https://www.fushciahoover.com/contact daily 0.75 2024-09-21 https://www.fushciahoover.com/about daily 0.75 2024-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab7805bf6efe0d2a60724b/ccaa91ad-71fd-4562-8641-faa31367ad16/SSP_2170.jpg About - About Dr. Hoover Dr. Fushcia-Ann Hoover is a social-ecological systems scientist exploring the intersections of urban hydrology, green infrastructure and ecosystem services in the context of environmental justice and urban planning. In her work, she uses spatial analysis, qualitative and quantitative methods to explore and address complex urban issues and inequities. A 2023-2024 Harvard University Radcliffe-Salata Climate Justice Fellow, she is as an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina Charlotte in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences, and a faculty affiliate with the Central Arizona-Phoenix Long term Ecological Research (CAP-LTER) network. She earned her PhD and master’s from the Interdisciplinary Ecological Sciences and Engineering (ESE) program in the Agriculture and Biological Engineering department at Purdue University, and holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Saint Thomas, MN. https://www.fushciahoover.com/home daily 1.0 2024-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab7805bf6efe0d2a60724b/1605584625771-UJV80TREN0AUNEY8K4SN/IMG_8843-2.jpg Home Photo Credit: Patrick Lentz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab7805bf6efe0d2a60724b/1605487878256-TVYNY8D1D5XZXEY6NUA5/tree+photo.jpg Home “Environmental justice enriches our work by empowering us to ask questions that go beyond our typical models or analyses.” -Dr. Fushcia Hoover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab7805bf6efe0d2a60724b/1605585412844-5ORX3X5S060DFMAI75FY/IMG_8912.jpg Home Photo Credit: Patrick Lentz https://www.fushciahoover.com/teaching daily 0.75 2024-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab7805bf6efe0d2a60724b/1726948653578-G6JF8M2QPLL1E7XQPAU8/unsplash-image-RuRYRswYDkk.jpg Teaching - Environment, Society and Sustainability ESCI 1501 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab7805bf6efe0d2a60724b/1630177779363-0X77XS63XMSHVSZHXX6A/cary-seminar_hoover_hero.jpg Teaching - Environmental Planning GEOG 3215-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab7805bf6efe0d2a60724b/1677883330853-JSMPULZR7P9G1MHCZHNU/unsplash-image-ul-ZsFLIjvw.jpg Teaching - Black Place-Making: Introduction to Black Geographies GEOG 4700/5300 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab7805bf6efe0d2a60724b/1726948487501-3ITQCRQ648ED9U6OHHRL/unsplash-image-dYZumbs8f_E.jpg Teaching - Environmental and Climate In/Justice GEOG 4200/5200 https://www.fushciahoover.com/research daily 0.75 2024-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab7805bf6efe0d2a60724b/3ec8298c-cb22-41a8-87be-2241bac745e5/cary-seminar_hoover_hero.jpg Research - Urban Planning. GI performance and design is integral to urban planning, particularly as cities expand their use of GI for more than just stormwater. My work lays the foundation for asking broader questions that focus on how the segregation of urban ecology manifests in urban planning, and whether GI can address that gap without perpetuating environmental inequities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab7805bf6efe0d2a60724b/1605587077153-I4QJU3LPLM9KTKLXLVVJ/GI+in+DC.jpg Research - Green Infrastructure Performance. My research projects often come from urban stormwater management and green infrastructure practices. Various ecosystem services are often attributed to green infrastructure and green space more broadly, with discussions of maximizing their potential often at the forefront of city planning. I examine the validity of the connections and test their relationships. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab7805bf6efe0d2a60724b/1fa90655-03f3-4766-be85-8a391ffd496b/EJ-racism-cartoon.jpg Research - Environmental Justice & Equity. As GI has become a panacea for cities working to reach sustainability and resilience goals, failing to integrate landscape histories of racism and segregation into approaches for how we manage and allocate green space and GI will only perpetuate the environmental and social inequities we see today. I am interested in understanding how racial disinvestment and the racialization of space influence climate adaption planning, physical and cultural patterns of environmental amenities and better ways to apply an environmental justice lens across my work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab7805bf6efe0d2a60724b/1605588573910-L7OUP8T4CC4KNU83MNS7/SSP_2170.JPG Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab7805bf6efe0d2a60724b/35c9141e-0912-4bed-b5b5-0a10e40376f3/Screenshot_20230413_214550_Gallery+-+Tuyen+Truong.jpg Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab7805bf6efe0d2a60724b/963400b0-a60c-4365-931f-6dc148c92f38/photo+id.jpg Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab7805bf6efe0d2a60724b/6c077b13-9026-4b80-b7d2-e9182e6c65e4/IMG_4394.jpg Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab7805bf6efe0d2a60724b/1726950360037-HPRHBW9OMVDKAJC0UJN5/unsplash-image-VwqecUsYKvs.jpg Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab7805bf6efe0d2a60724b/1726950433051-37YLGCZXSYPZKOZH8SHL/unsplash-image-gKXKBY-C-Dk.jpg Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab7805bf6efe0d2a60724b/1726950475063-PYL1J9HH9XUY7XAXRC9C/unsplash-image-WSFY8g2CJDo.jpg Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab7805bf6efe0d2a60724b/1726950519376-F66UJUO73SK8TA6LVYC2/unsplash-image-HW_6USwudbo.jpg Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab7805bf6efe0d2a60724b/a93bb4be-aee9-4cee-93d0-416fba89bea8/IMG_5225.jpeg Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab7805bf6efe0d2a60724b/d01ea45c-8f4a-43d5-ac85-262b97a5a147/Pegah-M.png Research https://www.fushciahoover.com/landing-page daily 0.75 2020-11-24 https://www.fushciahoover.com/openpositions daily 0.75 2024-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fab7805bf6efe0d2a60724b/1638240922316-WUUWCS6GTVBQDFF3MJ3B/unsplash-image-c6wbSBaYxkY.jpg Open Positions