Joana Chan & Bryce DuBois

New York City

Joana Chan is a Doctoral Candidate in Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a Field Researcher with the University of Vermont. As an environmental social scientist, Joana’s research focuses on social-ecological resilience and urban agroecosystems. Currently, she is collaborating with the Cornell Civic Ecology Lab to examine the role of community gardens in post-Sandy New York City. Joana is also working with researchers from the USDA Forest Service and Ursinus College to explore the social-ecological functions of urban foraging by Chinese Americans in New York City. Joana has a background in environmental education and social justice work.

Bryce DuBois is a Doctoral Candidate in Environmental Psychology at the Graduate Center at CUNY. He spent his formative years exploring the hills and rivers of Berkshire County, through which he developed a love for the outdoors. Because of this affection, he has sought to incorporate his interests in the environment with his interest in psychology in his graduate work. Bryce has been involved in several projects relating to the use and meaning of public spaces and seeks to contribute to a critically oriented perspective on human-environment research and scholarship. Bryce is presently Extension Associate for the Civic Ecology Lab researching Post-Sandy greening and environmental education in New York, and research assistant on an ethnographic project critically examining Hurricane Sandy Recovery in the Rockaways. Finally, he is working on dissertation research about coastal restoration in NYC post-Sandy.