Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2003
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Associate Professor of Marine Policy in the Department of Marine Science and Conservation, Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment 2015 - 2019
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • JUL 16, 2018

    Duke Global

    In Tanzania, Understanding How Coastal Sanctuaries Reshape Nearby Communities
• Expertise
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  Global Scholarship

  • Research

    • United Republic of Tanzania (Country) 
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • A Mixed-Methods and Comparative Approach to Understanding the Social Dimensions of Aquaculture Production, Consumption, and Siting awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 2019 - 2022
  • The Value of Fishing, Farming and Eating: new approaches to understanding coastal community well-being in a changing world awarded by North Carolina State University 2018 - 2021
  • Evaluating the Motivations of Tourists and Their Perceptions of Sustainable Tourism Along the Outer Banks National Scenic Byway awarded by NC Sea Grant 2016
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Ancona, Z. H., K. J. Bagstad, L. Le, D. J. Semmens, B. C. Sherrouse, G. Murray, P. S. Cook, and E. DiDonato. “Spatial social value distributions for multiple user groups in a coastal national park.” Ocean and Coastal Management 222 (May 1, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2022.106126.
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    • Witter, A., G. Murray, and U. R. Sumaila. “Consumer seafood preferences related to alternative food networks and their value chains.” Marine Policy 131 (September 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104694.
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    • Sykora-Bodie, S. T., J. G. Álvarez-Romero, J. A. Arata, A. Dunn, J. T. Hinke, G. Humphries, C. Jones, et al. “Using Forecasting Methods to Incorporate Social, Economic, and Political Considerations Into Marine Protected Area Planning.” Frontiers in Marine Science 8 (August 13, 2021). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.669135.
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    • Baker, D., G. Murray, J. Kaijage, A. Levine, D. Gill, and E. Makupa. “Relationships Matter: Assessing the Impacts of a Marine Protected Area on Human Wellbeing and Relational Values in Southern Tanzania.” Frontiers in Marine Science 8 (June 17, 2021). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.673045.
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    • Bingham, J. A., S. Milne, G. Murray, and T. Dorward. “Knowledge Pluralism in First Nations’ Salmon Management.” Frontiers in Marine Science 8 (May 4, 2021). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.671112.
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    • Campbell, L. M., L. Fairbanks, G. Murray, J. S. Stoll, L. D’Anna, and J. Bingham. “From Blue Economy to Blue Communities: reorienting aquaculture expansion for community wellbeing.” Marine Policy 124 (February 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104361.
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    • Beveridge, R., M. F. Moody, B. Pauly, G. Murray, and C. T. Darimont. “Applying community-based and Indigenous research methodologies: lessons learned from the Nuxalk Sputc Project.” Ecology and Society 26, no. 4 (January 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12702-260421.
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    • Nieman, Cassandra M., Alexie N. Rudman, Margaret L. Chory, Grant D. Murray, Luke Fairbanks, and Lisa M. Campbell. “Fishing for food: Values and benefits associated with coastal infrastructure.” Plos One 16, no. 4 (January 2021): e0249725. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249725.
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    • Nowlin, M., A. Bennett, X. Basurto, J. Virdin, X. Lin, S. Betances, M. Smith, and S. Roady. “Recognize Fish as Food in Policy Discourse and Development Funding.” Ambio 50, no. 5 (2021): 981–89.
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    • Murray, G., C. Randall, and R. Rollins. “Informing protected area decision making through academic-practitioner collaborations.” Land 9, no. 10 (October 1, 2020): 1–15. https://doi.org/10.3390/land9100375.
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    • Beveridge, R., M. Moody, G. Murray, C. Darimont, and B. Pauly. “The Nuxalk Sputc (Eulachon) Project: Strengthening Indigenous management authority through community-driven research.” Marine Policy 119 (September 1, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.103971.
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    • Duggan, G. L., A. Jarre, and G. Murray. “Alternative Seafood Marketing in a Small-Scale Fishery: Barriers and Opportunities in South Africa’s Southern Cape Commercial Linefishery.” Maritime Studies 19, no. 2 (June 1, 2020): 193–205. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-020-00175-1.
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    • Duggan, G. L., A. Jarre, and G. Murray. “Learning for change: Integrated teaching modules and situated learning for marine social-ecological systems change.” Journal of Environmental Education 52, no. 2 (January 1, 2020): 118–32. https://doi.org/10.1080/00958964.2020.1852524.
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    • Murray, G., A. Agyare, P. Dearden, and R. Rollins. “Devolution, coordination, and community-based natural resource management in Ghana’s community resource management areas.” African Geographical Review 38, no. 4 (October 2, 2019): 296–309. https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2018.1426022.
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    • Tallis, H., K. Kreis, L. Olander, C. Ringler, D. Ameyaw, M. E. Borsuk, D. Fletschner, et al. “Aligning evidence generation and use across health, development, and environment.” Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 39 (August 1, 2019): 81–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2019.09.004.
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    • Murray, Grant, and Andrew Agyare. “Religion and perceptions of community-based conservation in Ghana, West Africa.” Plos One 13, no. 4 (January 2018): e0195498. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195498.
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    • Baker, D. M., G. Murray, and A. K. Agyare. “Governance and the making and breaking of social-ecological traps.” Ecology and Society 23, no. 1 (January 1, 2018). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09992-230138.
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    • Murray, G., and D. Burrows. “Understanding Power in Indigenous Protected Areas: the Case of the Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks.” Human Ecology 45, no. 6 (December 1, 2017): 763–72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-017-9948-8.
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    • Murray, G., K. Wolff, and M. Patterson. “Why eat fish? Factors influencing seafood consumer choices in British Columbia, Canada.” Ocean and Coastal Management 144 (July 15, 2017): 16–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.04.007.
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    • Acquah, E., R. Rollins, P. Dearden, and G. Murray. “Concerns and benefits of park-adjacent communities in Northern Ghana: the case of Mole National Park.” International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 24, no. 4 (July 4, 2017): 316–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2016.1221480.
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    • Parker, P., R. Rollins, G. Murray, A. Chafey, and R. Cannessa. “Community perceptions of the contributions of parks to sustainability in Canada.” Leisure/ Loisir 41, no. 3 (July 3, 2017): 365–89. https://doi.org/10.1080/14927713.2017.1352455.
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    • Murray, G., L. D’Anna, and P. MacDonald. “Measuring what we value: The utility of mixed methods approaches for incorporating values into marine social-ecological system management.” Marine Policy 73 (November 1, 2016): 61–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2016.07.008.
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    • Kisingo, Alex, Rick Rollins, Grant Murray, Phil Dearden, and Marlea Clarke. “Evaluating 'good governance': The development of a quantitative tool in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem.” Journal of Environmental Management 181 (October 2016): 749–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.08.002.
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    • Murray, G., and L. D’Anna. “Seeing shellfish from the seashore: The importance of values and place in perceptions of aquaculture and marine social-ecological system interactions.” Marine Policy 62 (December 1, 2015): 125–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.09.005.
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    • Blythe, J., M. Flaherty, and G. Murray. “Vulnerability of coastal livelihoods to shrimp farming: Insights from Mozambique.” Ambio 44, no. 4 (November 13, 2015): 275–84. https://doi.org/10.1007/13280-014-0574-z.
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    • Murray, G. D., and D. Ings. “Adaptation in a time of stress: A social-ecological perspective on changing fishing strategies in the Canadian snow crab fishery.” Marine Policy 60 (August 4, 2015): 280–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.07.014.
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    • D’Anna, L. M., and G. D. Murray. “Perceptions of shellfish aquaculture in British Columbia and implications for well-being in marine social-ecological systems.” Ecology and Society 20, no. 1 (2015). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07319-200157.
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    • Agyare, A. K., G. Murray, P. Dearden, and R. Rollins. “Understanding inter-community performance assessments in community-based resource management at Avu Lagoon, Ghana.” Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-014-9617-7.
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    • Agyare, A., G. Murray, P. Dearden, and R. Rollins. “Conservation in Context: Variability in Desired and Perceived Outcomes of Community Based Natural Resources Governance in Ghana.” Society and Natural Resources, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2015.1042127.
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    • MacDonald, P. A., G. Murray, and M. Patterson. “Considering social values in the seafood sector using the Q-method.” Marine Policy 52 (2015): 68–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2014.10.029.
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    • Bennett, N. J., P. Dearden, G. Murray, and A. Kadfak. “The capacity to adapt?: Communities in a changing climate, environment, and economy on the northern Andaman coast of Thailand.” Ecology and Society 19, no. 2 (2014). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06315-190205.
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    • Blythe, J. L., G. Murray, and M. Flaherty. “Strengthening threatened communities through adaptation: Insights from coastal Mozambique.” Ecology and Society 19, no. 2 (2014). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06408-190206.
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    • Blythe, J., M. Flaherty, and G. Murray. “Vulnerability of coastal livelihoods to shrimp farming: Insights from Mozambique.” Ambio, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-014-0574-z.
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    • McCay, B. J., F. Micheli, G. Ponce-Díaz, G. Murray, G. Shester, S. Ramirez-Sanchez, and W. Weisman. “Cooperatives, concessions, and co-management on the Pacific coast of Mexico.” Marine Policy 44 (2014): 49–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2013.08.001.
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    • Blythe, J. L., G. Murray, and M. S. Flaherty. “Historical perspectives and recent trends in the coastal Mozambican fishery.” Ecology and Society 18, no. 4 (2013). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-05759-180465.
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    • Hauzer, M., P. Dearden, and G. Murray. “The effectiveness of community-based governance of small-scale fisheries, Ngazidja island, Comoros.” Marine Policy 38 (2013): 346–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2012.06.012.
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    • Hauzer, M., P. Dearden, and G. Murray. “The fisherwomen of Ngazidja island, Comoros: Fisheries livelihoods, impacts, and implications for management.” Fisheries Research 140 (2013): 28–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2012.12.001.
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    • Murray, G., and L. King. “First Nations Values in Protected Area Governance: Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks and Pacific Rim National Park Reserve.” Human Ecology 40, no. 3 (2012): 385–95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-012-9495-2.
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    • Ommer, R. E., R. Ian Perry, G. Murray, and B. Neis. “Social-ecological dynamism, knowledge, and sustainable coastal marine fisheries.” Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 4, no. 3 (2012): 316–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2012.05.010.
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    • Robinson, L. W., N. Bennett, L. A. King, and G. Murray. “"We Want Our Children to Grow Up to See These Animals:" Values and Protected Areas Governance in Canada, Ghana and Tanzania.” Human Ecology 40, no. 4 (2012): 571–81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-012-9502-7.
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    • Murray, G. “Social-Ecological Restructuring and Implications for Social Values.” World Fisheries: A Social Ecological Analysis, 2011, 247–64. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444392241.ch14.
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    • Teck, S. J., B. S. Halpern, C. V. Kappel, F. Micheli, K. A. Selkoe, C. M. Crain, R. Martone, C. Shearer, J. Arvai, and J. et al. “Using expert judgment to estimate marine ecosystem vulnerability in the California Current.” Ecological Applications 20, no. 5 (2010): 1402–16. https://doi.org/10.1890/09-1173.1.
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    • Brechin, S. R., G. Murray, and K. Mogelgaard. “Conceptual and practical issues in defining protected area success: The political, social, and ecological in an organized world.” Journal of Sustainable Forestry 29, no. 2 (2010): 362–89. https://doi.org/10.1080/10549810903550811.
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    • Murray, G., B. Neis, C. T. Palmer, and D. C. Schneider. “Mapping cod: Fisheries science, fish harvesters' ecological knowledge and cod migrations in the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence.” Human Ecology 36, no. 4 (2008): 581–98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-008-9178-1.
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    • Murray, G., B. Neis, D. C. Schneider, D. Ings, K. Gosse, J. Whalen, and C. T. Palmer. “Opening the black box: Methods, procedures, and challenges in the historical reconstruction of marine social-ecological systems.” Making and Moving Knowledge: Interdisciplinary and Community Based Research in a World on the Edge, 2008, 100–120.
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    • Murray, G., B. Neis, and D. C. Schneider. “Lessons from a multi-scale historical reconstruction of newfoundland and labrador fisheries.” Coastal Management 36, no. 1 (2008): 81–108. https://doi.org/10.1080/08920750701682056.
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    • Murray, G. “Constructing paradise: The impacts of big tourism in the Mexican coastal zone.” Coastal Management 35, no. 2–3 (2007): 339–55. https://doi.org/10.1080/08920750601169600.
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    • St. Martin, K., B. J. McCay, G. D. Murray, T. R. Johnson, and B. Oles. “Communities, knowledge and fisheries of the future.” International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 7, no. 2–3 (2007): 221–39. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGENVI.2007.013575.
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    • Murray, G., B. Neis, and J. P. Johnsen. “Lessons learned from reconstructing interactions between local ecological knowledge, fisheries science, and fisheries management in the commercial fisheries of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.” Human Ecology 34, no. 4 (2006): 549–71. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-006-9010-8.
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    • Murray, G. D. “Multifaceted measures of success in two Mexican marine protected areas.” Society and Natural Resources 18, no. 10 (2005): 889–905. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920500248814.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • ENVIRON 305SA: Social Impact Analysis 2022
  • ENVIRON 593: Independent Studies and Projects 2022
  • ENVIRON 705A: Social Impact Analysis 2022
  • ENVIRON 786: Marine Policy 2022
  • ENVIRON 786A: Marine Policy (A) 2022
  • ENVIRON 865SA: College Teaching and Course Design 2022
  • ENVIRON 898: Program Area Seminar 2022
  • ENVIRON 898A: Topic: Program Area Seminar - Duke University Marine Lab 2022
  • ENVIRON 899: Master's Project 2022
  • MARSCI 305SA: Social Impact Analysis 2022
  • MARSCI 393: Research Independent Study 2022
  • POLSCI 707A: Marine Policy (A) 2022
  • PUBPOL 849A: Marine Policy (A) 2022
  • ENVIRON 286A: Marine Policy 2021
  • ENVIRON 305SA: Social Impact Analysis 2021
  • ENVIRON 593: Independent Studies and Projects 2021
  • ENVIRON 705A: Social Impact Analysis 2021
  • ENVIRON 786: Marine Policy 2021
  • ENVIRON 786A: Marine Policy (A) 2021
  • ENVIRON 898: Program Area Seminar 2021
  • ENVIRON 898A: Topic: Program Area Seminar - Duke University Marine Lab 2021
  • ENVIRON 899: Master's Project 2021
  • MARSCI 286A: Marine Policy 2021
  • POLSCI 707A: Marine Policy (A) 2021
  • PUBPOL 281A: Marine Policy 2021
  • PUBPOL 849A: Marine Policy (A) 2021
  • ENVIRON 286A: Marine Policy 2020
  • ENVIRON 305SA: Social Impact Analysis 2020
  • ENVIRON 394A: Research Independent Study 2020
  • ENVIRON 593: Independent Studies and Projects 2020
  • ENVIRON 705A: Social Impact Analysis 2020
  • ENVIRON 786A: Marine Policy (A) 2020
  • ENVIRON 865SA: College Teaching and Course Design 2020
  • ENVIRON 898: Program Area Seminar 2020
  • ENVIRON 898A: Topic: Program Area Seminar - Duke University Marine Lab 2020
  • ENVIRON 899: Master's Project 2020
  • POLSCI 707A: Marine Policy (A) 2020
  • PUBPOL 281A: Marine Policy 2020
  • PUBPOL 849A: Marine Policy (A) 2020

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