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Megan Ybarra is an Associate Professor and a human geographer whose research focuses on radical placemaking, environmental justice, and abolition. Her work includes archival research, community records, and institutional ethnography that explore the power relations associated with liberation struggles. Ybarra authored the book 'Green Wars,' published by the University of California Press in 2017, which critically examines the role of international conservation NGOs in the criminalization of Indigenous land defenders in Guatemala. Additionally, she serves on the editorial boards of several academic journals, including 'Professional Geographer' and 'Antipode: Radical Journal Geography.' Ybarra's teaching includes courses that challenge students to analyze the disproportionate impacts of environmental harms on marginalized communities, utilizing methods from social movements and legal frameworks.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).