معرفی
Christopher Bacon is Professor and Chair of the Environmental Studies and Sciences Department at Santa Clara University, where he directs transdisciplinary research on agroecology, food sovereignty, and climate justice. His work integrates participatory action research with smallholder coffee and cacao cooperatives across Central America and California.
Research Interests:
- Agroecological transitions and diversified farming systems
- Food & water security under climate variability and hurricanes
- Environmental-justice analysis of air-quality burdens near Silicon Valley schools
- Gendered livelihood strategies within fair-trade coffee networks
- Participatory governance for food sovereignty and rural resilience
Recent publications (2020-2025) exhibit two dominant trajectories: (1) empirical assessments of hurricane exposure, drought vulnerability, and dietary diversity among Nicaraguan smallholders, and (2) critical policy analyses of food-system governance at global climate negotiations and local pantry-garden partnerships in Santa Clara County. Collectively the corpus blends ecological science, political ecology, and community-based praxis.
Scientific Awards:
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Advising & Grants:
While individual student names are not publicly displayed, Professor Bacon mentors graduate and undergraduate projects embedded in his long-term participatory sites in Mexico, Nicaragua, and Bay-Area food-justice organizations. External funding sources are not enumerated in the scraped material.
Labs & Teams:
He leads community-engaged research initiatives that link SCU’s Environmental Studies and Sciences Department with coffee cooperatives, NGOs, and municipal food-security networks across Central America and California.
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