Kaitlyn Spangler, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor of Community Development and Engagement
208 Ferguson Building
University Park, PA 16802
University Park, PA 16802
- Email kspangler@psu.edu
- Pronouns she/her/hers
Areas of Expertise
- Agri-food systems
- Community development
- Climate justice
- Land use change
- Critical data science
- Qualitative methodologies
Websites
Education
- Ph.D., Environment and Society, Utah State University
- M.S., Geography, Virginia Tech
- B.S., Community, Environment, and Development, The Pennsylvania State University
- B.A., Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University
Research Interests
My scholarship and praxis are anchored in working toward more sustainable, agrobiodiverse landscapes and, therein, more just communities. I aim to disentangle the inequities of agri-food systems and landscapes and to position these landscapes as sites of new socioecological imaginaries, collaborative governance, and community-building. To do so, I use diverse quantitative and qualitative methodologies to integrate “big” geospatial data and “deep” social livelihoods data as tools for cultivating community-engaged research, teaching, and practice.
