Greenland Hazards Project

The Greenland Hazards Project (GHP) is funded by a five-year grant through the National Science Foundation’s Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) initiative. GHP Earth scientists from Virginia Tech and the University of Colorado Boulder join science and government collaborators in Greenland to address needs for information about natural hazards using radar and optical remote sensing, geodetic field studies and community-based photogrammetry projects.

As lead qualitative researcher with the Greenland Hazards Project, I examine:

1) how GHP scientists make sense of and communicate understanding about environmental risks and hazards impacting communities in Greenland,

2) how GHP scientists give meaning to their role(s), values, and activities in decision-making processes, and

3) emergent barriers to collaboration between scientists and members of Greenland communities.

NASA UNBOUND-CI

NASA UNBOUND for Coastal Issues was a multi-session workshop organized to identify strategies to make NASA data products more discoverable and suitable for analyses to address issues in coastal zones. I led the qualitative data collection and analysis for the resulting report, which you can read here.

Pipeline Pedagogy

The proliferation of pipelines to transport oil and natural gas continues to represent a major area of contestation in the landscape of energy development. Battles over energy pipelines pit private landowners, local community representatives, and environmentalists against energy corporations and industry supporters. Pipeline Pedagogy: Teaching About Energy and Environmental Justice Contestations is a volume co-edited with Dr. Valerie Banschbach that explores how educators, scientists, and grassroots organizers teach about pipeline projects and engage students and community members in learning about methods for mobilization.