91·çÃùÄñ³ª

Kylie Papson

Graduate Student
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Summary

I graduated from the 91·çÃùÄñ³ª in 2020 with three bachelor’s degrees in French, anthropology and art. I've worked in marketing up in Truckee at Tahoe Donner, and at the 91·çÃùÄñ³ª. Much of my work with the University was in Tahoe, which sparked my interest in water policy and governance in the area. I decided to return full-time to being a master's student in anthropology, researching how people interact with and create dialogue about water policy in the Tahoe region, and how that affects water governance choices. I also currently work with the University's Tahoe Institute for Global Sustainability in communications and marketing ().

Research interests

  • U.S. Western water governance
  • Environmental justice
  • Capitalism and natural resource extraction
  • Activist movements
  • Multispecies ethnography
  • Participation of multiple actors in policy dialogue