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Jennifer Brousseau, Ph.D.

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Assistant Professor, Environmental Social Sciences (Climate Change)

Location

Decary 215
Biddeford Campus
Eligible for Student Opportunities

Dr. Jenn Brousseau is an interdisciplinary social scientist interested in understanding what elements influence environmental planning (e.g., collaboration, trust, social justice) and how these processes influence outcomes, with a broad focus on the human dimensions of climate change. Drawing from her experiences as a conservation practitioner, she aims to work together with practitioners and community partners to better understand the contexts that they are working in and consider research questions that will address their needs. Past research has included 1. identifying consensus-based effective practices for conducting adaptation workshops, 2. documenting recent trends in how climate plans address social justice, and 3. identifying factors that have influenced the adoption of climate adaptation and wildfire mitigation projects. At the ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ, Dr. Brousseau is starting to connect with municipalities and organizations working on local climate action plans to understand how these plans are being implemented and what factors might be influencing decision-making around climate adaptation projects. 

Dr. Brousseau received her Ph.D. in Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation from Virginia Tech and completed a postdoc at Colorado State University studying wildfire governance. She enjoys working with students, and if you are undergraduate or graduate student interested in climate adaptation, climate justice, environmental planning, environmental policy, and/or social networks, please get in touch with her!

Credentials

Education

B.A. Behavioral Biology
Boston University
2012
M.Sc. Conservation Biology
University of Kent
2014
Ph.D. Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation
Virginia Tech
2023

Expertise

  • Climate change adaptation
  • Collaborative research
  • Environmental justice

Research

Selected publications

For an updated list of my publications, please see . 

Research interests

Climate change adaptation, environmental planning, environmental policy, collaborative governance, social justice, social networks, human dimensions of natural resources