUTES 155-190 (Environmental Law Institute, 2002)
Arnold, The Remedy of Monetary Damages in Land Use Litigation, in POWELL ON REAL
PROPERTY, ch. 79E (2002) (invited) (most widely cited property treatise in the United
States)
Arnold, Joint Tenancy, in POWELL ON REAL PROPERTY, ch. 51 (2001) (invited)
3. SCHOLARLY ARTICLES
Arnold & Resilience Justice Project Researchers, Environmental Justice, Resilience Justice, and
Watershed Planning, 48 WILLIAM & MARY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & POLICY REVIEW ___
(forthcoming 2024) (108 pp.)
Arnold, Bencomo-Suarez, Stevenson, Eisert, Khan, Utz, & Wells-Gonzalez, Justice, Resilience,
and Disruptive Histories: A South Florida Case Study, 34 COLORADO ENVIRONMENTAL
LAW JOURNAL 213-264 (forthcoming 2023)
Arnold & Resilience Justice Project Researchers, Equitable Planning for Community Resilience
with Green and Blue Infrastructure, 45(10) ZONING & PLANNING LAW REPORT 1-11 (Nov.
2022)
Arnold & Resilience Justice Project Researchers, Resilience Justice and Urban Water Planning,
52(5) SETON HALL LAW REVIEW 1399-1459 (2022)
• ELPAR Award for top 20 environmental law article published in USA in 2022
Arnold and Resilience Justice Project Researchers, Resilience Justice and Community-Based
Green and Blue Infrastructure, 45(3) WILLIAM & MARY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & POLICY
REVIEW 665-737 (2021)
• ELPAR Award for top 20 environmental law article published in USA in 2021
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Ruhl, Salzman, Arnold, Craig, Hirokawa, Olander, Palmer, & Ricketts, Connecting Ecosystem
Services Science and Policy in the Field, 19(9) FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE
ENVIRONMENT 519-525 (2021)
Ward, Torso, Arnold, Mitchell, and Bakermans, Improving Environmental Decision-Making
Through Integrated Governance, Public Engagement, and Translational Approaches,
101(2) BULLETIN OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA e01685 (April 2020)
Allen, Birgé, Angeler, Arnold, Chaffin, DeCaro, Garmestani, and Gunderson, Quantifying
Uncertainty and Trade-offs in Resilience Assessments, ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY 23(1):3
(2018)
Arnold, Gosnell, Benson, and Craig, Cross-interdisciplinary Insights into Adaptive Governance
and Resilience, ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY 22(4):14 (2017)
DeCaro, Arnold, Boamah, and Garmestani, Understanding and Applying Principles of Social
Cognition and Decision Making in Adaptive Environmental Governance, ECOLOGY AND
SOCIETY 22(1):33 (2017)
Gosnell, Chaffin, Ruhl, Arnold, Craig, Benson, and Devenish, Transforming (Perceived) Rigidity
in Environmental Law through Adaptive Governance: A Case of Endangered Species Act
Implementation, ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY 22(4):42 (2017)
Cosens, Craig, Hirsch, Arnold, Benson, DeCaro, Garmestani, Gosnell, Ruhl, and Schlager, The
Role of Law in Adaptive Governance, ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY 22(1):30 (2017)
Gunderson, Cosens, Chaffin, Arnold, Fremier, Garmestani, Craig, Gosnell, Birge, Allen, Benson,
Morrison, Stone, Hamm, Nemec, Schlager, and Llewellyn, Regime Shifts and Panarchies
in Regional Scale Social-Ecological Water Systems, ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY 22(1):31
(2017)
Craig, Garmestani, Allen, Arnold, Birge, DeCaro, Fremier, Gosnell, and Schlager, Balancing
Stability and Flexibility in Adaptive Governance: An Analysis of Tools Available in U.S.
Environmental Law, ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY 22(2):3 (2017)
Chaffin, Garmestani, Gunderson, Allen, Angeler, Arnold, Cosens, Craig, and Ruhl,
Transformative Environmental Governance, 41 ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENT AND
RESOURCES 399-423 (2016)
Green, Garmestani, Allen, Gunderson, Ruhl, Arnold, Graham, Cosens, Angeler, Chaffin, &
Holling, Barriers and Bridges to the Integration of Social-Ecological Resilience and Law,
13(6) FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 332-337 (2015)
Arnold, Environmental Law, Episode IV: A New Hope?: Can Environmental Law Adapt for
Resilient Communities and Ecosystems?, 21(1) JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND
SUSTAINABILITY LAW 1-45 (2015) (invited)
Salzman, Arnold, Garcia, Hirokawa, Jowers, LeJava, Peloso, and Olander, The Most Important
Current Research Questions in Urban Ecosystem Services, 25(1) DUKE ENVIRONMENTAL
LAW AND POLICY FORUM 1-47 (2014)
• Used as policy resource by Ministère de la Transition Écologique et Solidaire,
Government of France
• Used by Asian Development Bank (Green Solutions for Livable Cities)
Arnold, Green, DeCaro, Chase, and Ewa, The Social-Ecological Resilience of an Eastern Urban-
Suburban Watershed: The Anacostia River Basin, 51(1) IDAHO LAW REVIEW 29-90 (2014)
• Used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reframe and redesign planning processes
for stream restoration projects and watershed conservation
Arnold, Adaptive Water Law, 62(4) KANSAS LAW REVIEW 1043-1090 (2014) (invited)
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• Used extensively by the Everglades Law Center in policy proposals to optimize Florida’s
water supplies while advancing restoration of the Florida Everglades
Arnold, Resilient Cities and Adaptive Law, 50(2) IDAHO LAW REVIEW 245-264 (2014) (invited)
• Reprinted in the ZONING AND PLANNING LAW HANDBOOK (2015) as one of the most
important zoning and planning law articles of 2014, as selected by peers
• Cited and used in ordinance adopted by Lisbon, Portugal, city government
Arnold and Gunderson, Adaptive Law and Resilience. 43(5) ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REPORTER
10426-10443 (2013) (invited)
• Selected as one of 12 Essential Readings in Resilience and Environmental Law by IUCN
(World Conservation Union)
• Selected by University of North Carolina Center for Law, Environment, Adaptation and
Resources for Scholar of the Month feature
Arnold, Fourth-Generation Environmental Law: Integrationist and Multimodal, 35(3) WILLIAM
AND
MARY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY REVIEW 771-884 (2011)
• Selected by University of North Carolina Center for Law, Environment, Adaptation and
Resources for Scholar of the Month feature
Arnold, Legal Castles in the Sand: The Evolution of Property Law, Culture, and Ecology in
Coastal Lands, 61(2) SYRACUSE LAW REVIEW 213-260 (2011) (invited)
Arnold, Sustainable Webs of Interests: Property in an Interconnected Environment, 2 JOURNAL
OF
ANIMAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 27-65 (2011)
Arnold, Adaptive Watershed Planning and Climate Change, 5(2) ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY
LAW AND POLICY JOURNAL 417-488 (2010) (invited)
• Selected as a recommended reading in Resilience and Environmental Law by IUCN
(World Conservation Union)
• Used by the U.S. Geological Survey, by local governments and water planners in
Australia, groundwater management agencies in their sustainability criteria, and in
scenario planning in the Columbia River Basin
• Selected by University of North Carolina Center for Law, Environment, Adaptation and
Resources for Scholar of the Month feature
Arnold, Law’s Adaptive Capacity and Climate Change’s Impacts on Water, 5(2)
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY LAW AND POLICY JOURNAL v-xiii (2010) (invited)
Arnold, Exemplary Research in Environmentally Responsible Land Use, 22 SUSTAIN: A
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES 2-7 (2010) (invited)
Arnold, The Structure of the Land Use Regulatory System in the United States, 22 SUSTAIN: A
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES 36-42 (2010) (anthology of
exemplary scholarship on environmentally responsible land use)
Arnold, Water Privatization Trends in the United States: Human Rights, National Security, and
Public Stewardship, 33(3) WILLIAM AND MARY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY
REVIEW 785-849 (2009)
• Used extensively by Food and Water Watch in policy reports, fact sheets, and
advocacy, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s policy statements on water privatization,
Clean Water for North Carolina, and Harvard University’s comments submitted to the
Ministry of Water Resources of the Government of India on a draft national water
policy, among others
Arnold, The Structure of the Land Use Regulatory System in the United States, 22(2) JOURNAL
OF
LAND USE AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 441-523 (2007) (invited)
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• Selected for an excerpt to be reprinted as one of 12 exemplary works in
environmentally responsible land use for the Spring/Summer 2010 issue of SUSTAIN:
A JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES
• Selected for translation into Spanish and republication in REVISTA DE DERECHO
ADMINISTRATIVO by the Circulo de Derecho Administrativo, Pontificia Universidad
Católica de Perú (2014)
• Cited in legal brief to Washington Supreme Court
Arnold, Planning for Environmental Justice, 59(3) PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 3-12
(March 2007) (invited)
• Used as policy resource by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Environmental
Justice: Key Resources for Building a Community of Practice for Local Use Planning)
Arnold, Clean-Water Land Use: Connecting Scale and Function, 23(2) PACE ENVIRONMENTAL
LAW REVIEW 291-350 (2006) (invited)
• Featured and used as a resource by the Salt Lake County (Utah) Department of Public
Works in its revisions to its foothills and canyons overlay zoning ordinance
Arnold, For the Sake of Water: Land Conservation and Watershed Protection, 14 SUSTAIN: A
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES 16-31 (2006) (invited)
Arnold, Is Wet Growth Smarter Than Smart Growth?: The Fragmentation and Integration of
Land Use and Water, 35 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REPORTER 10152-10178 (2005)
Arnold, Privatization of Public Water Services: The States’ Role in Ensuring Public
Accountability, 32(3) PEPPERDINE LAW REVIEW 561-604 (2005) (invited)
Arnold, Working Out an Environmental Ethic: Anniversary Lessons from Mono Lake, 4
WYOMING LAW REVIEW 1-55 (2004) (invited)
• Selected as a finalist for 36 LAND USE AND ENVIRONMENT LAW REVIEW as one of the
20 best land use and environmental law articles published in 2004, as selected by peer
review
Arnold, The Reconstitution of Property: Property as a Web of Interests, 26 HARVARD
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REVIEW 281-364 (2002)
• Reprinted at 34 LAND USE AND ENVIRONMENT LAW REVIEW 65 (2003), as one of the
10 best land use and environmental law articles published in 2002, as selected by peer
review
• Used extensively by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, World
Bank (policy papers on land and poverty), International Food Policy Research
Institute, Natural Resources Institute, and African land and water legal/policy
reformers and advocacy groups
• Cited in legal briefs to the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Arnold and Jewell, Litigation’s Bounded Effectiveness and the Real Public Trust Doctrine: The
Aftermath of the Mono Lake Case, 8 HASTINGS WEST-NORTHWEST JOURNAL OF
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & POLICY 1-24 (2002)
• Reprinted as one of the best articles in the journal’s history at 12 HASTINGS WEST-
NORTHWEST JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & POLICY 1177 (2008)
Arnold, Land Use Justice, 3.2 PROJECTIONS: THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
JOURNAL OF PLANNING 32-62 (2002)
• Used as policy resource by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Environmental
Justice: Key Resources for Building a Community of Practice for Local Use
Planning)
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Arnold, Land Use Regulation and Environmental Justice, 30 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REPORTER
10395-10433 (2000)
• Used as policy resource by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Environmental
Justice: Key Resources for Building a Community of Practice for Local Use
Planning)
Arnold, How Do Law Students Really Learn? Problem-Solving, Modern Pragmatism, and
Property Law, 22 SEATTLE UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 891-920 (1999) (invited)
Arnold, Planning Milagros: Environmental Justice and Land Use Regulation, 76 DENVER
UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 1-153 (1998)
• Cited by Supreme Court of Pakistan in landmark climate justice judicial opinion
• Used as policy resource by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Environmental
Justice: Key Resources for Building a Community of Practice for Local Use
Planning)
• Used by numerous grassroots environmental-justice organizations, including
extensively by the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization in Chicago
• Used extensively by the National Association of City and County Health Officers and
public health officials throughout the U.S.
Arnold, Religious Freedom as a Civil Rights Struggle, 2 NEXUS (2) 149-167 (1997) (invited)
Arnold, Conserving Habitats, Building Habitats: The Emerging Impact of the Endangered
Species Act on Land-Use Development, 10(1) STANFORD ENVIRONMENTAL LAW JOURNAL
1-43 (1991)
• Honorable Mention, Murie Award in Environmental Law
• Cited in multiple legal briefs submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Arnold, Ignoring the Rural Underclass: The Biases of Federal Housing Policy, 2 STANFORD
LAW & POLICY REVIEW 191-206 (1990)
• Used by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Department of
Agriculture,
Arnold, Beyond Self-Interest: Policy Entrepreneurs and Aid to the Homeless, 18 POLICY STUDIES
JOURNAL 47-66 (1989)
• Best Undergraduate Paper, Southwest Political Science Association
4. ESSAYS, PROFESSIONAL ARTICLES, and BLOGS
Arnold, The Evolution of Planning and Zoning for Environmental Justice, in Christine Quattro,
E
NVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND ZONING LAW 9-10 (American Planning Association,
forthcoming 2024)
Arnold, The Emergence and Evolution of Watershed Institutions in the American West: Their
Roles in Sustainable Communities, conference paper distributed for and presented at the
conference Realizing Sustainable Communities in a Post-Recession West, hosted by the
University of Idaho in Boise, ID, October 11-13, 2012
Arnold and Norton, A Voice Is A Terrible Thing to Waste: People Working for Environmental
Justice in Their Backyards Speak for Themselves, PLANNING 39-42 (Aug./Sept. 2010)
Arnold, For the Public Good?, Louisville Bar Briefs (Louisville Bar Association), October 2006,
at 1 & 7
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Arnold, Takings and Land Use Regulation from A Comparative Perspective (Book Review of
TAKING LAND: COMPULSORY PURCHASE AND REGULATION IN ASIAN-PACIFIC COUNTRIES,
Tsuyoshi Kotaka & David L. Callies, eds. 2002), 54.7 LAND USE LAW & ZONING DIGEST
8-9 (2002)
Arnold, Why I Teach, THE LAW TEACHER (Fall 2001)
Arnold, Afterword: Unanswered Questions, 5 NEXUS 91 (2000) (afterword to symposium on
Cole v. Oroville Union H.S.)
Arnold, The Practice of American Constitutional Law in an Imperfect World: A Reply to
Professor Vogel’s Relational Hermeneutic, unpublished manuscript presented at a
conference entitled “Relational Hermeneutics in a Fractured World: The Reality-Quest at
the Turn of the Millenium, Chapman University (2000)
Arnold, Introduction and Tribute to the Honorable Deanell Reece Tacha, Inaugural
Distinguished Jurist in Residence, 2 CHAPMAN L. REV. 1-5 (1999)
Arnold, Local Environmental Infrastructure Along the Border: The Role of BECC and
NADBank, COMMERCIAL LAW UPDATE (1995)
Arnold, Endangered Species Act Restricts Development & Business Activities, COMMERCIAL
LAW UPDATE (1993)
Arnold, Recent Developments in Mexican Environmental Law, MEXICO TRADE LETTER (1992)
Series of 5 essays on environmental stewardship and faith for Earth Keepers 360 blog (national
organization of faith leaders engaged in environmental issues) and Knox Notes
(Presbyterian church newsletter) 2019-2020
Contributing Editor, Land Use Professor Blog
Guest Contributor, Biophilic Cities Blog
Editor, Mapping the Landscape: Resources on Land Use and the Environment (blog associated
with the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law and the Center for Land Use
and Environmental Responsibility)
Signatory to dozens of amicus briefs and regulatory comment letters submitted by scholars in
environmental, natural resources, land use, housing, or water law
C. WORKS IN PROGRESS
Arnold and Resilience Justice Project Researchers, Mill Creek Watershed & Community Report
Arnold, Wells-Gonzalez, Boamah, Cartaxo, Ewers, and Stricklin, Co-Governance and Resilience
Justice, Paper to be presented at the Ostrom Workshop on Political Theory & Policy
Analysis (Indiana University) 7
th
Workshop on the Workshop (WOW7), June 19-21, 2024
Equitable Adaptation Project (Arnold, PI): 10 publications from the NOAA-funded research
project, “Equitable Coastal Urban Adaptation to Climate Change: A Resilience Justice
Assessment”:
o 8 reports
o Guidebook
o Scholarly article
Arnold, Stepping into the River: Water, Law, and Histories of Injustice
RABIN, ARNOLD, KWALL, BRATSPIES, REED, AND ZIEGLER, FUNDAMENTALS OF MODERN
PROPERTY LAW, 8
TH
EDITION
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D. REPORTS, POSTERS, TOOLS, AND PROJECT DELIVERABLES
Arnold, Bencomo-Suarez, Neal, Utz, Brown, Shumate, & Wells-Gonzalez, Mill Creek
Watershed Planning: Environmental Justice and Resilience Justice Frameworks
(Resilience Justice Project, July 2022) (funded by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Clean Water Act Section 319(h) grant)
Arnold, Bencomo-Suarez, Brown, & Shumate, Mill Creek Watershed and Community
Environmental Justice Audit (Resilience Justice Project, Aug. 2022) (funded by U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency Clean Water Act Section 319(h) grant)
Arnold, Eisert, Garvey, Khan, Stevenson, and Szot, Resilience Justice Assessment of Green and
Blue Infrastructure in Marginalized Neighborhoods in Louisville, Kentucky, and Tampa,
Florida
Arnold, Schuhmann, Cafferty, Gore, Mains, Klatt, Banda-Cruz, and Muwanga Resilience Justice
Assessment of the Parkland Neighborhood
Arnold, Schuhmann, Gore, Mattingly, and Cafferty, Resilience Justice Assessment of Louisville
Metro Vacant and Abandoned Properties and Community Gardens Policies
Arnold, Schuhmann, Mains, Cafferty, Gore, and Mattingly, Resilience Justice Assessment of
Sacramento Urban Water Plans and Policies
Arnold, Ernstberger, and Schuhmann, How Resilient and Just Is Your Policy or Program? The
Resilience Justice Policy Assessment Tool (Poster)
Arnold, Ernstberger, and Schuhmann, How Resilient and Just Is Your Water Plan? The
Resilience Justice Policy Assessment Tool (Poster)
Arnold, Resilience Justice Assessment of the Los Angeles River Restoration and Revitalization
Arnold, Participatory Strategies for Marginalized Communities in Green and Blue Infrastructure
Policy
Arnold, Resilience Justice Tool to Analyze Public Policies and Programs
Arnold, Resilience Justice Action Framework
Arnold, Resilience Justice Action Framework: Short Version
Pederson and Arnold, Georgetown-Scott County Scenario Planning Workshop: Summary of
Emergent Ideas and Patterns
Boamah and Arnold, Adaptive Governance for Resilient Urban Watersheds: The Case of the
Anacostia Watershed (Poster)
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E. EDITORIAL/PEER REVIEW
Editorial Board, Human Geography and Social Sustainability Section, SUSTAINABILITY
Guest Lead Editor, Special Issue on Environmental Justice and Ecosystem Co-
Governance, 2020-2021
Issue editor, SUSTAIN: A JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES Volume 22
First Level Review Board, LAND USE AND ENVIRONMENT LAW REVIEW (first level of selecting
the best ten articles published in environmental and land use law in the preceding year)
Second Level Review Board, LAND USE AND ENVIRONMENT LAW REVIEW (second level of
selecting the best ten articles published in environmental and land use law in the
preceding year)
Editor, “Language Access for Land Use Processes,” Sustainable Development Code brief, 2022
Peer Reviewer for POLICY STUDIES JOURNAL
Peer Reviewer for ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE
Peer Reviewer for REMOTE SENSING
Peer Reviewer for POLICY AND SOCIETY
Peer Reviewer for SUSTAINABILITY
Peer Reviewer for WASHINGTON JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & POLICY
Peer Reviewer for JOURNAL OF EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (Sage)
Peer Reviewer for BLUE WATERS, GREEN CITIES: PROCEEDINGS OF THE WINGSPREAD WORKSHOP
ON
CITIES OF THE FUTURE
Peer Reviewer for SEA GRANT LAW AND POLICY JOURNAL
Peer Reviewer for LAW AND SOCIETY REVIEW
Peer Reviewer for LAND USE POLICY
Peer Reviewer for Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium Research Program
Peer Reviewer for National Institutes for Water Resources-U.S. Geological Survey National
Competitive Grants Program
Peer Reviewer for University Press of Kansas
Peer Reviewer for Environmental Law Institute
Peer Reviewer for Cambridge University Press (multiple books)
Peer Reviewer for PLOS-ONE
Peer Reviewer for RESOURCES
Peer Reviewer for IDAHO LAW REVIEW
Peer Reviewer for JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Examiner, PhD Thesis, University of Tasmania
Peer Reviewer for American Planning Association
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F. GRANTS and FUNDED PROJECTS
Grant for “Equitable Coastal Urban Adaptation to Climate Change: A Resilience Justice
Assessment”
• $75,000 federal grant: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) grant
though the National Sea Grant Law Center
• National competitive peer-review selection process; high score & praise by peer
reviewers
• Principal Investigator
• University of Louisville Resilience Justice Project = lead partner
• Partners: Georgetown Climate Center at Georgetown Law School; Center for
Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth at Georgia State University
• Assessment of climate adaptation planning in 8 major coastal urban areas for equity with
and for low-income communities of color: Boston, Savannah, Miami, Tampa, New
Orleans, San Diego, Seattle, Cleveland
• Identification of best practices & legal, policy, & planning reforms for equitable climate
adaptation planning
• Overseeing team of approximately 45 investigators at 3 universities
Environmental Justice and Resilience Justice in Mill Creek Watershed Planning: U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency Clean Water Act Section 319(h) Grant
● Grant of approximately $30,000 from the US EPA, Kentucky Division of Water, and
Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District, 2022-2023
● Integrate environmental justice and resilience justice principles and methods into
watershed planning for Mill Creek watershed in southwestern Louisville
● Collaborate with Metropolitan Sewer District and various government, community, and
environmental partners
● Inclusive community engagement and in-depth semi-structured interviews of
community residents
Environmental Justice Advisor to the Community Engagement Core of the NIH-funded
University of Louisville Center for Integrative Environmental Health Sciences (CIEHS)
2020 Real Estate Education Grant, Kentucky Real Estate Commission
● Grant of approximately $32,000 from the Kentucky Real Estate Commission to the
University of Louisville Department of Urban and Public Affairs, 2020
● Co-Investigator (Principal Investigator is Dr. Sumei Zhang)
● Develop and deliver program of real estate education to professionals, including a unit
on real estate law
Resilience Justice and Urban Green and Blue Infrastructure Policy
● Surdna Foundation Grant to The City Project in the amount of $75,000 with $37,450
subgrant to the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law and Center for
Land Use and Environmental Responsibility, 2016-2017
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● Co-Principal Investigator (Robert Garcia is Principal Investigator); additional
researchers: Ariel Collins, Briana Lathon, Holden Pederson, Tim Mok, and
Dominic Stine
● Development of policy framework for resilience justice in urban green and blue
infrastructure planning and policy making in Los Angeles
The Role of Law and Public Participation in the Evolution of Watershed Institutions in Kentucky
and Tennessee for Social-Ecological Resilience
● 2014 Multi-Disciplinary Research Grant (MRG) from the University of Louisville
Office of the Executive Vice President of Research in the amount of $9,902
● Principal Investigator (Dr. Daniel DeCaro is Co-Principal Investigator)
● Use of case study research, in-depth interviews, and surveys to assess the relationship
between law and public participation in how 8 watershed governance institutions
in Kentucky and Tennessee have adapted to changing conditions and disturbances
● Designed to develop data and models that will lead to further funding proposals (e.g.,
National Science Foundation Program in Law and Social Sciences)
Diverse Participation in Watershed Planning and Governance: Building Social –Ecological
Resilience in Kentucky Watersheds
● 2014-2015 104b Student Research Enhancement Project Grant in the amount of
$5,000, funded by the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Institutes for
Water Resources through the Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute at the
University of Kentucky
● Co-Principal Investigators (other Co-Principal Investigators were student research
assistants Jennifer-Grace Ewa and Alexandra Chase)
● Student research on participant preferences regarding participatory methods in
watershed planning and governance
● Assessment of diversity and scope of public participation in watershed planning and
governance in two Kentucky watersheds, one urban and one rural, with particular
focus on certain groups with historically low participation rates: low-income and
moderate-income residents, racial and ethnic minorities, farmers, ranchers, and
other agricultural producers, and others
Social-Ecological Resilience: Climate Change and Adaptive Water Governance, 2013-2015
● Multi-university and multi-disciplinary research team
● Member of Core Team
● Participant in all planning and workshops
● Develop adaptive governance and administrative law models for water management in
the face of climate change through a series of workshops
● Funding (approximately $100,000 of travel and research expenses) from the National
Science Foundation (NSF) through the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis
Center (SESYNC), University of Maryland
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● Researchers in law, social sciences, water resources, and ecology at the University of
Idaho, Emory University, the University of Nebraska, the University of
Louisville, the University of New Mexico, the University of Utah, Oregon State
University, Vanderbilt University, Washington State University, and the US
Environmental Protection Agency
Ecosystem Services, Law, and Urban Planning, 2013-2014
● Multi-university and multi-disciplinary research team
● Invited to assist with development of workshop program, in particular
recommendations of participants to invite
● Participant in workshop; leader of one session
● Presenter on literature review; co-author of article; leader of several aspects of
project
● An investigation of how governance, institutional structures, and legal frameworks
affect the adoption of an ecosystem services approach to urban planning
● Workshop in December 2013 attended by experts from a wide range of disciplines and
settings including academia, government, and nonprofit organizations
● Funded by the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative with a $10,000 grant to the
Duke University Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
Kentucky Growth Readiness Workshops and Kentucky Wet Growth Handbook, approx. $25,000
sub-grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Clean Water Act Section 319
grant) to the Kentucky Division of Water and the University of Louisville Department of
Geography for the Commonwealth Water Education Project
● Facilitated workshops on the impact of land use and development on water quality and
mechanisms for adapting land development regulations and planning to protect
water quality
● Wrote and disseminated handbook on land use tools to protect water quality, entitled
KENTUCKY WET GROWTH TOOLS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (co-authors:
Craig Anthony (Tony) Arnold, Carol Norton, and Dustin Wallen)
● Integrated material on relationships between land use and watersheds, land use impacts
on water quality, low-impact development, watershed planning, land
conservation, water supply planning, property rights and takings, and codes and
ordinances analysis
● Developed relationships with local officials, community leaders, land development and
environmental professionals, civic groups, the Commonwealth Division of Water,
the Kentucky Waterways Alliance, and the Kentucky League of Cities
● Sub-grant recipient: Center for Land Use and Environmental Responsibility, as part of
the Center’s Healthy Watersheds Land Use Initiative, in coordination with the
Kentucky Division of Water and the University of Louisville Department of
Geography (the primary grant recipient), and in partnership with the University of
Louisville Center for Environmental Policy and Management, the City Solutions
Center, and the Urban Design Studio
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HUD Sustainable Communities Capacity Building Grant: $400,000 grant to the Center for
Environmental Policy and Management from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to lead the Water
Infrastructure Capacity Building Team
● The Center for Land Use and Environmental Responsibility (i.e., Professor Tony
Arnold) was a member of the Water Infrastructure Capacity Building Team
● The Team was one of eight capacity building providers for Sustainable Community
Grantees across the nation
● The Team provided assistance on incorporating water infrastructure planning and
investments into local and regional planning efforts The Team’s technical
assistance offerings helped communities create and implement complete land use
development/re-development and transportation plans that take into account water
infrastructure, including:
● water conservation and protection
● wetland preservation
● stormwater and wastewater management
● environmental justice and water
● sustainable water utility financing
● coordination with water utilities
● utility asset management
Community Land Use Assessment for Fair and Healthy Neighborhoods: An Educational-
Community Partnership in West Louisville, $10,000 grant from the Center for Health
Equity, Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness
● Developed community conditions assessment tools
● Taught Central High School students (juniors) about land use, environmental justice,
community health conditions and health equity, and geographic information
systems
● Worked with Central High School students to engage in analysis of land use and
environmental conditions in a West Louisville neighborhood
● Taught Central High School students about land use planning and regulation, including
zoning, permits, processes for changing land use policies and regulations, and
public participation
● Assisted Central High School students in preparing and making a presentation about
community conditions and the potential of planning and regulatory reform
● Grant recipient: Center for Land Use and Environmental Responsibility, as part of the
Center’s Fair and Healthy Land Use Initiative, the Law School’s Partnership with
Central High School, and the University’s Signature Partnership Initiative with
West Louisville
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G. PRESENTATIONS, SPEECHES and LECTURES
(* = distinguished lectures and keynote speeches)
Co-Governance and Resilience Justice, Ostrom Workshop on Political Theory & Policy Analysis
(Indiana University) 7
th
Workshop on the Workshop (WOW7), June 19-21, 2024 (with
Rebecca Wells-Gonzalez)
Environmental Justice and Resilience Justice in Urban Watershed Planning: Mill Creek, Holy
Cross Catholic High School STREAM Program, February 9 & 16, 2024
Environmental Justice, Resilience Justice, & Watershed Planning, Loyola Chicago
Environmental & Natural Resources Law Scholars Workshop at Starved Rock State Park,
October 18-21, 2023
Environmental Justice, Resilience Justice, & Watershed Planning, Environmental Law Scholars
Online Workshop, October 9, 2023
Resilience Justice, Exeter University Environmental Justice Café, October 3, 2023
Resilience Justice and Community-Based Green and Blue Infrastructure, Sierra Club, Greater
Louisville Chapter, August 15, 2023
Resilience Justice, University of Exeter, England (remote), November 23, 2022
Environmental Justice and Resilience Justice in Urban Watershed Planning: Mill Creek, Holy
Cross Catholic High School STREAM Program, October 28 & November 4, 2022
Environmental Justice and Resilience Justice in Urban Watershed Planning: Mill Creek, KIPDA
(Kentuckiana Regional Planning & Development Agency) Quarterly Meeting, October 5,
2022
Environmental Justice and Resilience Justice in Urban Watershed Planning: Mill Creek,
University of Louisville Environmental Justice Field Day, September 9, 2022
Environmental Justice and Resilience Justice in Urban Watershed Planning: Mill Creek,
Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District & Parks & Natural Areas Department combined
Summer Works, July 15, 2022
Environmental Justice and Resilience Justice in Urban Watershed Planning: Mill Creek,
National Wildlife Federation Mississippi River Partners, June 28, 2022
Environmental Justice and Resilience Justice in Urban Watershed Planning: Mill Creek,
Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District Gateway Forum, June 23, 2022
Environmental Justice and Resilience Justice in Urban Watershed Planning: Mill Creek,
Louisville Metropolitan Sewer Field Day (engineering continuing education workshop),
May 11, 2022
Resilience Justice and Urban Water Planning, Seton Hall Law Review Symposium on Urban
Justice, Seton Hall Law School, February 25, 2022
West End TIF Concerns, University of Louisville Yearlings Club, December 12, 2021
From Toxic Communities to Resilience Justice: A 25-Year Journey to Broaden & Deepen the
Struggle for Environmental Justice, Engaging the World: Leading the Conversation on
Environmental Justice, Chapman University Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social
Sciences, November 5, 2021.
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Adaptive Law and Resilience Justice in European Cities, Workshop: Enhancing Urban Climate
Resilience: The Role of Law, Tilburg Sustainability Center at Tilburg University, UN
HABITAT, and IUCN (World Conservation Union) Academy of Environmental Law,
June 24, 2021 (with Tiago de Melo Cartaxo)
Resilience Justice, University of Louisville EcoReps Lunch and Learn Program, March 26, 2021
Resilience Justice, Southern Illinois University Law School Social Justice Seminar, March 3,
2021
Resilience Justice and Co-Governance of Green and Blue Infrastructure, William and Mary
Environmental Law and Policy Review online symposium, College of William and Mary
School of Law, February 2021
Resilience Justice and Urban Parks, International Webinar on Urban Parks, Urban Futures - A
Path Towards Recovery, Equity, Wellbeing, Social Justice, and Resiliency, organized and
sponsored by World Urban Parks (co-organizers: National Recreation & Parks
Association, Canadian Parks & Recreation Association, IUCN, ICLEI, CBC, WCPA,
National Park City Foundation, Salzburg Global Seminar, Nature for All, and Cities With
Nature), October 14, 2020
* From Environmental Injustice to Resilience Justice: The Story of DeWayne and Tanika,
Florida Gulf Coast University Diversity and Inclusion Lecture Series (online), September
30, 2020
Panelist, Delphi University (weeklong program about designing and implementing effective
online education, University of Louisville Delphi Center for Teaching and Learning
(online), July 21, 2020
Can U.S.A Environmental Law Effectively Address Climate Change?, Climate Change Law
online course, School of Law, Nova University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, June 1, 2020
* Adaptive Law for Systemic Resilience and Resilience Justice, Permanent Seminar on the State
and Study of Law (SPEED), School of Law, Nova University of Lisbon, Lisbon,
Portugal, November 27, 2019
Climate Change and U.S. Environmental Law, Seminar on Environmental Law and Climate
Change, Nova University School of Law, Lisbon, Portugal, November 25, 2019
Adaptive Law for Systemic Resilience and Resilience Justice, University of Antwerp Law
School, November 20, 2019
* Adaptive Law Theory, University of Antwerp Metropolitan Legal Lab Research Workshop on
Adaptive City Law in Europe Resolving the Disconnect between Sustainable Cities and
the Law, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, November 19, 2019
Resilience Justice: The Intersection of Resilience Science, Social Justice, Policy Analysis, and
Community Capacities, Symposium Session on Improving Environmental Decision-
Making Through Integrated Governance, Public Engagement, and Translational
Approaches, Ecological Society of America, Louisville, KY, August 12-16, 2019
Resilience Justice, Summer Works-in-Progress Symposium organized by the University of
Colorado School of Law and the Bren School of the Environment at the University of
California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, August 8-9, 2019
Resilience Justice, Panel on Criminal Justice Reform and Community Development, Kentucky
Bar Association Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY, June 12, 2019
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Resilience Justice: The Role of Green and Blue Infrastructure, Conference: The Olmsted Effect:
Shaping the Future through Landscapes, organized by the American Society of
Landscape Architects, the Olmsted Parks Conservancy, and the National Association for
Olmsted Parks, Louisville, KY, April 11-13, 2019
Resilience Justice, Online Workshop for Environmental Law Scholarship, February 28, 2019
Resilience Justice, University of Louisville Sustainability Scholars Roundtable, October 12,
2018
Parkland Neighborhood Resilience Assessment, West Jefferson County Community Task Force,
Louisville, KY, August 21, 2018
Planning Justice in the U.S.: Strategies for Progress, National Environmental Justice
Conference, Washington, DC, April 27, 2018
Planning Justice in the U.S. and Louisville: Strategies for Progress, Louisville Bar Association
and Journal of Animal and Environmental Law Symposium, Louisville, KY, April 13,
2018
From Land Use Injustice to Environmental Injustice to Resilience Injustice, Buchanan v. Warley
Symposium on Racial Justice in Zoning: 100 Years after Buchanan, University of
Louisville Brandeis School of Law, November 10, 2017
Webs of Interests in Green Infrastructure: The Emergence of Hybrid Institutions for Resilience,
Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference, William & Mary Law School,
Williamsburg, VA, October 13, 2017
Resilience Justice and Public-Private Partnerships with Community-Based Organizations for
Green and Blue Infrastructure, Green Economy Symposium, University of Missouri at
Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, October 6, 2017
Arnold, Ernstberger, and Schuhmann, How Resilient and Just is Your Water Plan? The
Resilience Justice Policy Assessment Tool, Poster Presentation, Universities Council on
Water Resources and Southern Nevada Water Authority WaterSmart Innovations
Conference, Las Vegas, NV, October 4-6, 2017
Adaptive Water Governance, Social-Ecological Resilience, and Climate Change, 2016
UCOWR/NIWR Water Resources Conference, Pensacola, FL, June 23, 2016
Diverse Participation in Watershed Governance, 2016 UCOWR/NIWR Water Resources
Conference, Pensacola, FL, June 22, 2016
Adaptive Water Planning and Resilience, 2016 UCOWR/NIWR Water Resources Conference,
Pensacola, FL, June 21, 2016
Participant, Adaptive Water Governance Workshop, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis
Center (SESYNC), Annapolis, MD, May 2-3, 2016
Adaptive Planning and Resilience: An Important Aspect of Adaptive Governance, Second
Annual Sustainability Conference of American Legal Educators, Sandra Day O’Connor
College of Law, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, May 13, 2016
Wet Growth and Resilient Cities, 2016 Stegner Symposium on "Green Infrastructure, Resilient
Cities: New Challenges, New Solutions," Wallace Stegner Center, S.J. Quinney College
of Law, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, March 31, 2016
Hot Towns, Hot Policies, and Hot Laws: An Introduction to Urban Heat Islands, Panel on Urban
Heat Island Effect: Causes, Impacts, and Responses, American Bar Association Webinar,
January 15, 2016
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Panelist, Opening the Door to the Future of Fair Housing, University of Louisville Anne Braden
Institute for Social Justice Research, Metropolitan Housing Coalition, and University of
Louisville Brandeis School of Law, Louisville, KY, October 26, 2015
Hot Towns, Hot Policies, and Hot Laws: An Introduction to Urban Heat Islands, Panel on Urban
Heat Island Effect: Causes, Impacts, and Responses, American Bar Association Section
of State and Local Government Law 2015 Fall Council Meeting, Louisville, KY, October
9, 2015
Boamah and Arnold, Adaptive Governance for Resilient Urban Watersheds: The Case of the
Anacostia Watershed, Poster Presentation by Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah and Craig
Anthony (Tony) Arnold, Universities Council on Water Resources and Southern Nevada
Water Authority WaterSmart Innovations Conference, Las Vegas, NV, October 7-9, 2015
Participant, Adaptive Water Governance Workshop, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis
Center (SESYNC), Annapolis, MD, June 8-11, 2015 (via video-conference)
Adaptive Water Governance Project: Social-Ecological Resilience, Climate Change, and
Adaptive Water Governance, “Redefining Water Challenges” Workshop, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, May 1-2, 2015
Colloquy Panelist, "Governing on the Edge: Cities, Climate Change, and the Polycentric-Global
Governance Tension,” Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference, Miami, FL, April
9, 2015
Participant, Health and Environment Roundtable, Health and Harmony Summit, Louisville, KY,
March 20, 2015 (participated in roundtable discussion with H.R.H. Charles, Prince of
Wales, as well as global, national, and local leaders in health and/or the environment)
Panelist, Authors’ Panel, National Conference of Law Reviews, Louisville, KY, March 13, 2015
Panelist, Property Careers and Curriculum Panel, University of Louisville Brandeis School of
Law, Louisville, KY, March 10, 2015
Adaptive Land Use Regulation and Resilient Communities, Association of American Law
Schools Annual Conference, Environmental Law Section and State and Local
Government Law Section Co-Sponsored Panel on “The Law of Resilient Cities: State and
Local Adaptation to Climate Change, Washington, DC, January 3, 2015
* Investing in Resilient Communities, Keynote Address, HUD Sustainable Communities
Workshop on “Linking Water Infrastructure to Community and Economic Development
in Smaller Places,” Wichita, KS, October 28, 2014
* The War on Poverty (50 Years Later) and Resilient Communities, Boehl Distinguished Lecture
in Land Use Policy, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, October 14, 2014
Investing in Resilient Cities, IF Nature, Idea Festival, Louisville, KY, October 3, 2014
Participant, Adaptive Water Governance Workshop, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis
Center (SESYNC), Annapolis, MD, August 5-7, 2014
Participant, Adaptive Water Governance Workshop, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis
Center (SESYNC), Annapolis, MD, May 28-30, 2014
Social-Ecological Resilience and Adaptive Watershed Governance, University of Louisville
Department of Biology Seminar Series, Louisville, KY, February 28, 2014
Potential Research Collaboration in Public Health and Law, University of Louisville School of
Public Health and Information Sciences Research Incubation Workshop, Louisville, KY,
February 25, 2014
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Adaptive Water Governance and Social-Ecological Resilience, University of Louisville
Sustainable Scholars Roundtable Workshop on Water Resources, Louisville, KY,
February 19, 2014
Environmental Law, Episode IV: A New Hope?: Can Environmental Law Adapt for Resilient
Communities and Ecosystems?, Keynote Speech, “Environmental Law 4.0: Adaptive and
Resilient,” JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY LAW Symposium,
University of Missouri School of Law, Columbia, MO, February 14, 2014
Adaptive Watershed Planning, Kentucky Division of Water and Kentucky Basin Coordinators,
January 15, 2014
Review of Urban Ecosystem Services Literature, Workshop on Ecosystem Services, Urban
Planning, and the Law, Nicholas Institute for the Environment, Duke University,
December 12, 2013
Participant, Adaptive Water Governance Workshop, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis
Center (SESYNC), Annapolis, MD, December 9-10, 2013
Adaptive Water Law, KANSAS LAW REVIEW Symposium, University of Kansas School of Law,
Lawrence, KS, November 1, 2013
The Goal of Poly-Resilience and the Evolution of Watershed Institutions, University of
Louisville Sustainability Scholars Roundtable, Louisville, KY, November 13, 2013
* Can Environmental Law Adapt for Resilient Communities and Ecosystems?, Keynote Speech,
“Environmental Law 4.0: Adaptive and Resilient,” JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND
SUSTAINABILITY LAW Symposium, University of Missouri School of Law, Columbia,
MO, February 14, 2014 (forthcoming)
The Evolution of Watershed Institutions in the United States, Ostrom Workshop in Political
Theory and Policy Analysis, University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN, September 16,
2013
Sustainability Scholars Roundtable: Stimulating Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research,
AASHE 2013: Resiliency & Adaptation (conference of the Association for the
Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education), Nashville, TN, October 8, 2013
An Ecosystem of Learning: Former Student Feedback and Systems-Thinking about Teaching and
Learning, Faculty Workshop Series, University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law,
Louisville, KY, August 20, 2013
Participant, Water Law and the Public Interest Workshop, Water and Justice Program, Vermont
Law School, South Royalton, VT, June 7, 2013
This Is Who We Are, University Commencement Address (as Trustees Award recipient),
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, May 11, 2013
Watershed Institutions in the U.S.: Emergence and Evolution, Environmental Law Virtual Guest
Speaker Series, Mercer Law School, Macon, GA, February 3-10, 2013 (video webcast,
PPT, and online discussion)
* Watershed Institutions in the U.S.: Emergence and Evolution, Stegner Center Green Bag
Lecture, Wallace Stegner Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, October 16,
2012
The Emergence and Evolution of Watershed Institutions in the American West: Their Roles in
Sustainable Communities, Realizing Sustainable Communities in a Post Recession West
Conference, University of Idaho, Boise, ID, October 11-13, 2012
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The Emergence of Fourth-Generation Environmental Policy: The Example of Watershed
Institutions., Graduate Research Presentation, University of Kansas Political Science
Department, October 25, 2012
Three Strategies for Effectively Integrating Water into Sustainable Community Development,
Workshop on Incorporating Water Management into the Community Planning Process
(workshop for HUD Sustainable Community Grants recipients nationwide) University of
Louisville, Louisville, KY, August 16, 2012
Group Discussion Leader, Laws that Affect the Built Environment, Workshop on Climate
Change Adaptation: The Impact of Law on Private Sector Adaptation, University of
North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, March 30, 2012
- Resulted in Center for Progressive Reform Briefing Paper No. 1209
Watersheds, Science class, Trinitas Classical School, Grand Rapids, MI, March 16, 2012
The Evolution of Water Institutions in the U.S., Anthropology of Water class, University of
Louisville, Louisville, KY, March 8, 2012
Private Rights and Public Interests in Water, Anthropology of Water class, University of
Louisville, Louisville, KY, March 6, 2012
Introduction to Negotiation, Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) Workshop on Negotiation and
Church Conflict, Louisville, KY, February 20, 2012 (co-presenter: Mary Jo Gleason)
(day-long series of workshop presentations and training to national audience)
* Adaptive Watershed Planning and Climate Change, The Frank and Elvira Jestrab Lecture on
Water, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, September 27, 2011
Wet Growth, University of Montana School of Law, Missoula, MT, September 28, 2011
Wet Growth, Environmental & Land Use Law Society Lecture Series, University of Louisville
School of Law, October 20, 2011
Kentucky Wet Growth Tools for Sustainable Development, Sierra Club, Louisville, KY, May 17,
2011
Fair and Healthy Land Use: Environmental Justice, Planning, and Sustainable Cities,
Sustainable Cities Seminar, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL, April 19, 2011
Sustainable Webs of Interests: Reconceptualizing Property in an Interconnected Environment,
Association for Law, Property, and Society (ALPS), Georgetown Law School,
Washington, DC, March 5-6, 2010
Symposium Visiting Professor (organizer), Symposium on Climate Change, Water, and
Adaptive Law, University of Houston Law Center and the Environmental & Energy Law
& Policy Journal, Houston, TX, February 26, 2010
Adaptive Watershed Planning at the Intersection of Climate Change, Water, Land Use, and Law,
Symposium on Climate Change, Water, and Adaptive Law, University of Houston Law
Center and the Environmental & Energy Law & Policy Journal, Houston, TX, February
26, 2010
Wet Growth, Environmental Summit on a Sustainable Florida, Florida Coastal Law School and
Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL, November 12, 2009
* Fourth-Generation Environmental Law: Integrationist and Multimodal, Distinguished Lecture
in Environmental and Land Use Law, Florida State University College of Law,
Tallahassee, FL, October 28, 2009
Fourth-Generation Environmental Law: Integrationist and Multimodal, Faculty Workshop.
Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, FL, October 28, 2009
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Wet Growth, Guest Lecture, Land Use Law course, Florida State University College of Law,
Tallahassee, FL, October 29, 2009
Clean Water Restoration Act Update, Water Policy & Economics Conference: 21
st
Century
Water Issues in the Southern States, Southern Region Water Program (a partnership of
USDA CREES and Land Grant Colleges and Universities), University of Florida Institute
of Food & Agricultural Sciences, Gainesville, FL, October 13, 2009
* Sustainable Webs of Interests: Reconceptualizing Property in an Interconnected Environment,
Keynote Speech, New Zealand Center for Environmental Law Conference on Property
Rights and Sustainability: The Evolution of Property Rights to Meet Ecological
Challenges, University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ, April 16, 2009 (via video-
conference)
* Sustainable Webs of Interests: Reconceptualizing Property in an Interconnected Environment,
University of Kansas (Honors and University Scholars Programs, Schools of Law and
Architecture & Urban Planning, Departments of Sociology and Environmental Studies,
Center for Sustainability), Lawrence, KS, April 18, 2009
The Lake, the Trust, and the Map: Can Environmental Law Achieve Environmental
Conservation?, Environmental Law Virtual Guest Speaker Series, Mercer Law School,
Macon, GA, March 2-7, 2009 (audio webcast, PPT, and online discussion)
The Complex and Interdependent Relationship Between Land Use and Climate Change: Uni-
Dimensional Policy Failure and Multi-Dimensional Policy Functionality, Climate Policy
for the Obama Administration, Symposium at the Washington and Lee University School
of Law, Lexington, VA, February 20, 2009
* Law and Planning Are Not Enough: Interdisciplinary Research on Environmental
Conservation and Discretionary Land Use Decision Making, PhD Program Colloquium,
University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati,
OH, October 23, 2008
Discussion Leader, Local Laws Workshop Group, Workshop on Adapting Legal Regimes in the
Face of Climate Change, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the Center for
Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources at the University of Houston Law Center,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, October 18, 2008
* The Vitality Principle in Urban Environments for Children and Youth: Environmental Justice
Lessons from Parks, Plans, Rivers, and Communities, Distinguished Lecture, Children,
Youth and Environments Center for Research and Design, University of Colorado
College of Architecture and Planning, Boulder, CO, October 9, 2008
* Water Privatization Trends in the U.S.: Issues of Human Rights and National Security,
Distinguished Lecture, Human Rights and National Security Law Program, College of
William and Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law, Williamsburg, VA, September 16,
2008
Private Property Rights & Values: Opportunities for Responsible Development, Kentucky
Growth Readiness Workshop, Harrodsburg, KY, April 7, 2008
The Mask of Voter: Deindividuation, Discrimination, Deliberation, and Judicial Review of
Direct Democracy, Faculty Workshop, University of Florida Levin College of Law,
Gainesville, FL, April 4, 2008
* Models of Clean-Water Land Use, Environmental and Land Use Capstone Colloquium on
Land, Water, and Growth, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Gainesville, FL,
April 3, 2008
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Ecosystem Services, the Structure of the Land Use Regulatory System, and Discretionary
Decision Making, Interdisciplinary Roundtable, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY,
February 18, 2008
Fair and Healthy Land Use, Diversity Forum on “Here’s to Your Health: Crossing the Desert to
Health Equity,” University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, Louisville, KY,
February 5, 2008
Fair & Healthy Land Use: Environmental Justice & Planning, Louisville Bar Association
Environmental Law Section CLE Seminar, Louisville, KY, November 13, 2007
Vital Places: Healthy Child-Nature Connections in Plans, Codes, Projects, and Decisions, Panel
Presentation for Session on Children, Nature, and Land Use, Symposium on Law, Ethics,
and the Life Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, October 26, 2007
Organizer, Session on Children, Nature, and Land Use, Symposium on Law, Ethics, and the Life
Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, October 26, 2007
Overcoming Barriers to Sustainable Redevelopment at Cleanup Sites: Issues of Psychology,
Politics, and Justice, The Ohio River Valley Conference on Sustainable Redevelopment,
sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Louisville, KY, October 3,
2007
Planning Committee, The Ohio River Valley Conference on Sustainable Redevelopment,
sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Louisville, KY, October 3,
2007
Panelist, Discussion of The Unforeseen, a Sundance Film Festival movie, at a screening in
Louisville, KY, August 24, 2007
An Ecology of Environmentalism, Democracy, and Land Use Planning & Regulation, Panel on
Democracy, Environmental Law, and Land Use: Conflict or Confluence?, Southeast
Association of Law Schools (SEALS), Amelia Island, FL, August 2, 2007
Organizer, Panel on Democracy, Environmental Law, and Land Use: Conflict or Confluence?,
Southeast Association of Law Schools (SEALS), Amelia Island, FL, August 2, 2007
* The Lake, the Trust, and the Map: Can Environmental Law Achieve Environmental
Conservation?, Luncheon Speaker, Phi Beta Kappa Awards Luncheon, Phi Beta Kappa
Association of Kentuckiana, Louisville, KY, May 8, 2007
Zoning and Land Use Law for Engineers and Surveyors, Seminar on Kentucky Land Law for
Engineers and Surveyors, Lexington, KY, April 27, 2007
* Fair and Healthy Land Use: Environmental Justice and Planning, Bettman Symposium
Speaker, Correcting Environmental Injustices, American Planning Association 99
th
National Planning Conference, Philadelphia, PA, April 15, 2007
Organizer and Moderator, Forum on Mountaintop Removal Mining: Law, Environment, and
Community, sponsored by the Center for Environmental Law, and co-sponsored by the
Law School Diversity Committee (Diversity Forum) and Kentuckians for the
Commonwealth, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville April 10,
2007
Roundtable Discussion on Law, Law School, and the Legal Profession, University of Kansas
Honors Program, Lawrence, KS, March 2, 2007
The Mask of Voter: Deindividuation, Discrimination, and Judicial Review of Direct Democracy,
University of Kansas School of Law Faculty Workshop, Lawrence, KS, March 2, 2007
* The Lake, the Trust, and the Map: Can Environmental Law Achieve Environmental
Conservation?, University of Kansas Honors Program, Lawrence, KS, March 1, 2007
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Environmental Justice: Local and National Perspectives, Black Law Students’ Association
Black History Celebration, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville,
February 23, 2007
Land Use and Watersheds: Issues and Tools, Floyd’s Fork Watershed Planning Group and
Kentucky Waterways Alliance, Louisville, KY, February 23, 2007
* The People’s Land: Justice Brandeis, Environmental Conservation, and Wisdom for Today’s
Land Use Challenges, Inaugural Boehl Distinguished Lecture in Land Use Policy, Louis
D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, February 13, 2007
Fair and Smart: Forging the Links Between Environmental Justice and Smart Growth, Smart
Growth Summit, Jeffersonville, IN, August 3, 2006
Who Framed Urban Watersheds?: Framing Effects and the “Law” of Sustainable Development,
Panel on Viewing Environmental Policy and Law Through the Lens of Sustainable
Development: Clarification or Muddle?, Southeast Association of Law Schools (SEALS),
Palm Beach, FL, July 22, 2006
The Structure of Land Use Regulation, The Law and Policy of Ecosystem Services, a symposium
at Florida State University School of Law, April 7, 2006
Organizer and Speaker, The Slippery Slope: Water Quality, Urban Runoff, and the Issue of
Authority, a symposium at Chapman University School of Law, January 27, 2006
(sponsored by the Chapman Law Review)
Unexercised Authority to Control Urban Runoff, The Slippery Slope: Water Quality, Urban
Runoff, and the Issue of Authority, a symposium at Chapman University School of Law,
January 27, 2006 (sponsored by the Chapman Law Review)
Fulfilling the Promise: Integrating Environmental Justice Considerations into Land Use
Planning and Regulation, Incorporating Environmental Justice into Land Use Planning,
Albany Law School, Albany, NY, December 8, 2005, (organized by the Government
Law Center of Albany Law School and the National Academy of Public Administration,
with funding from the Ford Foundation)
Fulfilling the Promise: Integrating Environmental Justice Considerations into Land Use
Planning and Regulation, Incorporating Environmental Justice into Land Use Planning,
American Planning Association, Chicago, IL, November 30, 2005 (organized by the
Government Law Center of Albany Law School and the National Academy of Public
Administration, with funding from the Ford Foundation and co-sponsorship by the
American Planning Association)
Environmental Injustice Floods the National Conscience: Katrina and the Wider, Deeper
Problems of Environmental Injustice, Diversity Forum: Katrina and the Cross-Currents of
Environmental Justice, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville,
November 7, 2005
Clean-Water Land Use: Connecting Scale and Function, Eastern Water Law Symposium;
Integrating Land Use Law and Water Law: The Obstacles and Opportunities, Pace Law
School, White Plains, NY, October 22, 2005 (co-sponsored by the Pace Environmental
Law Review, the Pace Law School Land Use Law Center, the Government Law Center at
Albany Law School, and the New York State Water Resources Institute at Cornell
University)
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Environmental Conservation and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Forum on Drilling in the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Chapman University Law School, Orange, California,
Spring 2005 (co-hosted by the American Constitution Society and the Land Resources
Society)
* Working Out an Environmental Ethic: Anniversary Lessons from Mono Lake, Environmental
Law & Policy Lecture, Chicago-Kent College of Law, October 21, 2004; E. George
Rudolph Distinguished Visiting Lecture, University of Wyoming College of Law,
November 20, 2003
Is Wet Growth Smarter Than Smart Growth?, California Association of Environmental
Professionals, Orange County Chapter, October 6, 2004
Panelist, Recent Developments in Landlord-Tenant Law, The Law Professors on Recent
Developments in Real Property Law, California State Bar 23
rd
Annual Real Property Law
Retreat, April 24, 2004
The Mask of Voter: Deindividuation, Accountability, and Judicial Review of Direct Democracy,
University of California – Davis, School of Law, Faculty Colloquium, February 24, 2003;
University of Wyoming Faculty Colloquium (law faculty & psychology faculty), October
14, 2003; University of Wyoming Psychology & Law Lab (graduate student seminar),
December 9, 2003
Organizer and Moderator, Wet Growth: Should Water Law Control Land Use?, National
conference sponsored by the Center for Land Resources, Chapman University School of
Law & the Environmental Law Institute, February 7, 2003
Panel on Religious Land Use Conflicts from a Problem-Solving Perspective (the Religious Land
Use & Institutionalized Persons Act), UCLA Land Use Law & Planning Conference,
January 31, 2003
Just Zoning? The Emerging Impact of Environmental Justice on Land Use Planning &
Regulation, Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute, March 2002
Three Colliding World Views: Is Collaborative Problem-Solving a Possibility for Religious Land
Use Conflicts?, presentation for Planning the City of God, a conference sponsored by the
Claremont Institute, January 2002
Legal Issues in Drafting Trusts & the Ascertainable Standard, Presentation at Discretionary
Distribution MCLE Seminar, First American Trust, June 2001
Organizer & Speaker, The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act: A Program for
Attorneys Representing Cities & Counties, MCLE Seminar sponsored by the Center for
Land Resources, Chapman University School of Law, March 2001
Panel on Faculty Pro Bono Policies, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law
Schools, January 2001
Environmental Justice: What Is It and What Does It Mean for Industry and Development?
Presentation to the Environmental Law Section of the Orange County Bar Association,
November 2000
Participant, U.S. Department of Transportation Environmental Justice/Title VI Summit, July 17-
18,2000
Respondent to paper on American constitutional law and hermeneutics by Professor Howard
Vogel, Conference on Relational Hermeneutics, Chapman University, February 25-26,
2000
The First Amendment and the Life of Faith, Trinity United Presbyterian Church (3 classes),
1999-2000
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Organizer & Speaker, The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act: A Program for
Attorneys Representing Cities & Counties, MCLE Seminar sponsored by the Center for
Land Resources, Chapman University School of Law, March 2001
Living a Life of Leadership and Service, University of Kansas Blueprints Leadership Conference,
Panel of Former Leffel Award Recipients, February 27, 1999
Introduction and Tribute to the Honorable Deanell Reece Tacha, Inaugural Distinguished Jurist
in Residence, Chapman University, February 8, 1999
Environmental Justice and Land Use Regulation, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce & Los
Angeles County Bar Association, Environmental Justice Seminar, November 1998
Moderator, The Future of Land Development in Southern California, Chapman University
School of Law, January 1998
Environmental & Natural Resources Regulation of Private Property, Trinity University Political
Science Department, Governmental Regulation & Individual Rights, Fall 1994
Wildlife Habitat Protection & Property Rights, Bexar Audubon Society Conference on Property
Rights & Takings: An Urban Perspective, April 1995
Microenterprise Development in Immigrant and Refugee Communities, Conference, Lawyers’
Committee for Civil Rights Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, May 1995
An Ethic of Public Service, St. Mary’s University, Personal & Academic Development, Fall 1994
San Antonio Bar Association CLE and Section Presentations:
International Environmental Law: Recent Trends & The North America Development
Bank, May, June, & October 1994
The Environmental Dangers of Buying, Owning, and Selling Property, June 1993
Recent Developments in Endangered Species Law, August 1992
Policy Formulation & Homeless Legislation, University of Kansas Department of Political
Science, Public Policy Analysis, Fall 1988
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IV. TEACHING
A. COURSES TAUGHT
Property I & II (or Property)
Water Resources Law & Policy (or Water Law)
Land Use & Planning Law (or Land Use Regulation)
Urban Justice and Policy
Environmental Law
Land and Ecosystem Conservation
Upper-Level Writing and Research
Environmental Justice Practicum
Journal of Animal and Environmental Law
Adaptive Planning and Resilience
Environmental Field Study
Decedents’ Estates and Trusts (or Wills and Trusts, or Trusts and Estates)
Real Estate Transactions
Natural Resources Law
Seminar in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Conservation
Title Reports & Insurance
Ecosystems & Legal Problem Solving
Environmental Justice Seminar
Advanced Seminar in Land Development and the Environment
Property Rights Field Research Seminar
Summer Enrichment Program: Property
Mock class on environmental justice, Black Law Students Association/Law School “Law
Student for a Day” student recruitment event
Interdisciplinary environmental undergraduate courses (Keck Foundation Grant)
Numerous Ph.D. dissertation committees and independent study/directed research projects
Research Supervisor, Fulbright Research Visit, Tiago de Melo Cartaxo, PhD student in law at
Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal, in residence at the University of Louisville, October
1, 2018 to January 31, 2019
PhD Dissertation Co-Supervisor for Tiago de Melo Cartaxo, Candidate for the PhD in Law at
Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal, 2018-2020
PhD Dissertation Supervisor for Rebecca Wells-Gonzalez, Candidate for the PhD in Urban and
Public Affairs, University of Louisville, 2021-present
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B. FEATURES OF TEACHING
Developed and implemented A Humanizing Pedagogy, a set of human-centered, learner-
centered, and justice-centered principles and methods of teaching and learning, built on
Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Experiential: problem-solving, cultural competence, planning, negotiation, client counseling,
administrative hearings, factual investigation, drafting, policy analysis and reform,
interviewing
Interdisciplinary: law, urban planning, public policy, social sciences, environmental sciences,
history, systems analysis
Justice-focused: environmental, resilience, social, and racial justice
Community-engaged
Field study
Mentoring of students
Planning Accreditation Board (national accreditation entity for urban planning programs)
selected my Land Use & Planning Law syllabus for national recognition as a best practice
in planning education
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V. SERVICE
A. SERVICE at the UNIVERSITY of LOUISVILLE
UNIVERSITY
University Graduate Council, 2023-present
University Sustainability Council, 2008-2016
Education and Research Committee, 2008-2022
Chair, Environmental Justice Task Force, 2021-2022
Chair, Sustainability Research Committee, 2011-2015
Created, organize, & implement Sustainability Scholars Roundtable
Created and organize interdisciplinary collaborative workshops
● Water Resources
● Resilient Communities
● Social Justice
Master of Urban Planning Program Strategic Planning and Accreditation Self-Study Committee,
2021-2022
University Selection Committee, University Awards for Service, 2020
Advisory Group, Academic and Research Priorities Committee, 21
st
Century University
Initiative, 2013-2014
Council of Research Deans, 2013-2014
Organized interdisciplinary research collaboration planning
Internal Advisory Board, Logistics and Distribution Institute, 2007-2009, 2014-2015
Phi Beta Kappa Speakers Committee, 2010-2013
Faculty Liaison (from Law School), University Signature Partnership Initiative, 2006-2009
Advisory Board, Center for Real Estate Studies, 2008-2009
University Selection Committee, Awards for Outstanding Scholarship, Research, and Creative
Activity, 2008, 2009, 2015
Director of the Resilience Justice Project (formerly the Center for Land Use and Environmental
Responsibility)
Faculty Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Management (past)
Proponent of and Co-Advisor to the Juris Doctor-Master of Urban Planning dual degree program
Creator and Organizer of Boehl Distinguished Lecture Series in Land Use Policy
Lead organizer of a major symposium on the centennial of Buchanan v. Warley, November 10,
2017 (SCOTUS racial zoning case arising out of Louisville)
Organizer of speaker event for students and faculty in several different units, featuring Richard
Rothstein, author of THE COLOR OF LAW, February 12, 2018
Environmental justice advisor to the Community Engagement Core of the NIH-funded
University of Louisville Center for Integrative Environmental Health Sciences (CIEHS)
LAW SCHOOL
Academic Standards Committee, 2023-2024
Faculty Co-Advisor, Journal of Animal and Environmental Law (JAEL), 2009-2012, 2022-2024
Personnel Committee, 2005-present
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Faculty Advisor, JD-MUP Dual Degree Program in Law & Urban Planning, 2010-present
Founder & Organizer, Brandeis Hiking Club, 2018-present
Flexner Chair Selection Advisory Committee, 2011-2012, 2023-2024
Associate Dean for Curriculum and Scheduling, 2019-2020
Curriculum Committee
Chair, 2010-2011
Member, 2015, 2020-2021
Co-Chair, 2019-2020
Sustainability Committee
Chair, 2014-2016
Co-Chair, 2017
Member, 2019-2020
Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, 2013-2014
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Faculty Development, 2010-2011
Strategic Planning Committee
Co-Chair, 2013-2014
Member, 2010-2011, 2015-2016
Co-Chair, Law School Dean Search Committee, 2006
Chair, Faculty Appointments/Recruitment Committee, 2011-2012
Admissions Committee, 2017-2018
Chair, 2017-2018
Faculty Excellence Committee,
Chair, 2007-2009
Member, 2010-2012, 2014-2015
Dean’s Advisory Committee, 2007-2009, 2017-2019
Library Committee, 2019
Library Personnel Committee, 2014-2016, Spring 2017
Diversity Committee, 2005-2008
Student Welfare Committee, 2005-2008
Clerkship Committee, 2008-2009
Alternate, Probation and Reinstatement Committee, Law School, 2005-2006
Faculty Advisor, Appalachian Law Caucus, 2019-2021
Faculty Advisor, Environmental Law and Land Use Society, 2007-2012, 2013-2016
Faculty Advisor, Christian Law Society, 2008-2012, 2017-2020
Co-coach, ABA Negotiation Competition Teams, 2010-2016
Organizer and Regional Administrator, ABA Regional Negotiation Competition, 2013
Co-coach, Environmental Competition Team, 2010-2011
Faculty Leader, Orientation Service Day at Operation Brightside (2011), Olmstead Conservancy
(2013), Law School Courtyards (2015)
Co-leader of Law School Courtyards Revitalization Project, 2010-2017
Co-founder, Equitable SERVEitudes sand volleyball team, 2018-2020
B. SERVICE at CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
Creator: Emphasis Program in Environmental, Land Use, and Real Estate Law
Law School Committees: Admissions (Chair, 2004-2005)
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Rank & Tenure (Chair, 2002-2003; Member, 2004-2005)
Curriculum (Chair, 2000-2002, Spring 2004; Member, 1999-2000)
Academic Standards (Member, 2001-2002)
Honor Council (Member, 2001-2002)
Faculty Appointments (Chair, 1998-99; Member, 1996-1998)
Judicial Clerkship (Chair, 1998-2001; Member, 1997-1998, Spring 2004)
Library (Chair, 1997-2000; Member, 1996-1997)
Pro Bono (Chair, 1997-1999)
Long Range Planning (Member, 2000-2001)
Career Services Advisory Board (Member, 1999-2000)
Academic Support (Member, 1996-1998)
Teaching Effectiveness & Scholarship (Member, 1997-1998)
Space Planning (Member, Spring 2004)
University Committees: Budget (Member, 2000-2001)
Truman Scholarship Nomination (Member, 1997-2001)
Faculty Advisor: Land Resources Society (and predecessors), 1996-2005
La Raza Latino Law Students Association, 2003-2005
Coach: Negotiations Teams
ABA Negotiation Competition), 1999-2001
California Bar Association Environmental Negotiation
Competition
Supervisor: Faculty Support Staff, Spring 2001
Development:
Wrote faculty-driven law library collection development plan receiving
$1.5 million gift from the Darling Foundation
Organized Wet Growth Conference, a national conference on the
integration of land use, water use, and water quality controls with
over $20,000 in law firm or corporate sponsorships and registration
fees, over 200 participants on-site and via live web broadcast,
presentations by 9 nationally renowned scholars and 10
lawyers/professionals, and a published book of conference papers
Participated in interdisciplinary initiative for undergraduate education in
environmental science and problem-solving, which received
substantial grant from the Keck Foundation
C. GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Informal advisor to the Racial Equity Review and Reform of the Louisville Metro Land
Development Code, Louisville Metro Government, 2020-2022
Advisory Working Group, Beargrass Creek Watershed Planning and Restoration, Metropolitan
Sewer District and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Co-designed and co-facilitated Georgetown-Scott County (KY) Comprehensive Plan Update
Scenario Planning Workshop (collaborative and participatory), including designing and
overseeing systematic analysis of transcribed participant comments for major themes and
perspectives (using NVivo qualitative data software) and co-authoring a report
summarizing emergent ideas and patterns, Spring 2016
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Kentucky Water Resources Committee on Research and Policy, 2014-2020
Louisville Metro Climate Change Committee, 2007-2009, Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Land
Use, Transportation, and Urban Forestry
Louisville Metro Fine Particulate Matter Air Quality Task Force, 2007
City of Anaheim Planning Commission, 1999-2002: Chairman, 2001-2002
City of Anaheim General Plan Advisory Committee, 2000-2004
Judicial Law Clerk, The Honorable James K. Logan, Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, 1990-
1991
City Attorney, City of Hondo, Texas, 1993-1995
City Attorney, City of Shavano Park, Texas, 1994
Land Use Law Intern, Boston Redevelopment Authority, 1988
Congressional Intern, Honorable James Slattery, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington,
DC, 1986
District Intern, Honorable Dan Glickman, U.S. House of Representatives, Wichita, KS, 1984
D. COMMUNITY SERVICE
(Some duplication with Government Service)
LOUISVILLE, 2005 – PRESENT
Resilience Justice Project
(formerly the Center for Land Use and Environmental Responsibility)
Providing resilience justice assessments of public policies or programs for government
agencies, non-profit organizations, and community-based groups
Advisory Board, The Rapidan Institute, Rapidan, Virginia, 2020-2021
Informal information and assistance provided to various community-based groups,
environmental groups, social-justice organizations, planning entities, and government
agencies about environmental justice, land use justice, and resilience justice
Advisory Working Group, Beargrass Creek Watershed Planning and Restoration, Metropolitan
Sewer District and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2020-2021
The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky
Board of Trustees, 2013-2017
Vice-Chair
Board Liaison to Green River and Davis Bend Preserve Project
The City Project National Advisory Council, 2014-2020
Major urban civil rights organization based in Los Angeles, CA
Earth Keepers 360, Core Team, 2018-present
National organization of faith leaders concerned about environmental issues
Co-designed and co-facilitated Georgetown-Scott County (KY) Comprehensive Plan Update
Scenario Planning Workshop (collaborative and participatory), including designing and
overseeing systematic analysis of transcribed participant comments for major themes and
perspectives (using NVivo qualitative data software) and co-authoring a report
summarizing emergent ideas and patterns, Spring 2016
Kentucky Water Resources Committee on Research and Policy, 2014-2017
River Fields (environmental land conservation trust)
Board of Trustees, 2008-2009
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Governance Committee; Marketing and Education Committee
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Louisville, 2006-2009
Board of Directors, 2007-2008
Site Selection and Acquisition Committee, 2006-2008
Lake Louisvilla Ad Hoc Committee, 2006-2007
Coordinator, Historic Land Use Research Team, 2006-2009, 2010-2012
Approved public service project of Brandeis Law School Greenbaum Public
Service Program
Board of Directors, West Jefferson County Community Task Force (community-based
environmental justice organization), 2006-2008
Louisville Metro Climate Change Task Force, 2007-2009
Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Land Use, Transportation, and Urban Forestry
Louisville Metro Fine Particulate Matter Air Quality Task Force, 2007
Advisory Board, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas, 2007-2014
Chair, 2011-2014
First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2020-present
Adult education speaker (including classes on environmental justice and faith)
Leader of Morning Prayer Service
John Knox Presbyterian Church, 2014-2020
Liturgist
Adult Education Teacher
Communion Server
Pollinator Garden Project
Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2010-2014
Deacon, 2011-2013
Lay Reader, 2011-2013
Teacher, Christian Growth Fellowship classes, 2010-2013
Chair/Moderator, Congregational Discernment Process, 2011-2012
Pastoral Call Committee, 2012-2013
Food Pantry Ministry, 2008-2014
Project Compassion, 2011-2014
Fresh Stops (locally grown healthy foods; food justice), 2011-2013
Park Hill Corridor Brownfields Group (Re-Defining Brownfields Initiative), 2005-2006
Environmental Issues Planning Group, Festival of Faiths, Louisville, 2006
Liturgist, Our Savior Lutheran Church, 2006-2009
Honorary Board, Passionist Earth and Spirit Center, 2008-2018
ORANGE COUNTY, 1996-2005
City of Anaheim Planning Commission, 1999-2002
Chairman, 2001-2002
City of Anaheim General Plan Advisory Committee, 2000-2004
Lector, Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Orange, CA, 2004-2005
Elder (ordained officer), Member of Session, Trinity United Presbyterian Church, 2001-2003
Worship Ministry Team, Trinity United Presbyterian Church, 1999-2003 (Chair, 2002-2003)
Theological Task Force, Trinity United Presbyterian Church, 2001
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Advisory Board, Careers in Law Program, North Orange County Regional Occupational
Program, 1998-1999
Co-Teacher & Leader, Builders Class, Trinity United Presbyterian Church, 1998-1999
Deacon (ordained officer), Irvine Presbyterian Church, 1997-1998
Volunteer Leader, Club 56, Irvine Presbyterian Church (program for 5
th
& 6
th
grade children),
1996-1997
Class Correspondent, Stanford Law School Class of 1990, 1995-2000
Advisory Board, Raymond Nichols League of Former Student Leaders, University of Kansas,
1999-2001
LOS ALTOS, CA, 1995-1996
Volunteer Youth Leader, High School Programs, Union Presbyterian Church
SAN ANTONIO, TX, 1991-1995
Board of Directors, Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights
Chair, Pro Bono Subcommittee
Vice-President, Board of Directors, & General Counsel, Federación Ecuménica de Fe y Acción
Microenterprise loan fund & microenterprise development among low-income
communities
Advisory Board, Good Samaritan Center (serving low-income Hispanic community & youth
gangs)
Pro Bono College, State Bar of Texas (exceptional pro bono commitment)
Vice-President, San Antonio Bar Association Environmental Section
First Presbyterian Church
Deacon (ordained officer)
Church Strategic Planning Committee; Prayer Ministry Task Force
Worship Leader, Fourth Service; Fourth Service Worship Committee
Chairman, Young Adult Fellowship; Co-Leader, College Bible Study
Co-Leader, Spring Border Mission Trip, Proyecto Amistad, Piedras Negras, Mexico
(1995)
Co-Leader, Fall College Mission Trip, Proyecto Amistad, Piedras Negras, Mexico (1994)
Work/Mission Trips to Nakuru, Kenya & Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
Alazan-Apache Courts Housing Project (San Antonio): work project; children’s ministry
Founding Member, University of Kansas Political Science Department Alumni Committee
Willie Velásquez Book Fund Committee
Campaign Committee, Ramiro Cavazos for City Council, District 7
Judge, St. Mary’s Law School Walker Moot Court Competition & First Year Moot Court
Competition
E. SERVICE AS A STUDENT
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL, 1987-1990
Co-Founder & Executive Editor, Stanford Law & Policy Review
Co-Chair, Christian Legal Society
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Organizer, Habitat for Humanity Build-a-thon
East Palo Alto Community Law Project & Centro Bilingue: compiled community services guide
Stanford Latino Law Students’ Association East Palo Alto Tax Clinic
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, 1983-1987
Search Committee, Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs
Chairman, Student Senate Executive Committee
Chair and Organizer, Jefferson Bicentennial Meeting on the Constitution
President, Pearson Scholarship Hall
Chair and Founder, Undergraduate Academic Advisory Board
Chair and Founder, Honors Hosts Program
Co-President, Mortar Board Honor Society
University Council
University Libraries Committee
Student Recruitment Program Review Committee
Board of Directors, Legal Services for Students
Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Awards Committee
Chancellor’s Honors Scholarship Committee
Teacher, First United Methodist College Sunday School Class
Volunteer: Special Olympics
Volunteer, REACH program
Literacy Volunteers
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VI. MEMBERSHIPS, LICENSES, and TRAINING
A. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
(most now inactive due to budget constraints)
American Bar Association (ABA) (including various sections)
Association of American Law Schools (AALS) (including various sections)
Pro Bono Awards Subcommittee, 2001-02
American Planning Association (APA) (including various divisions)
Smith-Babcock-Williams Student Writing Competition Panel of Judges, 2007, 2008
Southeast Association of Law Schools (SEALS)
Program Committee, 2006-2010
Association for Law, Property, and Society (ALPS)
Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR)
Lead Delegate from the University of Louisville
Law & Society Association (LSA)
Awards Committee for Best Graduate and Undergraduate Papers, 2010-2011
Urban Affairs Association (UAA)
American Water Resources Association (AWRA)
B. BAR ADMISSIONS
Texas, 1992
Missouri, 1990
5
th
Circuit U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 1993
10
th
Circuit U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 1990
Western District of Texas, 1992
C. TRAINING
ICPSR Summer Workshop: Introduction to Network Analysis: Study Design and Methods,
Indiana University Bloomington, July 25-29, 2016
Intensive weeklong workshop on research design and methods for social network
analysis
Delphi University, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, June 2015
Intensive weeklong workshop on online course development and design, student learning
outcomes, and assessment
Human Subject Research Training (Social & Behavioral Sciences)
Online and periodic
Research Conflict of Interesting Training
Online and periodic
AALS professional development programs on teaching, research, and administration
Many and various over my career
Institute for Law School Teaching programs, as well
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VII. MEDIA FEATURES
Quoted extensively in article on environmental-justice land-use lawsuit in Louisiana’s Cancer
Alley, published in Inside Climate News
“‘Nothing Like This in the Country’: ‘Enormous' West End TIF district would be Kentucky's
largest,” by Marcus Green, WDRB, June 23, 2022: quoted
Arnold’s water privatization research and publications expressly discussed in Huffington Post
article “Elizabeth Warren’s Climate Justice Plan Aims To Keep Water Public, Study
Pollution,” October 9, 2019
Arnold’s water privatization research and publications expressly discussed in wateronline.com
article “Elizabeth Warren Joins Bernie Sanders In Opposition To Water Privatization,”
October 22, 2019
“Law lecture to address federal lands conflicts,” by James Bruggers, Louisville Courier-Journal,
February 15, 2016: quoted about Boehl Distinguished Lecture in Land Use Policy
“Bluegrass Pipeline loss big win for landowners” by James Bruggers, Louisville Courier-
Journal, February 12, 2016:: quoted extensively on implications of eminent domain case
favoring local landowners over out-of-state pipeline company
Featured Expert Interview, “2015’s Best & Worst Large Cities to Live in: Ask the Experts,”
WalletHub, August 10, 2015
Featured Interviewee, “Water Policy: Are We Running Out of Water?” Matt Townsend Show,
BYU Radio, July 2, 2015 & July 4, 2015
“MSD in the community: U of L students gain insight from MSD personnel” StreamLine, June
2015: quoted in local agency news publication about water resources field study seminar
“There Are No Urban Design Courses on Race and Justice, So We Made Our Own Syllabus” by
Brentin Mock, The Atlantic CityLab, May 14, 2015 (my Fair and Healthy Land Use book
was listed 2
nd
in the list of publications selected by African American students at the
Harvard University Graduate School of Design in developing a course syllabus and
reading list for issues of race and justice in urban design
“How the Fastest-Warming City in the Country Is Cooling Off” by Erica Peterson, Politico
Magazine, December 9, 2014: quoted on the effect of land use planning and regulation on
urban heat islands and urban trees)
Interviewed for “Do Something” feature on people who are making a difference for the Law
School Courtyards Renovation Project at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of
Law, WHAS 11 News, July 7, 2014
Profile of the Center for Land Use and Environmental Responsibility in Interdisciplinary
Environmental and Sustainability Education and Research: Institutes and Centers at
Research Universities, National Council for Science and the Environment, 2014
“Resilient Cities,” Building a Greener Idaho, Idaho Public Radio, April 1, 2014: Interview
Conversation among resilience and law scholars Tony Arnold, Barbara Cosens, and
Stephen Miller
“Resilient Cities: A Conversation with Tony Arnold and Barbara Cosens” YouTube Video of
Interview Conversation among resilience and law scholars Tony Arnold, Barbara Cosens,
and Stephen Miller, for Idaho Public Radio (also posted on Land Use Prof Blog), March
26, 2014
“From Liberal Arts to Law – Tony Arnold,” Learning Without Boundaries, University of Kansas
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, October 25, 2013
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“What Businesses Need to Know about Environmental Responsibility,” Business First, October
11, 2013: Invited guest comment in Green Businesses edition of Louisville-region
business journal
“Towns Try to Take Back Water Systems,” by William Harless, Wall Street Journal, August 19,
2013: Quoted on water privatization trends
“Ojai Voters to Decide Whether to Buy Out Private Water Company,” by Chris Richard,
California Report (broadcast on California Public Radio) and KQED NewsFix, August
27, 2013: Quoted on water privatization trends
Quoted in Associate Press news article about faculty reaction to the University of Louisville’s
acceptance into the ACC athletic conference and its impact on academics; article
appeared in numerous media outlets, including the San Francisco Chronicle, the
Lexington Herald-Leader, the Durham Herald-Sun, the Syracuse Post-Standard, the
Houston Chronicle, the Brownsville Herald, and many others, November 28-29, 2012
Featured on a news profile on The Nature Conservancy website as a new Trustee, Fall 2012
“Giving Up Rights?” by James Bruggers, Louisville Courier-Journal, March 10, 2012: Quoted
several times throughout front-page article about avigation easements
“Guardians of the Environment,” WBKI, April 27, 2012: local WB TV station video feature
profiling Tony Arnold as a Guardian of the Environment for the work that he and his
students have done on addressing urban tree canopy needs in the Louisville region
“Tony Arnold Does Everything He Wants,” KU Honors Program News, March 2012: Featured
KU Honors Program alumnus
“A Growing Problem” by James Bruggers, Louisville Courier-Journal, October 28, 2011:
Discussion of urban tree canopy plan produced by students in Tony Arnold’s Land Use &
Planning Law class, including plan’s recommendations for urban tree policies and a
quote
“Adaptive Watershed Planning and Climate Change,” Montana Evening Edition Interview with
Tony Arnold, Montana Public Radio News, September 27, 2011
“Lunch With . . . Tony Arnold” Louisville Courier-Journal, April 11, 2008: Half-page
newspaper interview feature with selected people of interest to the community (one per
week); Arnold’s feature was on why land conservation and land health should matter to
all of us, and various aspects of land conservation
“Fluid Values: Battles Over Water Rights” by Matt Jenkins, Orion Magazine, October 2007:
Arnold and Jewell article discussed extensively and recommended by Jenkins for die-
hard readers interested in the Mono Lake case and its history
“Zeon Case Could Limit Rights” by James Bruggers, Louisville Courier-Journal, September 20,
2007: Quoted on settlement agreement of environmental lawsuit between Zeon and West
Louisville residents
News Feature on Habitat for Humanity TeamBuild with University of Louisville Brandeis
School of Law Students, Staff, and Faculty, WLKY evening news, August 25, 2007
(interviewed)
Louisville Courier-Journal website news, Louisville Business Journal, Business First, and
several other electronic or Internet media features on the launching of the Boehl
Distinguished Lecture Series in Land Use Policy, February 2007, and several subsequent
features about scheduled Boehl Lectures
Tony Arnold’s Curriculum Vita, Page 45 of 46
“Champion of the Environment” by Craig Anthony (Tony) Arnold, Louisville Courier-Journal,
November 12, 2006, at H1 & H3: Forum feature on the ideas of Louis D. Brandeis on
land use and environmental conservation, as part of a Brandeis Sesquicentennial focus
“U of L Professor Warns About Dangers of Pesticides in Kentucky Waterways” by Matt
Thacker, The Voice-Tribune, June 8, 2006, at A-2, A-3: Article discussing my research
on land use and watersheds
“Watershed Moment” by Todd Wetzel, IMPACT, Winter 2006, and various Internet and blog
versions: Article discussing my research on land use and watersheds
“Residents, City Await Toxic-Air Decisions” by James Bruggers, Louisville Courier-Journal,
March 9, 2006: Quoted on impact of proposed bill requiring city council approval of
every new air-pollution regulation
“Wal-Mart on Ballot in Inglewood” by Andrew Galvin, Orange County Register, April 6, 2004,
at B1, B4: Quoted on legality of Wal-Mart land use initiative on ballot in Inglewood
Interviewed on City of Cypress taking of Cottonwood Christian Center’s land (issues of religious
freedom, takings, referendum law, and redevelopment agency powers): Orange County
Register, KFWB Radio News, and Adelphia Cable Television News Show, July and
August 2002
Quoted in numerous articles about the Anaheim Planning Commission, Orange County Register,
1999-2002
“Why California Hasn’t Built More Power Plants”: Featured Guest, Life & Times News
Program, KCET TV (public television), January 27, 2001
“Courts and Elections”: Featured Guest, Prime Story, OCN TV (local news station), December
15, 2000
“Measure F Ruled Unconstitutional (Constitutionality of County Land Use Initiative Concerning
Use of El Toro Marine Air Base as a Commercial Airport)”: Featured Guest, Prime Story,
OCN TV (local news station), December 1, 2000
“Government and Religious Speech”: Featured Guest, Michael Reagan Talk Show, syndicated to
220 radio stations nationwide, April 26, 2000
“Economy v. Ecology”: Featured Guest, Economic Journal with Jim Doti, KOCE TV, November
13, 1999
“Zoning Laws and Religious Freedom”: Featured Guest, Talk of the City, KPCC-FM Radio,
August 31, 1999
“When Regulations and Religious Freedom Collide” by Michael Luo, Los Angeles Times,
August 29, 1999, at B1: Quoted on trends in conflicts between land use regulation and
religious uses
“Where Herds Once Roamed Will Become Home For Thousands” by Jim Radcliffe, Orange
County Register, July 25, 1999, at A06: Quoted on impact of development
“Leffel Award Winners Gather to Celebrate Legacy of Student Leadership,” Kansas Alumni
Magazine, March 1999, at 11: Quoted on student leadership
“It’s Academic: Teaching Offers a Rich and Varied Work Environment” by Joel Cone, Orange
County Reporter, April 29, 1998, at 6: Featured in article on law professors
“Newport Beach Homeowners Association Seeks to Keep Out Sexual Offenders”: Interviewed
about property law, CC&Rs, and civil rights laws, OCN TV, January 29, 1998
“Rev. Drake Convicted in Zoning Case” by Thao Hua and Lesley Wright, Los Angeles Times,
July 29, 1997, at A1: Quoted on trends in conflicts between local regulation and religious
activities
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“Government v. Religion: Which is the Higher Power?” by Craig Anthony (Tony) Arnold,
Editorial, Los Angeles Times (March 2, 1997)
