Specific Research Endeavors

I am an assistant professor in the Department of Geography and the Women’s Studies program.  I have broad research interests that integrate aspects of both physical and human-environment geography.

My most recent research has focused on urban agriculture in the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya, looking at the impacts of a specific type of urban agriculture on household food security and people’s exposure to environmental contaminants.  In other research, I have looked at community-based forest management in Kenya, soil phosphorous availability in conventional and organic cropping systems in Michigan, and farmer adoption of new irrigation technologies in southern Malawi.