Gigi Berardi

Gigi Berardi is Professor at Western Washington University's College of the Environment, focusing on community vulnerabilities and cultural ecology. She holds a BA in Biology (UC San Diego), MA in Dance (UCLA), and MS/PhD in Natural Resources from Cornell. Berardi directs the Resilient Farms Project examining food system vulnerabilities through USDA/NIFA-funded extreme event scenario planning.

Her interdisciplinary research bridges environmental studies and performing arts, investigating:

• Food and farm systems resilience
• Tribal environmental education
• Cultural geography of arctic communities
• Native dance as subsistence practice

Fieldwork includes fluoride/arsenic contamination studies in Mexico and biodynamic farming research in Europe. Recent publications analyze disaster resilience in regional food systems and sustainability metrics for small farms.