Elizabeth Hoover

CSTMS Faculty Affiliate

Associate Professor, Environmental Science Policy and Management
University of California, Berkeley
CSTMS Research Unit: Berkeley Program in Science and Technology Studies, CSTMS
Affiliation period: November 2020 -
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Degrees Ph.D Anthropology :: Brown University (2010)
M.A. Museum Studies :: Brown University (2003)
B.A. Anthropology and Psychology :: Williams College (2001)

Research Areas

Native American food systems, food sovereignty, Native American environmental health movements, heirloom seeds, Indigenous uses of fire, environmental justice, food justice, Native American museum curation

My research focuses on Native American environmental health and food sovereignty movements. My first book The River is In Us; Fighting Toxins in a Mohawk Community, (University of Minnesota Press, 2017) is an ethnographic exploration of Akwesasne Mohawks’ response to Superfund contamination and environmental health research. My second book project From ‘Garden Warriors’ to ‘Good Seeds;’ Indigenizing the Local Food Movement (University of Minnesota Press, forthcoming) explores Native American farming and gardening projects around the country: the successes and challenges faced by these organizations, the ways in which participants define and envision concepts like food sovereignty, the  importance of heritage seeds, the role of Native chefs in the food sovereignty movement, and convergences between the food sovereignty and anti-pipeline and anti-mining movements. I also co-edited, with Devon Mihesuah, Indigenous Food Sovereignty in the United States: Restoring Cultural Knowledge, Protecting Environments, and Regaining Health (University of Oklahoma Press, 2019). I have published articles about food sovereignty, environmental reproductive justice in Native American communities, the cultural impact of fish advisories on Native communities, tribal citizen science, and health social movements.

last updated: November 23rd, 2020