Dr. Jade S. Sasser is an Associate Professor in the Department of Gender & Sexuality Studies at UC Riverside. Her work explores the intersectional impacts of climate change on women’s bodies, health, rights, and reproductive justice. Her first book, On Infertile Ground: Population Control and Women’s Rights in the Era of Climate Change, was published in 2018 by NYU Press. Sasser’s current research project is an intersectional feminist analysis of how the climate crisis is impacting young people’s emotions, mental health, and reproductive plans. She has a PhD in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management from University of California, Berkeley; an MA in Cultural Anthropology from UC Berkeley; and an MPH in Global Health from Boston University.

Presented by the Center for Feminist Futures, the Department of Feminist Studies, Environmental Studies Program, and the Feminist Public Research Initiative