Jennifer Badger
Biography
I utilize geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, archival analysis and interviews to explore the questions of agricultural policy and practice in Mediterranean climate regions.
Education
2010 B.S. Conservation Resource Studies, highest honors, University of California, Berkeley
2022 M.A. Geography: The Geography of Long Term Exposure to Particulate Matter 2.5 and COVID-19 Mortality; An Assessment of the Fragility and Spatial Sensitivity of a Significant Finding
Research
My research interests include the intersection of agricultural practices and climate change and their cumulative effects on agrobiodiversity and land concentration. My dissertation research is centered on the history and modern extent of California's agroindustrial monocultures as well as learning from modern small producers implementing sustainable practices in California's San Joaquin Valley and the application of agroecological practices and policy in France's Mediterranean climate regions.
Advisors
Susanna Hecht, Professor of Geography and Urban Planning (Committee Chair)
Park Williams, Professor of Geography
Thomas Gillespie, Professor of Geography
Stephen R. Gliessman, Professor of Agroecology, UC Santa Cruz
Michael Shin, Professor of Geography (Committee Chair)
Susanna Hecht, Professor of Geography and Urban Planning
Kathleen Bawn, Professor of Political Science
