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I am currently a postdoctoral researcher in Purdue's Department of Forestry and Natural Resources in Dr. Zhao Ma's Human Dimensions lab. In my research and teaching, I apply an environmental justice lens to investigate participation of stakeholder groups in NGO and community governance, and I participate in interdisciplinary collaborations with institutions to study how people from multiple backgrounds adapt to change and address social-ecological problems. I use mixed methods to study environmental justice topics both in the U.S. and Latin America, particularly in the context of food systems, climate change adaptation, as well as energy efficiency and recycling.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Qualitative methods, survey design, mixed-methods, environmental justice, feminist and critical theory, migration, governance, agriculture, nonprofit/NGOs, adaptation to social-ecological change
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Planning, Governance, and Globalization, Virginia Tech
Dissertation Committee: Chair - Max Stephenson (Public Administration/Planning), Kim Niewolny (Sociology/Community Development), Andy Scerri (Political Science), and Barbara Ellen Smith (Sociology)
M.A. Appropriate Technology, Appalachian State University
Contact:
Anna Erwin, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
Purdue University
195 Marsteller Street
West Lafayette, IN 47909-2033
(she/her/hers)
erwin9@purdue.edu
I am currently a postdoctoral researcher in Purdue's Department of Forestry and Natural Resources in Dr. Zhao Ma's Human Dimensions lab. In my research and teaching, I apply an environmental justice lens to investigate participation of stakeholder groups in NGO and community governance, and I participate in interdisciplinary collaborations with institutions to study how people from multiple backgrounds adapt to change and address social-ecological problems. I use mixed methods to study environmental justice topics both in the U.S. and Latin America, particularly in the context of food systems, climate change adaptation, as well as energy efficiency and recycling.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Qualitative methods, survey design, mixed-methods, environmental justice, feminist and critical theory, migration, governance, agriculture, nonprofit/NGOs, adaptation to social-ecological change
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Planning, Governance, and Globalization, Virginia Tech
Dissertation Committee: Chair - Max Stephenson (Public Administration/Planning), Kim Niewolny (Sociology/Community Development), Andy Scerri (Political Science), and Barbara Ellen Smith (Sociology)
M.A. Appropriate Technology, Appalachian State University
Contact:
Anna Erwin, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
Purdue University
195 Marsteller Street
West Lafayette, IN 47909-2033
(she/her/hers)
erwin9@purdue.edu