About

I bring the insights of feminist political ecology and the sensibilities of an ethnographer to bear on the politics of nature. My work seeks to foster conversations between more-than-human geographies, critical Indigenous studies, and critical theories of race and ableism in relation to climate change and extinction in settler colonial societies in the Americas.

My interest in political ecology is rooted in personal experience. The daughter of missionaries, I spent ten years in tropical forests, rural villages, and cities in Panama and Guatemala. Following women and men through these areas enriched and enlarged my understanding of human-land relations.

affiliation

Associate Professor, Department of Geography
Faculty Associate, The Social Justice Institute
Faculty Associate, Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability

education

BA 1988: Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
MA 1994: Anthropology, New School for Social Research, NY
MA 1994: Geography Major, Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas, Austin
Ph.D. 1999: Department of Geography, University of Texas, Austin

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