As Associate Professor in the Department of Human Ecology at the University of California, Davis, I research  social and environmental inequality, with an emphasis on using feminist theories and methods.

My research areas include gender inequality, environmental justice, climate adaptation, risk and disaster, and health disparities. I have three main lines of inquiry in my research program:  (1) studying environmental injustices, risks and hazards, in the context of climate change; (2) assessing resilience, stress, and vulnerability to disasters; and (3) investigating health disparities related to intimate partner violence (IPV).

I received my doctorate from the interdisciplinary City, Culture + Community PhD program at Tulane University. I received a B.A. in American Studies with a minor in Gender and Women’s Studies from Scripps College of the Claremont Colleges Consortium. I received a M.A. in Social Ethics and Depth Psychology and Religion from Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University, in New York City.