Erin Upton, Ph.D.

About Me

I love to dig deep in the exploration of relationships between people and place. 

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I have a PhD from Portland State University's School of the Environment and Department of Environmental Science & Management in Portland, Oregon. My research examines climate change resilience, and water and land management in agricultural wine regions. I have conducted environmental and social science research in North America, South Africa, and Australia; and presented my research in Australia, the US, Canada, and Brazil. My current research examines the social and ecological outcomes of regenerative farming practices in viticulture regions. My PhD work is a comparison of water governance and climate change in the wine regions of Tasmania, Australia and the Willamette Valley in Oregon. I have a Master’s degree in landscape architecture from the University of British Columbia. Previously, I worked as a landscape architect in New York City and in the wine industry in Oregon. I am a Fellow of the National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education and Research Trainee (IGERT) program, and a Fellow of the Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLFF) for International Research. 

Fellowships

National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrated Graduate Education Research Trainee (IGERT) Fellow

Portland State University

Ecosystem Services for Urbanizing Regions

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Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLFF) Fellow & Sylff Research Abroad Grant Recipient

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