About

Dawn Biehler researches the historical geography and political ecology of public health, green space, housing, human-animal relationships, and food in the urban environment.

Research interests

Historical geography/environmental history of public health in US cities, environmental justice, urban and feminist political ecology, housing, more-than-human communities, urban green space, food systems

Teaching interests

Geographies of health and disease, environmental justice, feminist and urban political ecology, human geography, climate change, and human-animal relationships

Education

  • Ph D, GeographyUniversity of Wisconsin (2007)
  • MS, GeographyUniversity of Wisconsin (2003)
  • BA, BiologyWilliams College (1997)