Margaret Hinrichs
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Mail code: 5603Campus: Tempe
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Dr. Margaret Hinrichs is an Assistant Research Professor in the School of Complex Adaptive Systems. She is also the Convergence and Facilitation Lead at ASU's Decision Theater. She studies the inclusion of diverse communities and stakeholder organizations in decision making processes, particularly through the use of data informatics and models as boundary objects. Her research leads to recommendations for harnessing the natural complexity of diverse groups and interests for inclusive, community-centered convergence research.
Dr. Hinrichs is a co-editor of the Knowledge Exchange Playbook to Build Resilience.
2016 PhD, Organizational Communication, Arizona State University
2012 MA, Communication, Saint Louis University
2010 BJ, Journalism, University of Missouri
Knowledge Exchange for Resilience (KER)
The Knowledge Convergence Lab @ DT
The Decision Theater Network
Hinrichs, M., & Solis, P. (Eds). (2025). A Knowledge Exchange Playbook to Build Resilience (2nd Ed.). Tempe: Knowledge Exchange for Resilience, Arizona State University. Washington, D.C.: Global Council for Science and the Environment
Hinrichs, M., Wang, J., Roe, C., & Johnston, E. W. (2025). AI Integration in Mental Health Services: Examining Trends in the USA and Peoria, Illinois. In Participatory Artificial Intelligence in Public Social Services: From Bias to Fairness in Assessing Beneficiaries (pp. 255-275). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
Pine, K. H., Hinrichs, M., Love, K., Shafer, M., Runger, G., & Riley, W. (2022). Addressing Fragmentation of Health Services through Data-Driven Knowledge Co-Production within a Boundary Organization. Journal of Community Informatics, 18(2).
Hinrichs, M. M., & Solís, P. (2021). Defining and transgressing boundaries in development and environment contexts. In The Routledge Handbook of Development and Environment (pp. 19-29). Routledge.
Hinrichs, Margaret M. and Patricia Solís (Editors). (2021). A Knowledge Exchange Playbook to Build Resilience. Tempe: Knowledge Exchange for Resilience, Arizona State University. Washington, D.C.: Global Council for Science and the Environment. https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.160839
Hinrichs, M. M. & Johnston, E. W. (2020). The creation of inclusive governance infrastructures through participatory agenda setting. European Journal of Futures Research, 8(1), 1-15.
Pine, K. H., Hinrichs, M. M., Wang, J., Lewis, D., & Johnston, E. W. (2020). For impactful community engagement: Check your role. Communications of the ACM, 63(7), 26-28.
Hinrichs, M. M., Seager, T. P., Tracy, S. J., & Hannah, M.A. (2017). Innovation in the knowledge age: Implications for collaborative science. Environment, Systems and Decisions, 37, 144-155.
Tracy, S.J., & Hinrichs, M.M. (2018). Phronetic iterative data analysis. The International Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods. ICA/Wiley-Blackwell: West Sussex, UK.
Tracy, S.J., & Hinrichs, M.M. (2018). Big tent criteria for qualitative quality. The International Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods. ICA/Wiley-Blackwell: West Sussex, UK.
Complexity and Decision Making in the Wild: Stories and Lessons Learned from the Field
Decision support systems are essential to supporting transitions to just, equitable, sustainable futures. Despite calls for the inclusion of diverse communities and stakeholder organizations in decision-making processes, collaborators often struggle to communicate and share knowledge across methodological, political and interpersonal boundaries. This talk highlights stories and lessons learned over the course of several community-centered projects based out of ASU's Decision Theater. Recommendations for harnessing the natural complexity of diverse groups and interests for inclusive, community-centered convergence research are included in the Playbook to Build Resilience recently published by the Knowledge Exchange for Resilience at ASU.
Courses
2026 Spring
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| CAS 593 | Applied Project |
2025 Fall
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| CAS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| CAS 593 | Applied Project |
| CAS 593 | Applied Project |
| CAS 590 | Reading and Conference |
2025 Spring
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| CAS 593 | Applied Project |
| CAS 593 | Applied Project |
2024 Fall
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| CAS 593 | Applied Project |
2024 Spring
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| CAS 593 | Applied Project |
2023 Community Engagement Award; Knowledge Enterprise Employee Awards, ASU
2015 Jeanne Lind Herberger Fellowship in Communication
2013 Doctoral Student Service Award