Environment & Community

I manage the department’s finances, am faculty member support, and schedule courses and programs. We are home to a MA in Gender, Race, and Identity; a BA in Gender, Race, and Identity; and multiple minors including Ethnic Studies; Religious Studies; Women’s Studies; Holocaust, Genocide, Peace Studies; Indigenous Studies; and Social Justice Studies.

I bring knowledge and experiences I gained in the Environment and Community Program to teaching, managing life within the academic industrial complex, and applied research methodologies. I am continuously referring back to strategies I learned for critical analysis of mainstream narratives around natural resources extraction, Indigenous history, intersectional work, and community-based wellbeing.

Environment and Community also helped me connect with like-minded people in my cohort and other cohorts from around the nation who I remain close with. We continue to support each other in our careers, families, and overall emotional/spiritual/physical wellness.