Bio

Dana completed her PhD and postdocs at IRES, where she conducted community-engaged work on research projects related to scaling agroecological transitions in Brazil and Latin America; assessing how Indigenous-led conservation initiatives (such as IPCAs) can enhance Indigenous food sovereignty; and decolonizing approaches to contaminants policy and governance. She also brings practitioner experience from the NGO sector, where she has worked to support young peoples’ environmental rights and climate justice advocacy. She is currently an Assistant Research Professor at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment.