College of Arts and Sciences

Education:

• PhD, Political Science, University of Pittsburgh 1998
• MA, Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, 1993
• Political Science, University of Bonn, 1987-1990

Curriculum Vitae:

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Research Interests:

• Environmental Political Theory
• Deliberative Democracy
• Human-Animal Studies
• Multispecies Ethnography
• Multispecies Urbanism
• Wild horses and Burros

Bio:

I teach environmental political theory and human-animal studies. My favorite courses are Environmental Politics and Animal Politics. I am passionate about contributing to these two areas of research. I enjoy mentoring students and have published peer-reviewed articles co-authored with both Drexel graduate and undergraduate students. My work in environmental politics has shaped how political scientists conceptualize environmental movements’ engagement with state institutions and civil society organizations. In the 20 years since its publication, Green States and Social Movements has become a classic of the field. I am a member of the editorial advisory board of Environmental Politics , the field’s flagship journal. My contributions to human-animal studies explore the spatial dimensions of multispecies politics in the United States, with a focus on urban settings . For example, I investigate what constitutes the “good city” in more-than-human terms and ask how conceptions of multispecies justice and democracy can better include nonhuman animals in political decision-making. This work has appeared in  Environmental Values ,  Humanimalia ,  Journal of Urban Affairs , and  Nature and Culture . A conference paper version of the Environmental Values article was awarded “Best Paper in Environmental Political Theory” by the Western Political Science Association in 2018. In addition to writing about urban multispecies politics, I maintain an ongoing  collaboration with Jennifer Britton that examines the contentious politics concerning the future of wild horses and burros in the American West. In February 2022, I was appointed Associate Dean for Faculty Advancement in the College of Arts and Sciences, a role in which I strive to support the work of my colleagues while improving our quality of life at this institution. Outside of teaching, research, and administration I am a passionate  wildlife photographer  and an avid  cyclist .

Selected Publications:

• Britton, J., Del Grosso, A., Ellis, C., & Hunold, C. (2023). Wild Horse Roundups and Removals: Affect, Gender, Interspecies Politics. Humanimalia, 14(1), 207-248.
• Hunold, C. & Britton, J. (2023). “Pooped in My Yard and Ate my Grass Last Night:” Wild Burros and Tales of Belonging in Riverside County, California. Animal Studies Journal, 12(1), 1-32.
• Hunold, C. & Britton, J. (2022). “Wild and Free” in Climate-challenged Landscapes: Negotiating the Mobilities of Free-roaming Horses in the American West . Borderlands Journal, 21(1), 67-89.
• Hunold, C. & Lloro, T. (2022). There Goes the Neighborhood: Urban Coyotes and the Politics of Wildlife . Journal of Urban Affairs, 44(2), 156-173.
• Hunold, C. (2022). Social Media Images of Urban Coyotes and the Constitution of More-than-human Cities. In L. Hamilton & L. Tallberg (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Animal Organization Studies : A Critical Reader in Ethics, Business and Society , Oxford University Press.
• Britton, J. & Hunold, C. (2021). Bordering Processes and Pony Wildness on Assateague Island . Society & Animals, published online March 30.
• Hunold, C. & Mazuchowski, M. (2020). Human-Wildlife Coexistence in Urban Wildlife Management: Insights from Nonlethal Predator Management and Rodenticide Bans . Animals, 10(11), 1983.
• Hunold, C. (2020). Urban Greening and Human-Wildlife Relations in Philadelphia: From Animal Control to Multispecies Coexistence? Environmental Values, 29(1), 67-87.
• Hunold, C. (2019). Green Infrastructure and Urban Wildlife: Toward a Politics of Sight . Humanimalia, 11(1), 89-108.
• Hunold, C. (2017). Why Not the City?: Urban Hawk Watching and the End of Nature . Nature and Culture, 12 (2), 115-136.
• Travaline, K., Montalto, F., & Hunold, C. (2015). Deliberative Policy Analysis and Policy-Making in Urban Stormwater Management . Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. (Published online March 26, 2015.)
• Hunold, C., & Leitner, S. (2011). ‘Hasta la vista, baby!’ The Solar Grand Plan, environmentalism, and social constructions of the Mojave Desert . Environmental Politics, 20(5), 688–705.
• Travaline, K., & Hunold, C. (2010). Urban Agriculture and Ecological Citizenship in Philadelphia . Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, 15(6): 581-590.