Jada Renee Koushik is a PhD Candidate at the University of Saskatchewan in the School of Environment and Sustainability (SENS). Jada earned a Master of Science from the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment, in addition to a Master of Science in Public Health from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Her doctoral research explores what aspects of place (e.g., biophysical, sociocultural, political-economic and/or psychological) students, educators and administrators perceive as influencing sustainability education in rural and urban contexts.
Jada’s doctoral research surrounding how local contexts inform the engagement of sustainability in education policy and practice was published in the Journal of Sustainability Education (JSE). Additionally, her work surrounding intersectionality in environmental and sustainability education was recently published in the Journal of Environmental Education (JEE). Jada is a passionate educator and has taught courses at the University of Waterloo and the University of Saskatchewan in sustainability, environmental justice and racism, geography and environmental health, and anti-racism education.
Currently, Jada is working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Wilfrid Laurier University in the Faculty of Social Work, and her research focuses on the impact of race and racism on the mental health of racialized faculty, staff and students. You can learn more about this research by following this link: www.racerepresentation.ca