Environment | The Harriet Tubman Institute

Esther Feza Borauzima

rebsl — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:31:32 +0000

Borauzima Feza Esther is a Congolese researcher and lecturer, holding a Master’s degree in Political science from the Université Officielle de Bukavu and a Master’s degree in Gender Studies from the Université Catholique de Louvain. She is currently pursuing a doctoral program at the University of Mons within the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Department of Sociology and Anthropology.

Her doctoral research examines the relationship between armed dynamics in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the environment, through an anthropological reading of gender. Her research is based on four empirical configurations operating in and around the Virunga National Park, located in eastern DRC: (1) Women fighters in armed groups, (2) Former female combatants incarcerated for espionage, (3) Female rangers of Virunga National Park, and (4) Female forest resource traders. She investigates how the agency of these women unfolds differently across temporal and spatial contexts.

Keywords: Armed conflicts, women, agency, environment, afrofeminism, decolonial, DRC

Patrick Mbullo Owuor

rebsl — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 19:27:35 +0000

Patrick is a biocultural anthropologist whose work focuses on the biological and environmental impacts of infrastructure. His work lies at the intersection between culture, biology, and the environment. Patrick’s dissertation project, Dams, and Displacements: Biosocial Impacts of the Thwake Multipurpose Dam Construction on Women in Makueni County, Kenya, examined the psychosocial, nutritional, and physical health impacts of dam construction on women in Makueni County, Kenya. Patrick has a long-standing commitment to collaborative and community-based participatory research, where he has been involved in numerous public health interventions seeking to address global health issues, including health disparities in contemporary marginalized populations and global health. Patrick is currently a Postdoctoral fellow at �첥��Ƶ Canada, where his research focuses on the ethics of biobanking in clinical trials in East Africa.

Bria Hamilton

alexall5 — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 21:31:08 +0000

Bria Hamilton is a Master's of Environmental Studies candidate in the urban planning stream. Her research surrounds using Geographic Information Systems technology to describe the current geographies Black people move through as well as to provide tools for visualizing Black futurisms and imaginings of equitable and just spatialities. This work is underpinned by Black Feminist Geographies concepts. In addition to this research, Hamilton has a background in affordable housing research, community engagement, and equity education.

Tameka Samuels-Jones

rebsl — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 03:49:53 +0000

Dr Tameka Samuels-Jones is Associate Professor in the School of Administrative Studies, LA&PS. She teaches corporate social responsibility and sustainability with an emphasis on developing country contexts. Her research interests include legal pluralism and environmental regulatory law in the Caribbean and her most recent work examined environmental regulatory compliance among Jamaica’s legally autonomous Maroons. Dr Samuels-Jones has received numerous awards for her work in this area including the American Society of Criminology’s Ruth D. Peterson Fellowship award. Dr Samuels-Jones’ work has been published in various academic journals and presented at international conferences.