Natasha (she/her) is dedicated to advocating for the importance of the humanities and social sciences in public engagement and education about climate change as well as improving understanding of how to implement societal behavior changes for climate action. Alongside this fellowship, Natasha is working towards her PhD at the University of Hull in the Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Centre for Water Cultures, a home for interdisciplinary green-blue humanities. Natasha’s PhD thesis, entitled Great Flood Stories and What They Teach Us: Applying Lessons from Cross-Cultural Diluvial Traditions, examines flood myths, legends and stories as environmental history records of flood events and then asks how these stories can have a role in sea level adaptations today, either as climate communication tools or by implementing adaptations used in the stories.
After growing up in the Bay Area, Natasha has spent the past ten years in the U.K. She received her undergraduate degree in Modern History and Social Anthropology from the University of St Andrews and her MSc in Sustainability, Energy and Development from Durham University. Prior to starting her PhD, Natasha worked for an environmental education nonprofit in the New Forest National Park on projects ranging from sustainable agriculture to sea level rise. Natasha also has vast experience in the equestrian industry and continues to ride competitively.