Graduate Student Affiliates
Lisa Caruana
Lisa Caruana is a Master's student in the Environmental Studies program at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is focusing her studies on food and food systems, the environmental impacts of agricultural production, and issues of food justice. Her interests include alternative sustainable forms of agricultural production, the link between food and culture, and promoting local food systems through experiential environmental education and community education. She holds a B.A. in English and Political Science from the State University of New York at Geneseo and a certificate in Permaculture Design from CU Boulder.
Kelsey Cody
After completing his B.S. in Biological Sciences with an emphasis in Evolution and Ecology at UC Davis in 2009, Kelsey became interested in environmental policy and water due to the importance of water in ecology and society. He completed his M.S. in Environmental Studies under Doug Kenney in 2011 on the water and society track at the University of Colorado Boulder and has moved on to the PhD program under Krister Andersson. His interests include nested institutions, the evolution of cooperation, natural resource management, environmental law and policy, climate change adaptation, collective action, social justice, and energy and food systems.
Joel Correia
Joel Correia is a doctoral student in the Geography Department at the University of Colorado Boulder. His current research focuses on how agrofuel production in Latin America affects social and environmental justice, territory, and access to resources and land for indigenous peoples and campesinos. Questions about power, discourse, agrarian change, and the neo-liberalization of nature with regards to climate change mitigation schemes drive his research. Joel received his M.A. thesis in Latin American Studies from the University of Arizona and a B.A. in Geography from his hometown university, Humboldt State. He has conducted research and worked professionally in the Southern Cone, Kenya, and Tibet.
Meaghan Daly
Meaghan Daly is a Ph.D. student in the Environmental Studies program. Her research examines the production and use of knowledge for climate adaptation decision-making in East Africa. Prior to attending the University of Colorado Boulder, Meaghan was a consultant for the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society, working in Senegal, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, and Malaysia, to identify and support strategies to enhance climate risk management in the humanitarian sector. Meaghan holds a B.A. in Environmental Science from Colorado College and an M.A. in Climate and Society from Columbia University.
Lauren Gifford
Lauren Gifford is a Ph.D. student in Geography at University of Colorado Boulder. Her work looks at international climate policy and forest conservation (REDD) in the Peruvian Amazon. Previously she managed the Climate Justice Research Project at Dartmouth College and has consulted on climate and environmental justice for foundations, governments and NGOs. Since 2008 she has participated in the United Nations climate negotiation process and was an invited member of the 2010 White House Forum on Environmental Justice. Lauren is a graduate of American University and Dartmouth College, and is a senior fellow with the Environmental Leadership Program.
Eric Lovell
Eric Lovell is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Geography at the University of Colorado Boulder. His research stems from nature-society relations, science and technology studies (STS), and critical cartography/GIS. Eric is primarily interested in changing rangeland management strategies and pastoral mobility patterns in regards to livestock disease and drought in East Africa. If Eric isn’t diligently working away in the attic of Guggenheim (or skiing), he enjoys testing out DIY participatory mapping techniques. Eric holds a B.A. in Geography from West Virginia University and an M.A. in Geography from Ohio University.
Jessie Luna
Jessie Luna is a Ph.D. student in the Sociology program at University of Colorado Boulder. She is interested in debates surrounding sustainable development, food systems, and the global political-economic world-system. Her Master's research examined the paradigmatic underpinnings of discourses promoting the ‘African gene revolution,’ exploring the themes of colonialism, capitalist expansion, neoliberalism, and ecological modernization. Jessica's research is built on her experience as an agricultural Peace Corps volunteer in Mali, West Africa. She holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in International Relations and Documentary Film Production from the University of Southern California, and an M.A. in Sustainable Development from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.