Jessica Rudnick, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Jessica Rudnick, Tanya Heikkila, Elizabeth Koebele, Tiffany Morrison, Chelsea Batavia. 2025. Assessing the State and Efficacy of Climate Governance Research and Practice in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications

• Rudnick, J., Lubell, M.N., Khalsa, S.D.S., Leinfelder-Miles, M., Gould, K. and P.H. Brown. (2023) Understanding barriers to adoption of sustainable nitrogen management practices in California. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2023.00109Johnson, D., Almaraz, M., Rudnick, J., Parker, L.E., Ostoja, S.M. and S.D.S. Khalsa. (2023). Farmer Adoption of Climate-Smart Practices Is Driven by Farm Characteristics, Information Sources, and Practice Benefits and Challenges. Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.3390/su15108083Khalsa, S.D.S., Rudnick, J., Lubell, M.N., Sears, M. and P.H. Brown. (2022). Linking Agronomic and Knowledge Barriers to Adoption of Conservation Practices for Nitrogen Management. Frontiers in Agronomy, https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2022.915378
• Jäger, F., Rudnick, J., Lubell, M., Kraus, M., and B. Müller. (2022) Using Bayesian belief networks to investigate farmer behavior and policy interventions for improved nitrogen management. Environmental Management, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-022-01635-6 Wood, L., Lubell, M., Rudnick, J., Khalsa, S.D.S., Sears, M. and P.H. Brown (2022) Mandatory information-based policy tools facilitate California farmers’ learning about nitrogen management. Land Use Policy, 114, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105923 Rudnick J., Lubell, M., Khalsa, S.D.S., Tatge, S., Wood, B.L., Sears, M., and P.H. Brown (2021) A farms systems approach to the adoption of sustainable nitrogen management practices in California. Agriculture and Human Values, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-021-10190-5
• Niles, M. T., Rudnick, J., Lubell, M., & Cramer, L. (2021). Household and Community Social Capital Links to Smallholder Food Security. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5, pp. 44. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.583353Méndez-Barrientos, L.E., DeVincentis, A., Rudnick, J. et al. 2020. Farmer Participation and Institutional Capture in Common-Pool Resource Governance Reforms. The Case of Groundwater   Management in California. Society & Natural Resources. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2020.1756548Rudnick, J., Niles, M.T., Lubell, M., Cramer, L. (2019). A Comparative Analysis of Governance and Leadership in Agricultural Development Policy Networks. World Development, 117. pp. 112-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.12.015
• Lewis, J., and Rudnick, J. (2019). The Policy Enabling Environment for Climate Smart Agriculture: A Case Study of California. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 3: 31. pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2019.00031 Rudnick, J., DeVincentis, A., Méndez-Barrientos, L.E. 2016. The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Challenges Diversity of California’s Farms. California Agriculture, 70, 4. https://doi.org/10.3733/ca.2016a0015
• Rudnick, J., Méndez Barrientos, L. E., Payne, H., DePuy, J., Chhor, J., Cisneros, M., ... & Ye, A. (2024). Comparative Assessment of Environmental Justice Conflicts across Coastal California: An Open-Access, Interactive Database Exploring Conflict Distribution, Community Mobilization, and Actor Networks. Environmental Justice. https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2023.0029 Satterthwaite, Erin V., Liz McQuain, Amalia A. Almada, Jessica M. Rudnick, Alyson L. Eberhardt, Angee N. Doerr, Ryan J. O’Connor et al. "CENTERING KNOWLEDGE CO-PRODUCTION IN SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE." Oceanography 37, no. 1 (2024): 26-37. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27301078

• University of California Davis, PhD Ecology, Human Ecology & Environmental Policy, 2020
• University of California Davis, MS Ecology, Human Ecology & Environmental Policy, 2018
• Washington University in St. Louis, BA Environmental Science, Environmental Earth Science; French, 2015