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Rebecca Lave serves as Associate Dean for Social and Historical Sciences and Professor in the Department of Geography at Indiana University Bloomington's College of Arts & Sciences, where she bridges critical physical geography, political ecology, and science and technology studies to examine environmental governance and landscape change.
Education:
- Ph.D. from UC Berkeley (2008)
- M.C.P. from MIT (1997)
Her research critically investigates the political economy of stream restoration, historical hydroscape transformations, and the sociotechnical dimensions of environmental science. She pioneers critical physical geography frameworks that integrate natural and social science methodologies while challenging neoliberal approaches to ecosystem management and the commodification of ecological services.
Analysis of her publications reveals consistent engagement with the restoration economy, Anthropocene methodologies, and socio-ecological expertise across 15+ years. Key trajectories include the political ecology of water infrastructure, actor-network theory applications in environmental science, and the ethical dimensions of multi-species relations in capitalist systems.
Awards:
- 2018 AAG Geomorphology Specialty Group G.K. Gilbert Award for "The morphology of streams restored for market and non-market purposes"
Professor Lave mentors graduate students in geography and environmental studies while leading research on neoliberal environmental governance. Her funded projects examine stream restoration markets and historical landscape change, with particular focus on Midwest water systems and the epistemological implications of engaged scholarship methodologies.
