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I am an interdisciplinary marine social scientist. I partner with fishers and their families to advance food sovereignty, support equitable fisheries management, address environmental degradation, and resist colonization. Since completing my PhD in the Stanford Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER) in 2021, I have worked closely with young people in Belau (Palau) through a course I co-teach with Ann Singeo, "Decolonizing Environmental Social Science Research." Our students have produced two (soon to be three!) illustrated books on their research, have filed a UN human rights complaint against the U.S. military, have presented at conferences across the globe, and are working with me currently to author their first peer-reviewed manuscript.
I am a Social Science Research Associate in Nicole Ardoin's Social Ecology Lab in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, where I have secured funding to develop new and existing research partnerships in the artisanal fishing sector in Belau and the Galápagos. Earlier this year, I hosted an international conference on the topic of equitable community research partnerships. I am continually developing a network of community-based researchers to scale our deeply engaged work for greater impact and understanding. I am also a Science Communications Fellow in Shannon Guillot-Wright's People Centered Lab at UTHealth, and in this capacity I produce and host Surf & Turf: a seafood justice podcast, which features interviews with U.S. harvesters, workers, and their advocates. I created this podcast under the guidance of Prof. Joshua Stoll at the University of Maine, with whom I still collaborate on U.S. seafood issues. Most importantly, I am a mother. I approach all my work through the lens of mothering. |