Dr. Kristina G. Douglass
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Pronouns: she/they
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Associate Professor of Climate, Columbia Climate School
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Affiliated with: Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
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Affiliated with: M.A. in Climate and Society
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BIOGRAPHY:
Kristina Douglass is an archaeologist who investigates how people, land- and seascapes co-evolve. She is an Associate Professor of Climate at Columbia University and a Smithsonian Institution Research Associate. Her work is grounded in collaborations with local, Indigenous, and descendant (LID) communities as equal partners in the co-production of science, and the recording, preservation and dissemination of LID knowledge. Douglass and her collaborators aim to contribute long-term perspectives on human-environment interactions to public debates, planning and policymaking on the issues of climate change, conservation, and sustainability. Since 2011 Douglass has directed the Morombe Archaeological Project (MAP), based in the Velondriake Marine Protected Area and Commune de Befandefa in southwest Madagascar. This territory is home to diverse communities, including Vezo fishers, Mikea foragers and Masikoro herders. The MAP team is made up of local community members, and an international group of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. The MAP is anchored to the Olo Be Taloha Lab (@OBTLab) housed at the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory. Douglass is a mother, singer, dancer, Capoeirista, SCUBA diver and avid gardener, all of which intersect in essential ways with her work as an archaeologist and climate scientist.
PROJECTS
Only select projects listed belowName | Start Date | End Date |
Long-term effects of socioeconomic activity on ecological stability | 7/1/22 | 6/30/24 |
Collaborative Research: Mapping the Materiality of Past Human Responses to Climate Change | 9/1/22 | 8/31/25 |
Building an Inclusive Archaeology of Climate Change Integrating Indigenous Knowledge | 3/1/23 | 2/29/24 |
1 PUBLICATION ON COLUMBIA | ACADEMIC COMMONS
Only select publications listed belowName | Published Date |
Good Practices in the Co-Production of Knowledge: Working Well Together in Environmental Change Research | 2024 |