About

Dawn Biehler researches the historical geography and political ecology of public health, green space, housing, human-animal relationships, and food in the urban environment.

Research interests

Historical geography/environmental history of public health in US cities, environmental justice, urban and feminist political ecology, housing, more-than-human communities, urban green space, food systems

Teaching interests

Geographies of health and disease, environmental justice, feminist and urban political ecology, human geography, climate change, and human-animal relationships

Education

  • Ph D, Geography — University of Wisconsin (2007)
  • MS, Geography — University of Wisconsin (2003)
  • BA, Biology — Williams College (1997)

Publications

Presentations

  • Knowing community and environmental change through pests: Perceptions of mosquitoes and implications for management 2013 Entomological Society of America · USDA · Paper Dawn Biehler (Author & Presenter), Paul Leisnham (Author), Zara Dowling (Author), Shannon LaDeau (Author)

Performances and Exhibits

  • Watershed Moments 2015 West/Southwest Baltimore PhotoVoice Group · Baltimore Ecosystem Study Dawn Biehler, Bertina Johnson, Barbara Janis Jones, Pauline Linthicum, Suzanne Kashnow, Rose Brown, Vicki Brown, Cassandra Kapsos, Daniel Rodenberg, Leonard Spain, Olivia Zuckerman