Principal Investigators

Nathan McClintock ​is Associate Professor of Urban Studies & Planning at Portland State University. An urban political ecologist, he researches the co-production of nature, society, and the built environment. His theoretical and applied work on urban agriculture and food systems has appeared in a range of geography, planning, and food studies journals, as well as in several edited volumes. On sabbatical in Montréal, QC, during the 2018-19 academic year.

Christiana Miewald is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Geography at Simon Fraser University.  Her recent research has focused on the intersections of food security and housing, harm reduction and health.  She has also worked on issues of local food production such as community gardening and urban farming in Vancouver, BC.

Eugene McCann is University Professor of Geography at Simon Fraser University.  An urban political geographer, he researches policy mobilities, urban policy-making, development and planning.  He has co-edited and co-authored three books and numerous articles and book chapters.  He is managing editor of Environment & Planning C: Politics & Space.
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Research Assistants

• ​Laura Combs received her MURP from PSU in 2017, and is an assistant planner at PSU.
• Amy Coplen is a PhD candidate in urban studies at PSU. Her dissertation research focuses on labor organizing in farm-to-table restaurants.
• Dillon Mahmoudi received his PhD in urban studies from PSU in 2017. He is Assistant Professor of Geography and Environmental Systems at UMBC.
• ​Eric Pledger received his BA in geography from SFU in 2016, and now works as a GIS technician for Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

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Toulan School of Urban Studies & Planning
Portland State University
PO Box 751-USP
Portland, OR 97207
USA

Department of Geography
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
CANADA