In this interview, Dr. Karen Bailey discusses the field of environmental studies, including institutional biases when it comes to funding, research gaps, and interaction between climate scientists and activists. She also shares some of her research on adaptive human responses to climate change and how its relationship to debates regarding climate justice. Lastly, Dr. Bailey describes her working methods and provides insight on the role of art in addressing climate change.
Dr. Karen Bailey
Dr. Karen Bailey is an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Studies Program at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ. She is a systems researcher interested in understanding how human-environment interactions impact human health and well-being and natural resources. Her work is focused in conservation landscapes and climate-vulnerable communities in Southern and East Africa and she is interested in sustainable livelihoods, wildlife conservation, global change, and coupled human natural systems. She also has a strong commitment to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) in environmental work and STEM more broadly.Â
Avery Glassman
Avery Glassman is the first student to matriculate in the University of Colorado’s dual-degree program in Art History and Business (MA/MBA). Her research focuses on the role of place-making in contemporary art, using spatial theory to understand site-specific and participatory art practices. Avery became interested in art's ability to revive sedimented histories and reveal the ways in which people and places mutually shape each other while working as the Programs and Exhibitions Curator at the Western Colorado Center for the Arts (Grand Junction, CO). In combination with her studies at CU's Leeds School of Business, Avery also investigates the political systems that often relegate those working in the arts to the economic margins. She holds a BA in Art History from Macalester College and studied abroad in France at Paris IV-Sorbonne and Spéos Photographic Institute.Â