Angela Mertig is currently a 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 and animals. Dr. Mertig has conducted numerous surveys of public opinion regarding animals, particularly 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.
Angela G. Mertig Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Middle Tennessee State University
Areas of Expertise
Publications
Mertig, Angela G. 2021. “Environmental Justice.” Forthcoming in Inequality in America: Causes and Consequences of the Rich-Poor Divide, eds. Robert Rycroft and Kimberley Kinsley. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood.
Mertig, Angela G. 2021. “Environmental Conservation.” Forthcoming in The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Movements, eds. Marco Giugni and Maria Grasso. New York: Routledge.
Hossain, Md Belal and Angela G. Mertig. 2020. “Socio-structural Forces Predicting Global Water Footprint: Socio-Hydrology and Ecologically Unequal Exchange.” Hydrological Sciences Journal 65 (4): 495-506. doi: 10.1080/02626667.2020.1714052
Lax, Jacob B. and Angela G. Mertig. 2020. “The Perceived Masculinity of Meat: Development and Testing of a Measure across Social Class and Gender.” Food, Culture & Society 23 (3): 416-426. doi: 10.1080/15528014.2020.1741068
Bernd Sommer. Leiden: Brill. Mertig, Angela G. 2017. “Environmentalism.” Pp. 866-869 in The American Middle Class: An Economic Encyclopedia of Progress and Poverty, ed. Robert Rycroft. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood.
Mertig, Angela G. 2015. “From Conservationists to Environmentalists: The American Environmental Movement.” Pp. 55-76 in Cultural Dynamics of Climate Change and the Environment in Northern America, ed.
Stevenson, Kathryn, M. Nils Peterson, Howard D. Bondell, Angela G. Mertig, and Susan E. Moore. 2013. “Environmental, Institutional, and Demographic Predictors of Environmental Literacy among Middle School Children.” PLoS ONE 8(3): e59519. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059519
Lepczyk, Christopher A., Paige S. Warren, Louis Machabee, Ann P. Kinzig and Angela G. Mertig. 2012. “Who Feeds the Birds? A Comparison across Regions.” Pp. 267-284 In Urban Bird Ecology and Conservation (Studies in Avian Biology, no. 45), eds. C. A. Lepczyk and P. S. Warren. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Morzillo, Anita T. and Angela G. Mertig. 2011. “Urban Resident Attitudes toward Rodents, Rodent Control Products and Environmental Effects.” Urban Ecosystems 14: 243-260. (Published electronically in 2010 via OnlineFirstTM.)
Morzillo, Anita T. and Angela G. Mertig. 2011. “Linking Human Behavior to Environmental Effects using a Case Study of Urban Rodent Control.” International Journal of Environmental Studies 68 (1): 107-123.
Peterson, M. Nils, Angelica Lopez, Angela G. Mertig and Jianguo Liu. 2011. “Assessing Attitudes Toward Wildlife Ownership in United States—Mexico Borderlands.” Society and Natural Resources 24 (9): 962-971.
Morzillo, Anita T., Angela G. Mertig, Jeffrey W. Hollister, Nathan Garner and Jianguo Liu. 2010. “Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Local Support for Black Bear Recovery Strategies.” Environmental Management 45: 1299-1311.
Gifford, Robert, Leila Scannell, Christine Kormos, Lidia Smolova, Anders Biel, Stefan Boncu, Victor Corral, Kazunori Hanyu, Donald Hine, Florian G. Kaiser, Kalevi Korpela, Angela G. Mertig, Ricardo Garcia Mira, Gabriel Moser, Paola Passafaro, Luisa Pedroso, José Q. Pinheiro, Sunil Saini, Toshihiko Sako, Elena Sautkina, Yannick Savina, Peter Schmuck, Wesley Schultz, Karin Sobeck, Eva-Lotta Sundblad, and David Uzzell. 2009. “Temporal Pessimism and Spatial Optimism in Environmental Assessments: An 18-Nation Study.” Journal of Environmental Psychology 29 (1): 1-12.
Morzillo, Anita T., Angela G. Mertig, Nathan Garner and Jianguo Liu. 2009. “Evaluating Hunter Support for Black Bear Restoration in East Texas.” Human Dimensions of Wildlife 14 (6): 1-12.
He, Guangming, Xiaodong Chen, Scott Beaer, Manuel Colunga, Angela Mertig, Li An, Shiqiang Zhou, Marc Linderman, Zhiyun Ouyang, Stuart Gage, ShuXin Li and Jianguo Liu. 2009. “Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Fuelwood Collection in Wolong Nature Reserve: Implications for Panda Conservation.” Landscape and Urban Planning 92: 1-9.
Mertig, Angela G. 2009. “Environmental Activism.” Pp. 125-136 in Speaking Out: Activism and Protest in the 1960s and 1970s, ed. H.A. Thompson. Boston: Prentice Hall.
Peterson, M. Nils, Vanessa Hull, Angela G. Mertig, and Jianguo Liu. 2008. “Evaluating Household Level Relationships between Environmental Views and Outdoor Recreation: the Teton Valley Case.” Leisure Sciences 30 (4): 293-305.
Morzillo, Anita T., Angela G. Mertig, Nathan Garner and Jianguo Liu. 2007. “Spatial Distribution of Attitudes Toward Proposed Management Strategies for a Wildlife Recovery.” Human Dimensions of Wildlife 12 (1): 15-29.
Morzillo, Anita T., Angela G. Mertig, Nathan Garner and Jianguo Liu. 2007. “Resident Attitudes toward Black Bears and Population Recovery in East Texas.” Human Dimensions of Wildlife 12 (6): 417-428.
Peterson, M. Nils, Angela G. Mertig and Jianguo Liu. 2007. “Influence of Urban Immigrants on Outdoor Recreation and Land Use in Teton Valley.” Journal of Park and Recreation Administration 25 (4): 25-38.
Mertig, Angela G. 2007. “The ‘Nature’ of Environmentalism: Nature Protection in the USA.” Pp. 239-262 in Protecting Nature: Organizations and Networks in Europe and the USA, eds. C.S.A. Van Koppen and W.T. Markham. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.
Peterson, M. Nils, Angela G. Mertig, and Jianguo Liu. 2006. “Effects of Zoonotic Disease Attributes on Public Attitudes toward Wildlife Management.” Journal of Wildlife Management 70 (6): 1746-1753.
Heleski, Camie R., Angela G. Mertig and Adroaldo J. Zanella. 2006. “Stakeholder Attitudes Toward Farm Animal Welfare.” Anthrozoos 19 (4): 290-307.
Heleski, Camie R., Angela G. Mertig and Adroaldo J. Zanella. 2005. “Results of a National Survey of US Veterinary College Faculty Regarding Attitudes Toward Farm Animal Welfare.” Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 226 (9): 1538-1546.
Dorn, Meegan L. and Angela G. Mertig. 2005. “Bovine tuberculosis in Michigan: Stakeholder Attitudes and Implications for Eradication Efforts.” Wildlife Society Bulletin 33 (2): 539-552.
Liu, Jianguo, Li An, Sandra S. Batie, Scott Bearer, Xiaodong Chen, Richard E. Groop, Guangming He, Zai Liang, Marc A Linderman, Angela G. Mertig. Zhiyun Ouyang, Jiaguo Qi, Hemin Zhang and Shiqiang Zhou. 2005. “Beyond Population Size: Examining Intricate Interactions among Population, Structure, Land Use, and Environment in Wolong Nature Reserve (China).” Pp. 217-237 in Population, Land Use and Environment: Research Directions, eds. B. Entwisle and P. Stern. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press.
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.
Lepczyk, Christopher A., Angela G. Mertig, and Jianguo Liu. 2004. “Landowners and Cat Predation Across Rural-to-Urban Landscapes.” Biological Conservation 115 (4): 191-201.
Lepczyk, Christopher A., Angela G. Mertig, and Jianguo Liu. 2004. “Assessing Landowner Activities Related to Birds Across Rural-to-Urban Landscapes.” Environmental Management 33 (1): 110-125.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. (2001). Environmentalism: Preservation and conservation. In International encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences (Vol. 7, pp. 687-93). New York: Elsevier.
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.
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.
Dunlap, R. E., & Mertig, A.G. (1997). Global environmental concern: An anomaly for postmaterialism. Social Science Quarterly, 78(1), 24-29.
Dunlap, R.E., & Mertig, A.G. (1996). Worldwide concern for the environment: A challenge to social science theory. Kolner zeitschrift for soziologie und sozialpsychologie, 36, 193-218.
Mertig, Angela G. and Riley E. Dunlap. 1995. “Public Approval of Environmental Protection and Other New Social Movement Goals in Western Europe and the United States.” International Journal of Public Opinion Research 7 (2): 145-156.
Dunlap, Riley E. and Angela G. Mertig. 1995. “Global Concern for the Environment: Is Affluence a Prerequisite?” Journal of Social Issues 51 (4): 121-137.
Dunlap, Riley E. and Angela G. Mertig (eds.). 1992. American Environmentalism: The U.S. Environmental Movement, 1970-1990. Washington, DC: Taylor and Francis.