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académicas y científicas
Here you will find my academic and scientific publications
Artículos revisados por pares | Peer-reviewed publications
6. Mónica I. Feliú Mójer, et al. (including Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz). (2024) Increasing culturally relevant science media coverage: exploring the outcomes of a collaboration in Puerto Rico. Journal of Science Communication. 23(05), N02. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.23050802.
5. Meredith T. Niles, Courtney Hammond Wagner, Natalia Aristizabal, Carolyn Hricko, Adam Petrucci, and Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz. (2024) Politically engaged and knowledgeable farmers are more likely to support regulatory groundwater policies: Implications from the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act in California. Ecology and Society. 29:1(5). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-14673-290105.
4. Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz, Nora Álvarez-Berríos, and Meredith T. Niles. (2022) Social-ecological interactions in a disaster context: Puerto Rican farmer households’ food security after Hurricane Maria. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac6004. [Español]
3. Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz, Maya Moore, and Meredith T. Niles (2021) Puerto Rican Farmers’ Obstacles Towards Recovery, and Adaptation Strategies after Hurricane Maria: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Understanding Adaptive Capacity. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems.
2. Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz & Meredith T. Niles. (2021) Awareness of climate change’s impacts and motivation to adapt are not enough to drive action: A look at Puerto Rican farmers after Hurricane Maria. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244512. [Español]
1. Robinson Rodríguez-Pérez, PhD, Nancy Correa-Matos, PhD, RDH, LND, Angélica Valdés-Valderrama, MS, Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz, MS, María C. Rodríguez, PhD. (2018) A Qualitative Study of Puerto Rican Parent and Child Perceptions Regarding Eating Patterns. Journal of Nutrition and Education Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2018.10.002
Comentarios y reseñas | Comments and book reviews
5. Luis Alexis Rodríguez Cruz, Emmanuel Maldonado-González, Nathania Martínez, and Nicolás X. Gómez Andújar (2024) Voces culebrenses identifican puerto seguro para acceder pescados y mariscos. Fuete y Verguilla Vol 18 Num 1; Sea Grant Puerto Rico, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. 2024.
4. Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz (2020) Food in Cuba: the pursuit of a decent meal. Journal of Food, Culture & Society. DOI: 10.1080/15528014.2020.1773145.
3. Vanessa García Polanco & Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz (2019) Decolonizing the Caribbean diet: Two perspectives on possibilities and challenges. In a special edition of the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development titled, “Indigenous Food Sovereignty in North America”. 9(B).
2. Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz (2019) Between Two Worlds. Science. 365(6456): 946.
1. Luis Alexis Rodríguez Cruz (2018) From Ocean to Table: Integrating Marine and Coastal Food Systems into Food Studies. Cite This, a special edition of the Graduate Journal of Food Studies. 5(2)
Informes técnicos y de política pública | Reports, research and policy briefs
6. Review of Evidence of Interventions to Improve Nutrition Outcomes During Climate Shocks and Stressors: Evidence Review Report (2023) [Multiple authors, including Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz]. USAID Advancing Nutrition, USAID Advancing Nutrition. Arlington, VA.
5. Steep Risks: Assessing Social Vulnerability to Landslides in Rural Puerto Rico (2023) Jocelyn West, Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz, K. Stephen Hughes. Public Health report #34. Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado, Boulder. (Versión en español en proceso; Aquí un reportaje en El Nuevo Día sobre el estudio y acá una columna mía sobre las implicaciones de los resultados)
4. Puerto Rican farmer households’ food security after Hurricane Maria (2022) [Seguridad alimentaria del sector agrícola tras el huracán María] Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz, Nora Álvarez-Berríos and Meredith T Niles (2022) University of Vermont and International Institute of Tropical Forestry.
3. Obstáculos para la recuperación de fincas tras María (2021) Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz. University of Vermont.
2. Seafood handling and processing in western Puerto Rico: Challenges and opportunities for commercial fishermen (2020) [Retos y oportunidades para el manejo y procesamiento de pescados y mariscos entre pescadores comerciales del oeste de Puerto Rico] Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz. University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.
1. Hurricane Maria’s Impacts on Puerto Rican Farmers: Experience, Challenges, and Perceptions (2018) [El impacto del huracán María en el sector agrícola puertorriqueño: Experiencias, retos y percepciones] Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz & Meredith T. Niles. University of Vermont.
Datos y material educativo | Published datasets and outreach materials
4. Álvarez-Berríos, Nora L.; McGinley, Kathleen A.; Gould, William A.; Rodríguez-Serrano, Paloma S.; Rodríguez-Cruz, Luis Alexis; Ortiz-Colón, Guillermo. 2025. Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico: Survey data on effects, impacts and adaptive responses in agriculture and forestry from 2023 to 2024. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2025-0058.
3. Guzmán-Colón, D., Crespo-Vélez, S., Rodríguez-Cruz, L.A., Álvarez-Berríos, N., Crespo-Acevedo, W.,Gould, W.A. (2024) Guía de adaptación: Cambio climático en fincas y terrenos boscosos del Caribe. Centro Climático del Caribe, Instituto Internacional de Dasonomía Tropical, Servicio Forestal de EE.UU., Departamento de Agricultura de EE.UU.
2. Uso eficiente del agua de riego en fincas de hortalizas y otros cultivos. [Practical guide for producers]. Gustavo A. Rodríguez, Sofía Macchiavelli Girón, Luis G. Sierra Rivera, Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz, Ermita Hernández, and Eric Irizarry. USDA Caribbean Climate Hub, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, UPRM Extension Service. 2023.
1. Datasets and survey instruments. Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz & Meredith T. Niles (2020) Puerto Rican farmers, Hurricane Maria, and adaptive capacity. University of Vermont.Harvard Dataverse.o, de la Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Ciencias Agrícolas y del Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative.
Soy un escritor, comunicador científico e investigador juanadino que se la pasa investigando, creando y comiendo.
I am a writer, science communicator, and researcher based in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico
Luis Alexis 