Education

PhD, Geography, San Diego State University, University of California, Santa Barbara

M.A., Anthropology, San Diego State University

A.B. Anthropology, Occidental College

Professional/Academic Experience

Assistant Professor, Marine Science & Policy, Hawai’i Pacific University 2022- present

Postdoctoral Research Scholar, USDA-AFRI Water for Agriculture, Kyl Center for Water Policy and the School for Human Evolution & Social Change, Arizona State University 2020-2022

Research Areas of Interest/Experience

The human geography and political ecology of oceans—social, political, and spatial dimensions of marine and freshwater places/spaces. Topics include: community-based and Indigenous-led environmental management; aquatic placemaking and fluid spaces; fisheries & blue food systems, food security and sovereignty; situated and Indigenous environmental knowledge; adaptive marine governance; qualitative and mixed-methods research. Oceania (Hawai‘i and Samoa) and Western North America (California, Arizona).

Select publications

2023  Quimby, B., Roque, A., Nébié, E.K.I., Levine, A., Akeli Amaama, S., Wutich, A., Brewis, A., Sameulu, L.E. Blue food sovereignty benefits social-ecological resilience: a case study of small-scale fisheries comanagement and mariculture in Sāmoa. Human Ecology, 52:1. 10.1007/s10745-023-00401-4

2023  Quimby, B. and Beresford, M. “Participatory Modeling: A methodology for engaging stakeholder knowledge and participation in social science research.” Field Methods, 35:1. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1525822X221076986.

2023  Quimby, B. Nichol, C.*, du Bray, M.V., Cantor, A., Bausch, J.C., Wutich, A., Williams, C., Porter, S., Eaton, W., Brasier, K. Changing Flows: Sociotechnical Tinkering for Adaptive Water Management. Environmental Management.71, 421-431. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-022-01744-2

2021 Quimby, B. and Levine, A. “Adaptive capacity of marine comanagement: a comparative analysis of the influence of colonial legacies and integrated traditional governance on outcomes in the Pacific”. Regional Environmental Change, 21:1, pg. 10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-020-01730-6

2018  Quimby, B. and Levine, A. “Participation, Power, and Equity: examining three key social dimensions of fisheries comanagement” Sustainability 10:9, 3324 http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/9/3324/htm           

2015  Quimby, B. “Emerging Customs: artisanal fishing practices in Aceh, Indonesia” Applied Geography, volume 59, pp. 125-130. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.11.026       

Mentorship and Outreach

2025               Instructor, ASU-HPU MarineTech Camp for high school students in STEM

2022-2025     HPU Campus Coordinator, Islands of Opportunity Alliance-LSAMP (NSF award terminated 2025)

2023 & 2024  Organizer and Faculty Sponsor, Black and Indigenous in Marine Science @HPU

2014-2022     Mentor, College Bound Program, Just-in-Time for Foster Youth

2015-2016     UCSB Women in Geographical Sciences (WIGS), Committee Member

2015               UCSB Geography Outreach Committee

Community Service

Alternate, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Advisory Council

Kalou Fish Pond, North Shore Community Land Trust – workday volunteer

Waimānalo Limu Hui- workday volunteer

Paepae o He’eia Fish Pond- workday volunteer

808 Cleanups- workday volunteer

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Fisheries Society

Association of American Geographers

Specialty Groups: Cultural & Political Ecology, Human Dimensions of Global Change, Food & Agriculture

Association of Pacific Coast Geographers

Society for Applied Anthropology