Introduction

I am in the Environment and Society department at Utah State University, working toward a PhD in Human Dimensions of Ecosystem Science and Management.  As of now, my (still-being-developed) dissertation plan involves analyzing the embodied and gendered experiences of women in the ongoing armed crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

I have been heavily influenced by ecofeminism and post-colonial feminism, and by the concept of intersectionality of oppressions (including as it pertains to the connections between feminism and animal rights advocacy).  I believe that feminist theory can provide an extremely effective lens for interpreting complex relationships and helping illuminate both subtle and overt modes of oppression that prop up power structures.