Kenneth Broad
Research Assistant Professor
Division of Marine Affairs & Policy
Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science
University of Miami
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149

Tel: (305) 421-4851
Fax: (305) 421-4862
Email:
Web page: http://www.cesp.miami.edu/broad.htm

Education
Ph.D., Anthropology, Columbia University, 1999
M.A., Marine Affairs, University of Miami, 1992
B.A., Literature, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1989

  Research Interests
Kenneth Broad, an ecological anthropologist, is interested in studying the interaction between humans and the environment. In the Bahamas Biocomplexity Project, he is focusing on identifying the potential consequences of marine protected areas (MPAs) on different groups, and in anticipating the reaction of these groups to restrictions on their traditional activities (including small scale, recreational and commercial fishing). Work includes ethnographic research at the settlement level, where fieldworkers have been living for periods of 1-3 months in order to gain a more detailed understanding of how local people perceive, participate, and respond to marine resource regulations, and how trends in settlement development (e.g., increased tourism, infrastructure changes, etc.) may influence the degree of acceptance of new restrictions. This qualitative fieldwork will complement a wider scale survey, participatory mapping, and focus group work.

Selected Publications
Broad, K. and J. Sanchirico. Demographics, economic and culture: Explaining Perceptions of coral reef management in the Bahamas. Coral Reefs. In review.

Harborne, A.R., P.J. Mumby, C.V. Kappel, C.P. Dahlgren, F. Micheli, K.E. Holmes, J.N. Sanchirico, K. Broad, I.A. Elliott, and D.R. Brumbaugh. 2008. Reserve effects and natural variation in coral reef communities. Journal of Applied Ecology 45: 1010-1018.

Mumby, P.J., C.P. Dahlgren, A.R. Harborne, C.V. Kappel, F. Micheli, D.R. Brumbaugh, K.E. Holmes, J.M. Mendes, K. Broad, J.N. Sanchirico, K. Buch, S. Box, R.W. Stoffle, A.B. Gill. 2006. Fishing, trophic cascades, and the process of grazing on coral reefs. Science 311: 98-101.

Mumby, P.J., F. Micheli, C.P. Dahlgren, S.Y. Litvin, A.B. Gill, D.R. Brumbaugh, K. Broad, J.N. Sanchirico, C.V. Kappel, A.R. Harborne, and K.E. Holmes. 2006. Marine parks need sharks? Response to letter. Science 312: 527-528.

Orlove, B., K. Broad and A. Petty. 2004. Factors that Influence the Use of Climate Forecasts: Evidence from the 1997-98 El Niño Event in Peru. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 85(11): 1735–1743.

Bakun, A. and K. Broad. 2003. Environmental ‘loopholes’ and fish population dynamics: comparative pattern recognition with focus on El Niño effects in the Pacific. Fisheries Oceanography 12(4/5): 458-473.

Sanchirico, J.N., R. Stoffle, K. Broad, and L. Talaue-McManus. 2003. Modeling Marine Protected Areas. Letter. Science 301: 47-48.

Broad, K., A.P. Pfaff, and M.H. Glantz. 2002. Effective & Equitable Dissemination of Seasonal-to Interannual Climate Forecasts: Policy Implications from the Peruvian fishery during El Niño 1997-98. Climatic Change 54(4): 415-438.

Broad, K. 2003. Biological and Societal Impacts of Climate Variability: An example from Peruvian Fisheries. In: T. Potter and B. Coleman (eds.), Handbook of Weather, Climate and Water: Chemistry, Impacts, and Applications. New York: John Wiley & Sons: 817-832.

Lutz, S., K. Broad, L Talaue-Mcmanus, J. Sanchirico, R. Stoffle. 2002. Human Dimensions of Marine Reserve Policy: Applications in Bimini. Bahamas Journal of Science 5(2):50-57.

Agrawala, S., K. Broad, and D.H. Guston. 2001. Integrating Climate Forecasts and Societal Decision Making: Challenges to an Emergent Boundary Organization. Science, Technology, and Human Values 26(4): 454-477.

Broad, K. and S. Agrawala. 2000. The Ethiopia Food Crisis: Uses and Limits of Climate Forecasts. Science 289: 1693-1694.

Pfaff, A., K. Broad, and M.G. Glantz. 1999. Who benefits from Climate Forecasts? Nature 397: 645-646.

Broad, K., and B. Feinberg. 1995. Perceptions of Ganja and Cocaine in Urban Jamaica. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 27: 261-277.