Associate Professor
Ph.D., 2011, Department of Geography,
University of Kentucky,
Dissertation: Pollution Knowledge and
Urban Water Politics in the Ganges River
Basin, India.
M.A., 2006, Department of Geography,
University of Kentucky,
Thesis: A Political Ecology of the Chipko
Movement
B.A., 2000, Double Major: Integrated Studies-Global Social & Environmental Systems
and Liberal Studies,
California State University at Monterey Bay
Human geography and nature-society interrelationships studies
Environmental Social Movements (ESMs) and organizational studies
Political Ecology and urban water geographies
Ecological knowledge and philosophies of nature
Public participation in environmental politics and policy making
Regional Specializations: India and South Asia, North America
2013 Kedzior, S.B. “Is environmental awareness the key to changing resource use and political activity? Exploring failed efforts to clean India’s Ganges River”. The Pennsylvania Geographer, 51 (1): 42-72.
2006 Kedzior, S.B. “From Method to Movement: A Chipko Story”. Indian Geographical Journal, 80 (1): 45-56.
In Print Kedzior, S.B. "Pollution and the Renegotiation of River Goddess Worship and Water Use Practices among Hindu Devotees of India's Ganges/Ganga River". In The Changing World Religion Map: Sacred Places, Identities, Practices and Politics, edited by Stanley D. Brunn. Springer.