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Erin Lorann Nuckols (they/she) is a transdisciplinary researcher. Erin’s academic background is situated in planetary health, equity, environmental justice, and participatory action research. Rather than centering a specific topic, Erin enjoys research that explores and illuminates complexity, invites in multiple voices, engages in nuance, and explores various solutions for transformation. Erin is a white settler scholar. Her positionality is something she works diligently to consider when entering any research space. Erin engages through relationships with the land, people, and non-human beings as a primary aspect of their personal and professional endeavors.

Erin earned their PhD from Virginia Tech University on Tutelo & Monacan land. Their research centered under-served, lactating parents on college campuses. This research explored the nuances of care within university structures for those unprotected by federal laws, the policies that impact access to lactation spaces on campus, and the physical environments as a place of meaning-making for those who use them. Their dissertation work, “,” was awarded the 2023 Outstanding Doctoral Student, Interdisciplinary Award at Virginia Tech. Prior to this research, Erin worked and lived in Washington D.C. & Pune, India on projects related to health equity, policy, forced removal of indigenous communities for infrastructure projects, and food sovereignty.

Erin earned their Master’s in Public Health (2016) and Master’s in Arts, History (2013) on the unceded territory of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations. During this time, Erin researched cultural foodways, disaster response, and gendered relationships to infrastructure. While earning these degrees, Erin also worked on city-scale projects for sustainable design and sustainable preservation. In their spare time, Erin also volunteered at a refugee center, shelter for unhoused persons, and food bank. In 2010, Erin earned their Bachelor’s in Arts, History on an island at the mouth of Oso Creek. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi occupies the sacred lands of many tribal communities who live along the Nueces River and have enduring connections to this sacred waterway.

Erin is currently working with Dr. Sarah Marie Wiebe researching extreme weather and sharing community voices with health policy makers throughout the Gulf Islands and the mainland of B.C. They are also teaching several classes in Environmental Studies here at UVic. Erin is a parent of one, an avid bicycle fan, enjoys a good music festival, and loves food. She makes earnest attempts at gardening, permaculture, and zero-waste living. Erin and their family live on the traditional territory of the Lekwungen-speaking peoples. They hope to learn more about the histories of the Songhees, Esquimalt, and WSÁNEĆ communities and their on-going relationship to the land. In addition to Erin’s academic work, Erin also holds an E-RYT200 and RYT500 certification in Yoga Teaching. They have advanced training in ayurvedic nutrition, birth-related yoga and birther care, and meditation. Erin is interested in continuing to bring mindful and relational practices to their teaching and learning as they root in this beautiful place.