Angela G. Mertig
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Middle Tennessee State University
MTSU Box 10 Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37312
Phone: 615-904-8349
Email: amertig@mtsu.edu
Website: www.fw.msu.edu/people/mertig/
Biographical Statement:
Angela Mertig is currently an Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN. She specializes in sociological research methodology and statistics, environmental sociology, social movements, especially the environmental movement, and in the study of public opinion and attitudes regarding the natural environment. Dr. Mertig has conducted numerous surveys of public opinion regarding wildlife, land use and natural resource management.
Dr. Mertig received her Ph.D. in sociology from Washington State University (WSU) in 1995; her M.A. in sociology from WSU in 1990; and her B.A. in sociology/anthropology and history from Ripon College (Ripon, WI) in 1987.
Publications related to Conservation Psychology:
Dunlap, R.E., & Mertig, A.G. (1996). Worldwide concern for the environment: A challenge to social science theory. KƒÐlner zeitschrift for soziologie und sozialpsychologie, 36, 193-218.
Dunlap, R. E., & Mertig, A.G. (1997). Global environmental concern: An anomaly for postmaterialism. Social Science Quarterly, 78(1), 24-29.
Dunlap, Ri. E., Van Liere, K.D., Mertig, A.G., & Jones, R.E. (2000). Measuring endorsement of the new ecological paradigm: A revised NEP scale. Journal of Social Issues, 56(3), 425-442.
Mertig, A. G., & Dunlap, R. E. (2001). Environmentalism, new social movements, and the new class: A cross-national investigation. Rural Sociology, 66(1), 113-136.
Mertig, A. G., & Dunlap, R.E. (2001). Environmentalism: Preservation and conservation. In International encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences (Vol. 7, pp. 687-93). New York: Elsevier.
Koval, M. H., & Mertig, A.G. (2002). Endangered species important. The spotting scope: A quarterly newsletter of the natural heritage program, 8(2), 1-2. Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Mertig, A. G., & Dunlap, R.E. , & Morrison, D. E. (2002). The environmental movement in the United States. In R. E. Dunlap & W. Michelson (Eds.), Handbook of environmental sociology (pp. 448-481). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Liu, J., An, L., Batie, S.S., Groop, R.E., Liang, Z., Linderman, M.A., et al. (2003). Human impacts on land cover and panda habitat in Wolong nature reserve: Linking ecological, socio-economical, demographic, and behavioral data. In J. Fox, R. Rindfuss, S. Walsh, & V. Mishra, (Eds.), People and the environment: Approaches for linking household and community surveys to remote sensing and GIS (pp. 241-263). Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic.
An, L., Mertig, A.G., & Liu, J. (2003). Adolescents leaving parental home: Psychosocial correlates and implications for conservation. Population and Environment, 24(5), 415-444.
Carleton-Hug, A., Dobson, T. & Mertig, A.G. (2003). It is not just about litter: A new index measures Polish youth participation and leadership involvement in environmental and social actions. Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2(2), 81-90.
Koval, M. H., & Mertig, A.G. (2004). Attitudes of the Michigan public and wildlife agency personnel toward lethal wildlife management. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 32(1), 232-243.
Heleski, C. R., Mertig, A.G., & Zanella, A.J. (2004). Assessing attitudes toward farm animal welfare: A national survey of animal science faculty. Journal of Animal Science, 82(9), 2806-2814.
Ivanov, I., Mertig, A. G., & Bertollini, R. (2004). Environment and health in post-communist societies: Public concerns, attitudes and behavior. In Haugstad, A.K., & Wulfhorst, J.D. (Eds.), Future as fairness: Ecological justice and global citizenship (pp. 17-45). New York: Rodopi.
Heleski, C. R., Mertig, A.G., & Zanella, A.J. (In press). Attitudes toward farm animal welfare: Results of a national survey of US veterinary college faculty. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association.
Research Interests:
Societal interaction with the natural environment
The study of interaction between the natural environment and society
How the natural world sustains society and influences its development
Environmental attitudes
Environmental behavior
