I am an interdisciplinary marine social scientist interested in knowledge, values, equity, and power in coastal governance and management, especially in fisheries and fishing dependent communities. I primarily approach my work through critical and feminist informed geographies, science & technology studies, political ecology, and sociology. I am currently a postdoctoral scholar at Oregon State University supporting research on human dimensions of offshore wind development, focusing on community benefits and impacts.
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Click here to learn more about my current and past research projects.
Recent Features
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Oregon, California coastal communities weigh offshore wind tradeoffs.
Jefferson Public Radio and Oregon Public Broadcasting, Jan 2026
Community Benefits and Impacts from Offshore Wind Development.
Hatfield Marine Science Center 2025 Research Seminar Series
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Knowledge and Power through Pluralisms and Relationality in the Governance of Salmon on West Coast Vancouver Island.
Doctoral defense seminar at Duke University Marine Lab, Aug 2023
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Duke Graduate School names Julia a winner of the 2023
Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching
Makeup & Muckboots: Navigating Femininity in the Field.
Personal essay featured on She Explores Podcast and Blog
Duke Forum for Scholars and Publics welcomes Julia as the
2021 - 2022 Anne Firor Scott Graduate Fellow in Public Scholarship
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Interview on episode 2 of Seas the Day podcast by Duke Marine Lab
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​​Selected Publications
See a full list of publications and reports here.​
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Bingham, J.A. et al. (2025). Understanding the roles, limits, and best practices for community benefit agreements in U.S. offshore wind development. Ocean and Coastal Management. 268: 107769 doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2025.107769
Choi, J.J., Gaskins, L.C., Morton, J.P., Bingham, J.A., Blawas, A.M., Hayes, C., Hoyt, C., Halpin, P.N., and Silliman, B. (2024). The critical role of low impact factor journals in conservation implementation. Conservation Biology, e14391. doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14392​
Bingham, J.A., Milne, S., Murray, G., and Dorward, T. (2021). Knowledge mobilization and coproduction in First Nations’ Coho salmon fisheries management. Frontiers in Marine Science. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.671112​​
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Fairbanks, L., Campbell, L.M., Murray, G., Stoll, J., D’Anna, L., and Bingham, J. (2021). From Blue Economy to Blue Communities: reorienting aquaculture expansion for community wellbeing. Marine Policy. 124: 104361. doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104361
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