Susan Crate

DepartmentOrganizationEmailPhoneAddressFairfax , Virginia 22030United StatesBioDr. Crate is an applied social scientist trained in cultural anthropology and human ecology with a focus on the complex issues of human-environment interactions. She practices ethnography and uses the contemporary theory intrinsic to human-ecological interactions, political ecology, sustainability studies and the politics of social change in her analyses. Her academic training, approach to teaching, and research orientation are interdisciplinary, as evidenced in her evolving research agenda, her publications to date, and her teaching.

The overarching theme of her ongoing research, teaching and service is the investigation into and fostering of sustainability in our contemporary world. This has been the central focus of her research in Russia since 1988 and is also the objective of her nascent domestic research agenda. The concepts and practices of sustainability are also integral to her teaching and active service, especially in campus greening. Dr. Crate is also involved in several international working groups that focus on sustainability in the arctic.

Science Specialties

anthropology, Indigenous knowledge, human adaptation

Current Research

Human-Environment Relations and Co-production of Knowledge with ViliuiSakha in Viliui Regions, Sakha Republic, northeastern Siberia, Russia