Sarah Moore

Position title: Department Chair, Associate Professor

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Email: sarah.moore@wisc.edu

Phone: 608.262.3213

EDUCATION

PhD, University of Kentucky, 2006
MA, Geography, University of Kentucky, 2001
Certificate in Social Theory, University of Kentucky, 2000
BA, Anthropology, University of Iowa, 1997
BA, International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 1995

INTERESTS

Waste, Spatial and Social Theory, Psychoanalytic and Emotional Geographies, Urban Geography, Postcolonial Development Studies, Environmental Justice

RESEARCH AREAS

Geographies of waste; space and social theory (including Marxian, post-structural, psychoanalytic and legal approaches); urban geography; and environmental justice.

CURRENT RESEARCH

I am currently investigating the transnational trade of hazardous waste in North America, its implications for issues of environmental justice, and shifting understandings of regulatory regimes in critical legal geography.

See: Badger Talks and hazmatmapper for more on this project.