Emily Baker
Postdoctoral Associate
PRONOUNS she/her
- PhD, Cornell University Development Sociology, Concentrations in Rural and Environmental Sociology and Applied Ecology
- Dual M.S., University of California, Davis International Agricultural Development Community Development
- B.A., The University of Montana Literature and Creative Writing, Philosophy
BIO
Emily is a Postdoctoral Associate with the Institute for Agroecology. She coordinates participatory action research (PAR) focusing on how the co-creation of agroecological knowledge has manifested in farmer research networks (FRN) of South America and Africa.
Emily A. Baker is a rural and environmental sociologist and applied ecologist whose research focuses on agricultural ecology, environmental conservation, agrobiodiversity, knowledge co-creation and meaning-making, and complex socio-environmental crises. Emily completed her PhD from Cornell, where she studied how and why people maintain perennial crops amidst protracted rural violence, increasingly variable weather patterns, and the complex histories underpinning people鈥檚 experiences and responses in eastern DR Congo and western Uganda. She completed her dual master鈥檚 degrees from the University of California, Davis, where she coordinated participatory action research on agroecology and climate change adaptation in Northern Tanzania.
Area(s) of expertise
Agroecology, participatory action research, rural and environmental sociology, political ecology, socioenvironmental change
Bio
Emily is a Postdoctoral Associate with the Institute for Agroecology. She coordinates participatory action research (PAR) focusing on how the co-creation of agroecological knowledge has manifested in farmer research networks (FRN) of South America and Africa.
Emily A. Baker is a rural and environmental sociologist and applied ecologist whose research focuses on agricultural ecology, environmental conservation, agrobiodiversity, knowledge co-creation and meaning-making, and complex socio-environmental crises. Emily completed her PhD from Cornell, where she studied how and why people maintain perennial crops amidst protracted rural violence, increasingly variable weather patterns, and the complex histories underpinning people鈥檚 experiences and responses in eastern DR Congo and western Uganda. She completed her dual master鈥檚 degrees from the University of California, Davis, where she coordinated participatory action research on agroecology and climate change adaptation in Northern Tanzania.
Areas of Expertise
Agroecology, participatory action research, rural and environmental sociology, political ecology, socioenvironmental change