Reflexivity is central to my approach as an environmental anthropologist. My research is guided by a commitment to questioning assumptions about the separation between humans and the natural world and to understanding environmental issues as fundamentally relational. Rather than treating people and ecosystems as distinct or opposing domains, I approach environmental questions through a lens of interconnectedness, attending to how social, cultural, and ecological processes shape one another.

As a White, settler researcher, I am attentive to how my background and training shape the questions I ask, the relationships I build, and the interpretations I bring to my work. This awareness requires ongoing reflection, listening, and accountability, particularly when working in contexts shaped by colonial histories and unequal power dynamics. In practice, this means prioritizing collaborative research relationships, being transparent about the limits of my perspective, and creating space for community knowledge, values, and expertise to guide research processes and outcomes.