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Shakara Tyler is a lecturer at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability. With a PhD from Michigan State University in Community Sustainability, Shakara engages with Black agrarianism, agroecology, and commitments to environmental justice. Tyler's work involves participatory decolonial research methodologies and community-centered pedagogies that address the intersections of food justice and environmental justice movements. She serves as the Board President of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network (DBCFSN) and is a board member of the Detroit People’s Food Co-op (DPFC). Additionally, she is a co-founder of the Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund (DBFLF) and a member of the Black Dirt Farm Collective (BDFC).
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science