The University of Arizona Press

Nicole D. Peterson is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and an applied, environmental, and economic anthropologist. Peterson engages with communities dealing with changes and inequities around food, health, and the environment, with a focus on decision-making. Peterson has studied national resource management and economic development in Mexico, decision-making under uncertainty and climate change adaptation in Ethiopia, and Charlotte-area food security, including the State of the Plate food system assessment effort.