ABOUT

I earned my PhD from Indiana University - Bloomington’s Geography Department, focusing in political ecology. My goal is to find new means of analysis for community-based agriculture projects and to explore the solidarities built in such spaces. I have experience teaching core geography classes, including leading the lab sections of Physical Systems of the Environment and being the lead instructor on three different courses: Human Geography, Geography of Food, and Community Orchards & Community Gardens (a class of my own creation). During course work, I worked as a fundraising assistant for Community Kitchen of Monroe County, where I wrote grant proposals and additional copy to support programming.

In Dec. 2016, I took a full-time position with the Service-Learning Program in IUB’s Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning. As the community engagement coordinator, I ensure community voice is taken seriously in our partnerships and monitor community need. I also serve as an instructional consultant, helping faculty create a learning environment that includes developmentally appropriate, contextualized and critical, transformational service-learning and improve diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in their classroom.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

local food systems; community-based agriculture ; interspecies relationships; food, race, and solidarity