Research Interests
My main research interests are on questions of power, political economy, and cultural politics in the nature-society relationship. Using primarily ethnographic methods, I have conducted research on property rights, natural resource conflicts, environmental history, development and landscape transformation, grassland management and environmental policies, and emerging environmentalisms in Tibetan areas of China. In addition, I have also worked on the politics of identity and race in the Tibetan diaspora, and on several NSF-funded interdisciplinary, collaborative projects on putative causes of rangeland degradation and vulnerability to climate change on the Tibetan Plateau. Broader research and teaching interests include transnational conservation, critical development studies, the relationship between nature, territory, and the nation, and environmental justice. My regional expertise is in China, Tibet, and the Himalayas.
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Despite living in babyÖ±²¥app and doing research in Tibet, I love the ocean and try to scuba dive when I get the chance. Fortunately, I also enjoy cyclingÌıand camping. I am also a "professora" ofÌıcapoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art, and mom of Osel and Seldron.Ìı
Recent Courses Taught
- Spring 2024Ìı GEOG 3022Ìı Climate Politics amd Policy
- Spring 2024Ìı ³Ò·¡°¿³ÒÌı5161Ìı Research Design in Human Geography
- Fall 2023Ìı GEOGÌı5632Ìı Development Geography
- Spring 2023Ìı GEOG 5161Ìı Research Design in Human Geography
- Fall 2022 GEOG 6402Ìı Political Ecology
- Spring 2022Ìı GEOG 5161Ìı Research Design in Human Geography
- Fall 2021Ìı³Ò·¡°¿³ÒÌı5652Ìı Introduction to Social Theory
- Spring 2021Ìı GEOG 5161Ìı Research Design in Human Geography
- Fall 2020ÌıÌı³Ò·¡°¿³ÒÌı5632Ìı Development Geography
- Spring 2020ÌıÌı³Ò·¡°¿³ÒÌı5161Ìı Research Design in Human Geography
- Spring 2019ÌıÌı³Ò·¡°¿³ÒÌı3822Ìı Geography of China
- Fall 2019ÌıÌı³Ò·¡°¿³ÒÌı5632Ìı Development Geography
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