Doctoral Student, Designated Emphases in Science & Technology Studies and Global Metropolitan Studies
Rachel Morello-Frosch Group, Division of Society & Environment
Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
University of California at Berkeley
freyja (at) berkeley (dot) edu
510.292.5483 (c)
Research Interests:
My research focuses on international environmental governance of electronic waste recycling. My work crosses both environmental and social sciences through a political ecology and science studies approach. I am interested in questions around risk and hazards discourse; the politics of quantification, classification, and calculation; and the political economy of international environmental governance. I draw on critical ethnography for my methodological approach and am focusing on the practices of producing e-waste science.
Publications:
Knapp, F., (2007) Making Maps that Make a Difference: A citizen's guide to making and using maps for advocacy work, International Rivers Link
Seto, E.Y.W., Knapp, F., Zhong, B., Yang, C, (2007) The use of a vest equipped with a global positioning system to assess water-contact patterns associated with Schistosomiasis, Geospatial Health, (2): 233-241 Link
Presentations:
F.Knapp; Global Gold 'Winning': The Political Ecology of Gold Recovery from Electronic Waste in Bangalore, Inda; April 2010; Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., USA
F.Knapp; The Why of Where: Electronic Waste Flows in Bangalore, India; September 2009; e-Waste Summer School, Einhoven, Netherlands
F.Knapp; Bringing the e-Waste Summer School to R'09; September 2009; R'09, Davos, Switzerland
F.Knapp; Using Free Internet Spatial Imagery with Geographic Information Systems; June 2006; "Remote Sensing Applications in Archaeology", Workshop/Demonstration, Silpakorn University Computer Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
F.Knapp, C.Cary; A Brief History of Remote Sensing and its Use in Archaeology; June 2006; GIS and Remote Sensing and Archaeology in Southeast Asia, "Ancient Cultures, New Technologies", Maha Chakri Sirindorn Anthropology Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
C.Cary, F.Knapp; Out of Thin Air: A Brief Look at Remote Sensing Applications in Historical Archaeology and the Potential for Future Research in the Mekong Basin; June 2006; "Cultural Heritage: Thais and Their Neighbors", Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
T.Duane, F.Knapp, J.Wardani, A.Westhoff, (R.Adair, E.Huang, A.Martin, S.Niazi, B.R.Smith, C.Wong); Prioritizing Conservation Easements; May 2006; Central Valley Conference, "At The Tipping Point", Sacramento, California
Awards and Fellowships:
EPA STAR: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Science To Achieve Results Graduate Fellowship, Awarded 2011 (3 years)
NSF GRFP: United States National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship, Awarded 2009 (3 years)
Teaching Experience:
UC Berkeley, Geog188: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (Fall 2006, Fall 2007), Teaching Assistant to Professor John Radke
UC Berkeley, CP204c: Introduction to GIS and City Planning - Graduate Level (Spring 2006), Teaching Assistant to Xing Liu and Professor John Radke
UC Berkeley, ES10: Introduction to Environmental Sciences (Fall 2005), Teaching Assistant to Professors William Berry and G. Mathias Kondolf