Emily grew up in what she recently learned is called the Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Network. Em knew her home by its so-called settler names—Upstate New York and “the North Country”—and has since begun to unlearn those names in recognition of the unceded Indigenous territories upon which her roots were built, including land belonging to the Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee) and Kanienʼkehá꞉ka (Mohawk) people. She hopes to continue (un)learning the field of sustainable development as a Leadership for the Ecozoic Fellow, joining the Gund Institute for Environment in the fall of 2024.
Emily’s interests include feminist political ecology (FPE), planetary health and care economies, and both tacit and explicit forms of knowing. Em’s goals for the degree are to work as a Research Assistant, researching the intersection of FPE and monetary policy with an emphasis on understanding value theory from the perspective of reproductive labor. This endeavor builds upon her independent, collaborative and academic research on gender and development theories and applications including an analysis of intimate partner violence with a combined framework of FPE and feminist economics. She brings over a decade of experience across the public, private, and third sectors with a focus on sustainable innovation.
Advisors: Joe Ament
