Research Expertise and Interest

food sovereignty, heirloom seeds, prescribed fire, community based participatory research, environmental justice, food justice, environmental health, wild land firefighters, international fire training

Research Description

Elizabeth Hoover is an associate professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management.  Her research interests and learning activities center around food and seed sovereignty, environmental health, prescribed fire, wildland firefighters, and the growing movement for international fire training. She has published articles about food sovereignty, environmental reproductive justice, the cultural impact of fish advisories, tribal citizen science, health social movements, and cultural and social associations with fire.