Kaitlin Fischer

EDUCATION

• PhD, Rural Sociology and International Agriculture & Development, The Pennsylvania State University

• MS, Food Systems and Society, Marylhurst University

• BA, Environmental Policy, Institutions, & Behavior and Political Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• From 2017-2019, Kaitlin was a visiting instructor of environmental studies at Fort Lewis College, an Indigenous-serving public college in Durango, Colorado. She also has experience working for nonprofit organizations, including a living wage coalition and the Denver Botanic Gardens; a conservation district; and organic farms in the western U.S.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society

Kaitlin’s postdoctoral research is focused on studying the growth of convergence among a National Science Foundation-funded Socio-Agroclimatology team comprised of Alabama researchers, community partners, and farmers. In this capacity, she also aims to understand and support historically underserved farmers’ decision-making around the adoption of climate-resilient practices. Kaitlin’s research interests include food system inequities and food justice, especially as they pertain to agricultural labor; agrarian change; and gender and inclusive development. Her international research in northern Ghana sits at the intersection of gender, marriage, and labor in agrarian communities and the role of development interventions in altering household and community dynamics.