Affiliated Faculty
Sustainability Studies Program
University of New Mexico

Education:

PhD, University of Washington
MA, University of New Mexico
BA with Distinction, University of New Mexico


Academic Profile:

I have two streams in my research that often flow together: Nature and Culture.  In my environmental research, I explore how communication as a cultural force closes and opens doors to the re-examination of the human relationship with the environment.  In my research on culture, I explore ways culture and communication intersect to generate and transform perceptions and practices. Questions I am concerned with include:

•  How is environmental knowledge both constructed and transgressed?

•  How are cultural and ecological perceptions and actions reproduced and resisted through communication?

•  How does nature mediate communication and culture? 
•  How is the self altered through culture, environment, and communication?