McKenzie Johnson is an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences. Working across the fields of environmental politics, human security, and environmental justice, her research examines the role of environmental governance and policy in building a more just and sustainable world. She has worked in a variety of contexts in South Asia, West Africa, Latin America, and North America. She has received research funding from NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the United States Institute for Peace. Her work has been published in World Development, Environmental Politics, International Affairs, Global Environmental Change, and Global Environmental Politics, as well as other journals.
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