Leadership for the
ECOZOIC

Emily joined the Leadership for the Ecozoic (L4E) community in August 2024 as a Sustainable Development, Policy, Economics and Governance doctoral student and Gund Institute for Environment Graduate Fellow at the University of Vermont. As a L4E PhD Fellow, Em hopes to continue (un)learning the field of development. Her research interests include feminist political ecology (FPE), communities and economies of care, and labor as well as tacit and explicit forms of knowing. Working as a Research Assistant for Dr. Joe Ament, she is researching the intersection of FPE and monetary policy with an emphasis on understanding value theory from the perspective of reproductive labor. This endeavor builds upon her independent, collaborative, and academic research on gender and development theories and applications, including an analysis of intimate partner violence with a combined framework of FPE and feminist economics. She brings over a decade of cross-sector experience in strategic communications and operations—including program and project coordination, management, and direction with demonstrated skills in community outreach and engagement, research and analysis, and training and facilitation—and is a community organizer with FreeHer Vermont where she advocates for abolition.