Expertise

Specialties: Urban political ecology, Science and technology studies, Critical infrastructure studies, Water policy, planning, and governance, Energy, Urban sustainability, Political-industrial ecology, Climate change adaptation planning

My research and teaching addresses global challenges of how to develop just and equitable patterns of infrastructural form and natural resource development in the face of a changing climate. I am interested in urban environmental governance, the politics of climate change adaptation, and how to plan for environmental sustainability and climate justice.

Research Interests: Political ecology; Urban sustainability; Infrastructure; Resource policy and governance; Climate change adaptation planning; Water; Energy; Environmental justice

Research Interests:

  • Urban political ecology
  • Science and technology studies
  • Critical infrastructure studies
  • Water policy, planning, and governance
  • Energy, climate change, and environmental politics
  • Urban sustainability
  • Political-industrial ecology
  • Climate change adaptation planning

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Organizational Affiliations

Department of Environmental Studies, Academic Departments and Divisions, College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Education

Resource Policy, Behavior
2016, PhD, University of Michigan
Geography
2010, MS, Portland State University
Geography
2007, BA, University of Colorado at Boulder