{"id":11922,"date":"2019-03-06T09:51:54","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T17:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/?p=11922"},"modified":"2021-01-07T15:28:06","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T23:28:06","slug":"sasser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/news\/sasser\/","title":{"rendered":"In Focus: Jade Sasser"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jade Sasser
\nAfrican Studies Workgroup, Co-organizer, Humanities Interdisciplinary Project, 2018-19<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>Jade’s Stats:<\/span>
\nDepartment:<\/strong> Gender & Sexuality Studies
\nRank:<\/strong> Assistant Professor
\nYears at UCR:<\/strong> 5 years
\nFavorite things:<\/strong> Swimming, coffeeshops, and karaoke
\nNon-academic class I would love to teach:<\/strong>\u00a0“Motown Music for Beginners\u201d
\nTop three most important texts:<\/strong> Feminist Political Ecology<\/i>\u00a0(Rocheleau, et al.); Gender and Climate Change<\/i>\u00a0(Nagel); and This Changes Everything<\/i> (Klein). Not light reading, but texts I can\u2019t do without.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Q. Summarize your research in one sentence…<\/h3>\n

Environmental issues are social issues, and they impact different groups differently!<\/p>\n

Q. Is there a key intervention you are trying to make?<\/h3>\n

My work aims to focus attention on how small and large scale environmental problems are also everyday problems of the body, health, and social activism. Specifically for women.<\/p>\n

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Charcoal-burning stove. Antananarivo, Madagascar. 2018<\/p><\/div>\n

Q: What are you working on now?<\/h3>\n

My current project analyzes women\u2019s everyday cooking practices and their exposure to household air pollution in Africa and Asia. I spend a lot of time in kitchens, coughing over the charcoal or firewood stove that\u2019s being used to cook, while the gas stove sits unused in the corner.<\/p>\n

Q: What has teaching students taught\u00a0you?<\/h3>\n

That there are endless ways to get an idea across and make it stick. Funny ways, serious ways, dramatic ways. But the way that works best is always to make it relevant to students\u2019 actual lives.<\/p>\n

Q: Do you have a go-to film or podcast you encourage students to access?<\/h3>\n

I always have my students watch a documentary called\u00a0Hands On: Women, Climate, Change<\/em>\u00a0because it is about everyday actions women environmentalists are undertaking around the world. Climate change seems like a big scary monster that will crush us all\u2014until we start to see that there are actions we can take, starting right now. The women in the film are all ages, including as young as UCR students. Hopefully it makes students feel a little more like they can make a difference.<\/p>\n

Q: Anything else new or exciting we should know about?<\/h3>\n

I have recently published a book about my first project, titled\u00a0On Infertile Ground: Population Control and Women\u2019s Rights in the Era of Climate Change<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Learn more or get in touch! jadesasser.com<\/a><\/p>\n

In Focus is a new interview series that features faculty associates of the Center for Ideas and Society. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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