Tier, M. O., Oppenheimer, M., Deubelli-Hwang, T., Calliari, E., & Weber, E. U. (under review). Environmental justice preferences in urban climate adaptation flood policy. Journal of Environmental Psychology. Cano Pecharroman, L., Tier, M. O., & Weber, E. U. (under review). Feature importance of climate vulnerability indicators with gradient boosting across five global cities. Frontiers in Climate. Pre-print: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2411.10628 Cook, E. M., Ventrella, J., McPhearson, T., Parris, A., Iwaniec, D. M., Mannetti, L., Muñoz-Erickson, T. A., Tagtachian, D., & Tier, M. O. (under review). Transformative leverage points for future multi-hazard resilience in New York City. Ecology & Society. Caggiano, H., Kocakusak, D., Kumar, P., & Tier, M. O. (2023). U.S. cities’ integration and evaluation of equity considerations into climate action plans. npj Urban Sustainability, 3(50), 1-9. Tier, M. (2021). Overcoming contemporary reform failure of the National Flood Insurance Program to accelerate just climate transitions. Journal of Public & International Affairs, 32, online.

Tier, M. O. (2024). Equity and Environmental Justice in Regional Flood Mobility Programs. Rutgers University, New Jersey State Policy Lab. Bunker, H., Schnarr, E., Tier, M. O., & Ventrella, J. (2022). The State of Climate Knowledge 2022. NYC Mayor's Office of Climate & Environmental Justice, Climate Knowledge Exchange. Cook, E., Ventrella, J., McPhearson, T., Parris, A., Tier, M., …, & Tagtachian, D. (2022). NYC Climate Adapt-ation Scenarios for 2100: Exploring Alternative, Positive Visions for a Resilient Future. The New School, Urban Systems Lab. Tier, M., Oppenheimer, M., & Nordenson, G. (2021). Memorandum on Federal Priorities for Climate Adaptation. Princeton University, Center for Policy Research on Energy & the Environment. Braneon, C., Rosenzweig, C., Crete, E., Fanaeian, L., …, & Tier, M. (2020). Chapter 4.2: States and cities for climate action. In America’s Zero Carbon Action Plan: The Zero Carbon Consortium (Eds. J. Sachs & E. Crete). Sustainable Development Solutions Network USA. Tier, M. (2020). Multi-level and regional governance models for urban climate action: A case study of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Conference paper. International Conference on Sustainable Development. Fox-Glassman, K. & Tier, M. (2015). Risk Perceptions and Wildfire Evacuation: A Case Study of Wildfire Experience in Southern California. Columbia University, Center for Research on Environmental Decisions.

Tier, M. O., Oppenheimer, M., Deubelli-Hwang, T., Calliari, E., & Weber, E. U. (2024). Environmental justice preferences in urban climate adaptation flood policy. American Geophysical Union Conference, D.C. Tier, M. (2024). Multi-level climate policy coherence: Local buyout programs & the federal government. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, WA. Tier, M. (2024). Justice preferences in urban climate adaptation flood policy. National Adaptation Forum, MN. Tier, M. (2024). Urban residents’ justice preferences in the design of climate adaptation flood policy. General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria. Tier, M. (2024). Environmental justice screening tools and U.S. federal disaster resilience grants: A climate vulnerability analysis. Columbia University Interdisciplinary PhD Workshop in Sustainable Development, NY. Cano Pecharroman, L., Lamb, Z., Tier, M., Shi, L., Sarmiento, H., & Dumont Copero, M. (2023). Barriers as high as seawalls: Contextual and regulatory challenges for community flood adaptation. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, IL. Tier, M., Nwagwu, I., Jessee, N., & Milnes, T. (2023). Navigating successful co-production of campus-as-lab initiatives. Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Ed (AASHE) Conference, MA. Tier, M., Siders, A.R., Pricope, N., Cooper-Kolb, T., Loughran, K., & Durgerian, L. (2023). Equity and environmental justice in urban environments. Columbia University Managed Retreat Conference, NY. Tier, M. (2023). Spillover between behaviors and policy support in the climate change and COVID-19 Domains. Society for Personality & Social Psychology Convention, Online. Tier, M. (2022). Variegated risk perceptions & policy preferences among multi-level U.S. climate adaptation governance actors. Behavior, Energy & Climate Change Conference, D.C. Tier, M., Constantino, S., Wang, L., Parris, A., Weber, E., & Siders, A. R. (2022). Behavioral science insights for environmentally just climate adaptation policy. National Adaptation Forum, MD. Tier, M. (2022). Behavioral science insights for environmentally just urban climate adaptation: A case study of managed retreat. Climate Mobility Research Symposium, NY. Tier, M. (2021). Critical perspectives on managed retreat at the intersection of psychology & environmental justice. Columbia University Managed Retreat Conference, Online. Tier, M., Lynch, M., Hiser, K., & Crowley, A. (2020). Climate emotions, environmental justice, & student mentorship. Princeton Short Courses Series, Online. Tier, M. (2020). Graduate student opportunities for innovative pedagogy & institutional leverage: How we can plug in. AASHE Conference, PA. Tier, M. (2019). Linkage of urban climate governance scales: Comparing resilience frameworks within the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area. International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD), NY. Tier, M. & Mayorga, E. (2019). Environmental justice & pedagogy for the public good. Swarthmore Alumni Lecture Series, Online. Tier, M. (2018). Breaking down silos in universities: Imaginative interdisciplinary approaches to sustainable development research, education, and practice. ICSD, NY. Tier, M. (2018). Partnering student Green Advisors with staff Advocates: Swarthmore's innovative eco-reps model. AASHE Conference, PA. Tier, M., Gibbons, J., & Vasishth, A. (2018). From the 3Es to the SDGs: Updating sustainability frameworks used as educational tools. AASHE Conference, PA. Woolston, T., Tier, M., Hiltner, K., Parncutt, R. (2018). The climate-friendly global academic conference with a human touch. AASHE Webinar Series, Online. Tier, M. (2017). Employing engaged campus stakeholders for impactful behavior change research. Smart & Sustainable Campuses Conference, MD. Tier, M. & Winslade, A. (2016). Internal carbon fee discussion. Northeast Campus Sustainability Conference, MA. Tier, M., Winslade, A., Hall, A., & Graf, R. (2016). Decarbonizing the global economy: Higher education's role in carbon pricing. AASHE Conference, MD. Winslade, A., Hall, A., Laemel, R., Tier, M., & Graf, R. (2016). Internal carbon pricing: Designing & implementing campus climate policies with Vassar, Swarthmore, and Yale. AASHE Conference, MD. Many additional workshop presentations, class visits, & community talks on climate change, EJ, zero waste, etc.

Spring 2023 & 2024 Intro to Environmental Justice. Lead Instructor. Princeton Prison Teaching Initiative, East Jersey State Prison. Spring 2023 The Environment: Science and Policy. Assistant Instructor. Princeton University. Fall 2021 UNFCCC COP & the International Climate Regime. Co-Instructor. Swarthmore College. Fall 2019 Compost & Climate Change. Assistant Instructor. Swarthmore College. Fall/Spring 2016-2018 Student Sustainability Research Fellowship. Teaching Assistant. Swarthmore College. August 2015-2020 Intensive Training Week, Green Advisors Internship Program. Director. Swarthmore College.

2024 New Jersey State Policy Lab Research Award, Rutgers Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy 2023-2024 Prize Fellowship in the Social Sciences, Princeton University 2023-2024 Mary and Randall Hack ’69 Graduate Award for Water and the Environment, Princeton High Meadows Environmental Institute 2023 Dissertation Research Grant, Princeton Institute for International & Regional Studies 2020, 2018 Biennial Suzanne P. Welsh Staff Award, Swarthmore College 2018 Lippincott Alumni Fellowship for Graduate Study, Swarthmore College