PROFILE

Jennifer Sowerwine
Researcher
Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management / UC Agriculture & Natural Resources
My work engages diverse stakeholders across the spectrum of the food system to build equitable, economically viable and culturally relevant food systems that promote healthy communities, ecological resilience, social justice and sustainable livelihoods.
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Publications

Unchecking the box: Overcoming barriers to meaningful consultation

2025

Sorgen, J., Nelson, P., Butsic, V., LaRosa, S., Gaughen, S., Crosby, E., Geary, R., Sowerwine, J.

Environmental Science & Policy

This study analyzes key barriers to meaningful Tribal consultation through analysis of intergovernmental consultation policy and practice in California. We argue that these barriers trace back to asymmetrical power relations and legacies of colonial governance and exclusion, and we offer recommendations to strengthen Tribal-agency relations in cultural resource protection.

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