Daniel Murphy

Daniel Murphy is an Associate Professor of Anthropology whose research explores human-environment relationships, focusing on cultural and political dimensions of environmental change. He examines disaster response among Mongolian pastoralists and climate change adaptation in rural America.

His work investigates how rural communities navigate environmental uncertainty through projects supported by NSF, USDA Forest Service, and other agencies. Research integrates ethnographic methods with scenario-building to understand community decision-making.

Publications analyze pastoral risk management, climate adaptation governance, and the political ecology of resource use. Recent fieldwork documents how changing environmental conditions transform livestock-keeping systems and authority structures.