Sara Jo Breslow
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Sara Jo Breslow
PhD Candidate
Environmental Anthropology

University of Washington
Department of Anthropology
Box 353100, Seattle, WA 98195
sarajo@u.washington.edu

Ph.C. University of Washington, Anthropology (degree exp. 2009)
M.A. University of Washington, Anthropology (2003)
B.A. Swarthmore College, Biology, with distinction (1995)

Research Interests

Anthropology of environmental science, management, & policy; cultural politics of environmental conflicts; perceptions of nature & the environment; political ecology; science & technology studies; community-based participatory research; transdisciplinary & international collaborative research; performance ethnography; Pacific Northwest

Current Dissertation Research

The Last Best Place: A participatory and performance ethnography of salmon habitat restoration in the Skagit Valley

Research and Writing Support

Chester William Fritz Scholarship in the Humanities (2007-2008)
Ford Foundation Community Forestry Research Fellowship (2004-2006)
National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award (2004-2005)

Multinational Collaborations on Challenges to the Environment (NSF IGERT)

The Last Best Place: A Theatrical Documentary about the Skagit River Valley