Fushcia-Ann Hoover, Ph.D. is an interdisciplinary researcher specializing in social-ecological urban systems. She employs a range of approaches and perspectives from the fields of planning, engineering, social and environmental sciences. Her research centers environmental justice, green infrastructure planning, and relationships between people, place and the environment.
Hoover joined the department in 2021 as an assistant professor of environmental planning, where her projects explore green infrastructure planning, urban water quality, and environmental decision-making. Prior to joining the department, Hoover held postdocs at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), and the Environmental Protection Agency in Cincinnati, OH. She is also the founder of EcoGreenQueen LLC, a company dedicated to teaching and expanding the knowledge and use of environmental justice frameworks and methods across research and practice.
Hoover earned her master’s and doctorate from the Interdisciplinary Ecological Sciences and Engineering program in Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue University, and holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of St. Thomas, MN. Dr. Hoover is a 2023-2024 Harvard Radcliffe-Salata Climate Justice Fellow, and a faculty affiliate with the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability’s Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research site at Arizona State University.