Dr. Dawn Biehler
Associate Professor · Tenured
Department of Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies Department of Geography & Environmental Systems
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
She/Her/Hers/Herself
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
Performances and Exhibits
- Watershed Moments 2015