Kelsey Emard

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Kelsey Emard

Assistant Professor

Wilkinson Hall 140
2601 SW Orchard Avenue
Corvallis, OR 97331
United States

Website

Kelsey Emard

Lab Website

Political Ecology Lab

Research Interests

I am a human-environment geographer studying changes in rural land uses and livelihoods and how rural communities adapt to environmental change in the U.S. and Central America. I collaborate with farmers, fishers, community businesses, agronomists, and environmental scientists to support rural communities in navigating environmental change and the political economic factors that shape both adaptation possibilities and outcomes.

Courses

  • GEOG 514 Political Ecology
  • GEOG 511 History and Philosophy of Geography
  • GEOG 333 Environmental Justice
  • GEOG 214 Cultural Landscapes of Latin America

Brief Research Interests

Land use change, sustainable rural livelihoods (especially in agriculture and fisheries), environmental risk and justice, climate resilience