Professional Summary
Charles H. Turner Post-Doctoral Fellow
School of Environment and Sustainability
College of Arts & Sciences | University of Cincinnati
I am currently a Post-Doc at the University of Cincinnati, organizer and facilitator of the Place Based Justice (PB&J) Lab in the School of Environment and Sustainability, and affiliate faculty in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department. My research and teaching uses mixed methods and creative-based approaches to investigate geographic questions around environmental and social justice, abolition, tree ring sciences, anti-colonial sciences, prison pedagogies, Indigenous sovereignity, and the climate crisis.
The values that drive my work stem from a deep committment to place, communities, and Land infused with arts-based approaches that are guided by reciprocity and joy. I am consistently interested in collaborating with community groups and partners, so please do not hesitate to reach out in ways I can support community work and worldbuilding!
Google Scholar Profile
Education
PhD: University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho, 2025 (Geography)
MA: University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho, 2025 (English)
MPhil: University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK, 2022 (Anthropocene Studies)
BS: Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, Kentucky, 2021 (Botany)
Keywords
Climate Justice, Environmental Science, Critical Physical Geography, Tree Ring Science, Narratology, Creative Pedagogies, Anti-Colonial Studies, Abolition Geographies, Narratology, Community Methods
Courses Taught
GEOG 101L: Introduction to Planet Earth Lab
GEOG 220: Geography of Middle Earth
GEOG 313: Global Climate Change
SOC 201: Introduction to Inequity & Inclusion
CORS 246: Climate Futures Catalyzing Change
ED 592: Decolonizing, Indigenous, & Action-Based Research Methods
ENGL 322: Climate Change Fiction
ENGL/GEOG 400: Mapping a Sense of Place
NR 4210: Advanced Field Ecology
-EVST-1012 ENVIR STUDIES II