I am a doctoral student at the University of Maine in the Anthropology and Environmental Policy program, a Canadian-American Center Fellow a member of the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions Material Management research team and a student affiliate of the Climate Change Institute.

 

I am broadly interested in how governance decisions shape human-material relations, especially when and how materials are discarded as waste or become environmental pollutants.

 

My dissertation research explores policy solutions to the “plastic crisis” where I specifically focus on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programs for packaging in Canada and the United States. 

 

I have a M.S. in Conservation Biology from the University of Michigan and a B.A. in Health Sciences with a concentration in Environmental Sciences from Kalamazoo College. Prior to starting my doctoral studies, I  worked in local and state government on sustainability and waste management initiatives. I am committed to participatory and inclusive transdisciplinary research that can inform more just and effective environmental policy solutions.