Karen Hébert is an Associate Professor in Geography and Environmental Studies at Carleton University. Her research investigates the political and economic dynamics of resource industries in the subarctic and circumpolar North, focusing on environmental politics, resource management, and sustainability struggles. Through ethnographic methods, she engages with critical human geography, cultural anthropology, and political ecology. With extensive fieldwork in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, she explores the social implications of environmental changes and resource development on local communities. Her ongoing collaboration with Carleton faculty and local stakeholders seeks to deepen understanding of the shifts in resource politics associated with mining, logging, and fishing. Prior to joining Carleton in 2016, she served as a jointly appointed assistant professor at the Department of Anthropology and the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University. Hébert's scholarly contributions include analyses of the Alaska salmon industry and its impacts on local economies, as well as explorations of social self-reliance in the face of neoliberal influences. She holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Michigan and a BA in Humanities from Yale University.