Her research interests are environmental sociology, sustainability, environmental justice, social movements, gender and environmental health. Her current projects include critical analyses of urban sustainability, particularly as they relate to bicycle infrastructure; an examination of the transit-dependent population in Portland, including the gendered implications of transit dependency; a study of the influence of scientist-activist collaboration in environmental policy realms and the social movement effort to regulate the chemical BPA; and a study of the influence of "pinkwashing" on the American breast cancer experience. She received her Ph.D. in sociology from Northeastern University. Tags