Laura C Zanotti

Professor and Director, School of Environment and Sustainability
Affiliate Faculty, Department of Anthropology

Collaborator + mentor + researcher. Zanotti is the Professor and Director of the School of Environment and Sustainability (SEaS). Zanotti has more than two decades of experience as an interdisciplinary social scientist who partners with Indigenous Peoples, Traditional Peoples, and Local Communities to cultivate sustainable livelihoods and well-being. Specializations include: collaborative, transdisciplinary projects and creating mixed methods ethnographic teams. Dedicated to opening and transforming the academy and providing undergraduate and graduate students generative experiences to thrive in the multicultural and interconnected world in which they live, play, and work. Pronouns: she/her/hers. We would love for you to join our community, earn a degree in SEaS, or simply stop by. Find out more here.

Google Scholar Profile
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2712-4284

PhD: University of Washington Seattle, WA, (Anthropology)

MA: University of Washington Seattle, WA, (Anthropology)

BA: Colgate University Hamilton, NY, (Anthropology, English/Creative Writing)

Published Books

Zanotti, Laura (2016. ) Radical Territories in the Brazilian Amazon: The Kayapó’s Fight for Just Livelihoods .Tucson , University of Arizona Press.

Sustainability + Feminist Political Ecology, Media + Environment, Indigenous Rights, Global Environmental Governance, Environmental Justice, Visual and Sensory Methodologies, Collaborative Research and Praxis, Climate Change, Critical Data Studies

We acknowledge that we are on the traditional, ancestral lands of the Wahzhazhe (Osage), Myaamia (Miami), Shawandasse Tula (Shawnee), Kaskaskia (Peoria) Nations as well as the lands of the Adena and Hopewell Peoples and cultures. We pay respects to the ancestors, elders, and knowledge holders past, present and emerging. Learn more at UC's Native American Initiatives' page and from the Urban Native Collective.
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