Michelle Hale

Available Publications

“Finding Connections between the Diné Philosophy of Life and a Project Definition Rating Index to Develop a Planning Tool for Construction on Tribal Lands,” Brianne Arviso, G. Edward “Edd” Gibson, Jr., Michelle Hale and Kristen Parrish. Journal of Architectural Engineering 30, no. 4 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1061/JAEIED.AEENG-1685 

“Resilience-Based Adaptation in Data-Scarce Areas: Flood Risk Assessment Using Geodesign in the Tohono O’odham Nation,” Jonathan Davis, Joshua Albert, Alex Vavages, David Pijawka, Elizabeth Wentz and Michelle Hale.  Journal of Planning Education and Research (2023): 1-22.  https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X231191543 

“Keep Pluggin’”: New Generations Need Strong Shoulders to Stand On.” In American Indian Studies: Native PhD Graduates Gift Their Stories, ed. Mark L.M. Blair, Mary Jo Tippeconnic Fox, and Kestrel A. Smith. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2022.

“After the Bennett Freeze: Planning Within the Navajo Nation,” Jonathan Davis, Michelle Hale and David Pijawka, American Planning Association (APA) Planning Magazine, November 19, 2021. https://www.planning.org/planning/2021/fall/after-the-freeze-planning-within-the-navajo-nation/

“Evaluating Geodesign for Community-Based Tribal Planning: The Role of Planners in Marginalized Communities,” Jonathan Davis, K. David Pijawka, Elizabeth Wentz, Michelle Hale and David A. King. Journal of the American Planning Association 87, no. 4 (2021): 527-541. 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01944363.2021.1873168

“Evaluation of community-based land use planning through Geodesign: Application to American Indian communities,” Jonathan Davis, David Pijawka, Elizabeth A. Wentz and Michelle Hale. Landscape and Urban Planning 203 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103880

“Diné Women Building Community from the Ground Up: Profiles in Leadership,” Wicazo Sa Review 33, no. 2 (Fall 2018): 29-48.  https://doi.org/10.5749/wicazosareview.33.2.0029

"The Navajo Local Governance Act (LGA): A Help or Hindrance to Grassroots Self-Government?" American Indian Culture and Research Journal 42, no. 1 (2018): 91-114. https://doi.org/10.17953/aicrj.42.1.hale