Brigid Mark

Biography

Brigid Mark is a fifth year Ph.D. Candidate interested in ecological health, Native political issues, and qualitative methodologies. Her work has mainly focused on social movement resistance to extractive industries, ranging from youth activism at the UN Climate Conferences, to resistance to the Line 3 tar sands pipeline, to Indigenous movements against land dispossession in Colorado. She prioritizes ethical research methodologies and confronting injustice, as well as interdisciplinary and applied teaching.

Brigid's work has been published in one of the top journals in Sociology, Social Problems (IF 3.4) as well as top environmental journals such as Energy Research and Social Science (IF 7.4) and Environmental Justice (IF 1.3). In addition to her teaching experience within the sociology department, she recently created and listed a new interdisciplinary course that engages undergraduate students in the implementation of the University of Colorado Boulder's climate action plan. She holds a master's in Sociology from CU Boulder and a bachelor's in Environmental Studies and Biology from the College of Saint Benedict and St. John’s University.