Bio

Sibyl Diver is a research scientist at Stanford University in the Department of Earth System Science. She does community-engaged research on Indigenous water governance focusing on Pacific Northwest salmon watersheds. This includes research on co-management (or collaborative management) arrangements between Indigenous communities and state agencies. She received her PhD from Berkeley's Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at the College of Natural Resources. Sibyl completed her undergraduate work at Stanford, earning a dual degree in Human Biology and Russian. Prior to graduate school, Sibyl spent eight years with the non-profit Pacific Environment, supporting Russian grassroots environmental and indigenous leaders to have a voice in natural resource management decisions. Sibyl is a member of the Karuk-UC Berkeley Collaborative, a group supporting the Karuk Tribe's eco-cultural revitalization strategy in Northern California.

For publications and full CV, please see www.sibyldiver.com.

Academic Appointments

Contact

  • University - Academic staff Department: Department of Earth System Science Position: Social Science Research Scholar

Additional Info

  • Mail Code: 4216

2018-19 Courses

All Publications

  • Native Water Protection Flows Through Self-Determination: Understanding Tribal Water Quality Standards and "Treatment as a State" JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY WATER RESEARCH & EDUCATION Diver, S. 2018; 163 (1): 6–30

    View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1936-704X.2018.03267.x

    View details for Web of Science ID 000433580700002

  • Shifting the Framework of Canadian Water Governance through Indigenous Research Methods: Acknowledging the Past with an Eye on the Future WATER Arsenault, R., Diver, S., McGregor, D., Witham, A., Bourassa, C. 2018; 10 (1)

    View details for DOI 10.3390/w10010049

    View details for Web of Science ID 000424397400047

  • Negotiating Indigenous knowledge at the science-policy interface: Insights from the Xaxli'p Community Forest ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY Diver, S. 2017; 73: 1–11

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.03.001

    View details for Web of Science ID 000401880600001

  • Co-management as a Catalyst: Pathways to Post-colonial Forestry in the Klamath Basin, California HUMAN ECOLOGY Diver, S. 2016; 44 (5): 533-546

    Abstract

    Co-management frameworks are intended to facilitate sustainable resource management and more equitable power sharing between state agencies and Indigenous communities. However, there is significant debate about who benefits from co-management in practice. This article addresses two competing perspectives in the literature, which alternately portrays co-management as an instrument for co-optation or for transformation. Through a case study of co-management negotiations involving the Karuk Tribe and the U.S. Forest Service in the Klamath Basin of Northern California, this study examines how Indigenous communities use co-management to build greater equity in environmental decision-making, despite its limitations. The concept of pivot points is developed to describe how Indigenous communities like the Karuk Tribe are simultaneously following existing state policies and subverting them to shift federal forest management. The pivot point analytic demonstrates one mechanism by which communities are addressing Indigenous self-determination goals and colonial legacies through environmental policy and management.

    View details for DOI 10.1007/s10745-016-9851-8

    View details for Web of Science ID 000387583500002

    View details for PubMedID 27881890

    View details for PubMedCentralID PMC5099361

  • Finding your way in the interdisciplinary forest: notes on educating future conservation practitioners BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION Andrade, K., Corbin, C., Diver, S., Eitzel, M. V., Williamson, J., Brashares, J., Fortmann, L. 2014; 23 (14): 3405–23

    View details for DOI 10.1007/s10531-014-0818-z

    View details for Web of Science ID 000345701400004

  • Giving Back Through Collaborative Research: Towards a Practice of Dynamic Reciprocity JOURNAL OF RESEARCH PRACTICE Wentz Diver, S. 2014; 10 (2)

    View details for Web of Science ID 000210426000022