Research

My research examines how subsistence communities worldwide depend on biodiversity to support well-being during social and ecological stress. Anthropogenic climate change is already impacting the distribution, availability, and timing of ecosystem services across the Afrotropics. This affects both human and ecosystem health. My work guides community-based action by elucidating the societal conditions and climatic factors that drive natural resource use, shaping outcomes for both human and environmental health. I focus on wildlife utilization as a coping strategy for Indigenous populations, and how people weight the complex risks and benefits that wildlife harvests entail.

I also study the scientists who study these remote communities (and conduct all types of cool science around the world) to identify ways to make academia safer, more equitable, and inclusive for everyone.