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Ariel Rawson is a Lecturer in the Department of Geography at The Ohio State University. Their work focuses on intersections of environment-society relations, mind-body dynamics, and feminist thought. They hold a PhD (2021), MA (2015), and BA (2013) in Geography from The Ohio State University and San Diego State University respectively. Their research interrogates colonial legacies in ecological knowledge production, racialized materialities in microbiome studies, and legal frameworks shaping human-environment relations. Advised by Becky Mansfield, their scholarship bridges critical geography, posthumanism, and decolonial theory. Current CV available: Ariel_Rawson_CV.pdf.
Education history includes:
- PhD Geography, The Ohio State University (2021)
- MA Geography, The Ohio State University (2015)
- BA Interdisciplinary Studies, San Diego State University (2013)
Research interests emphasize:
- Decolonizing environmental knowledge systems
- Racialized microbiopolitics
- Legal ontologies of nature
- Feminist posthumanism
Recent publications explore anti-racist microbiome studies, colonial histories of natural history, and jurisprudential frameworks for environmental rights. Their work critiques Eurocentric scientific paradigms and advocates for decolonial methodologies in ecological research.
