Caitlin Joseph

I am in the process of completing a PhD in Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University, where I also received my MA in 2021. Prior to Temple, I earned a BA in Environmental Studies from Hiram College. 

My previous academic and professional work dealt broadly with the environmental justice implications of municipal sustainability projects in the post-industrial Great Lakes Basin. I served as an AmeriCorps VISTA member in Akron Ohio between 2016-2019 during the community consensus process of a proposed green stormwater infrastructure plan. Since then, I have deepened my thinking of socio-environmental themes through writing on topics such as the political ecology of water, radical placemaking, and disability-responsive climate adaptation. 

My research interests are still evolving but are anchored in the complex dynamics of Great Lakes water governance. I hope to interrogate and contextualize contemporary efforts toward watershed restoration within historic and geographic processes of enclosure and resistance. My non-academic interests include sketching, board games, SCUBA diving, and wandering through the woods.