Jennifer Givens

Jennifer Givens is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Utah State University, specializing in environmental sociology and global sustainability. Her research examines coupled human-natural systems through quantitative analysis of cross-national environmental inequalities.

Research focuses on:

• Carbon intensity of well-being and environmental load displacement
• Climate change impacts on migration and rural-urban dynamics
• Ecologically unequal exchange in global resource flows
• Sociopolitical drivers of environmental policy acceptance

Her publications demonstrate consistent focus on climate justice, with recent work examining flood risks in environmental justice communities (2025) and vaccine misinformation during COVID-19 (2023).