Doctoral Student/Graduate Teaching Assistant

About

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  • Office Hours

    Tuesdays 12:30-1:45pm

  • Role

    Graduate Student

  • Position

    • Doctoral Student/Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Concentration

    • Environmental and Social Justice
    • Environmental Sociology
    • Mycology
    • Community Engagement

  • Department

    • Sociology

  • Education

    • BA in Political Science (Colorado State University)
    • MS in Environmental Policy and Science (University of Denver)

Biography

Isabel Van Dyke-Johnson is a Ph.D. student focusing on environmental sociology. She serves as the Global Conference Coordinator for the Center for Environmental Justice at CSU, in addition to her role as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the School of Global Environmental Sustainability. Her research focuses on environmental justice & energy equity, community-based knowledge, just transition, environmental policy, and mycology. She has applied her education in positions with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the City of Fort Collins, the Environmental Defense Fund, and Colorado State University.

In her free time, Isabel spends most of her time outdoors, often with her husband and two dogs, Ivy and Juniper. She enjoys long walks, oaring our gorgeous Colorado rivers, caring for her pals at Rescued Friends Animal Sanctuary, and reading. She also loves to nerd out about mushrooms- ask her about mycorestoration!

Publications

Ackers, Ben, Rackley, Adrienne L. S., Farr, Hayley K., Shipley, Jessica A., Van Dyke, Isabel K., Morrice, Katherine Jane, Miles, Zara E., Jones, Kristin M., Henderson, Christopher D., Garavelli, Lysel, Cullen, Joy M., Eisdorfer, Jason G., & Wehof, Jennifer A. (2024). “Preliminary Workforce Development and Environmental and Co-use Management Plans for a Floating Offshore Wind Platform - CRADA 609 (Final Report).” https://doi.org/10.2172/2428983

Taylor, Micah S., Miller, Lee M., Barlow, Jay T., Michaels, Rachel L., Sinnott, Victoria M., Kazimierczuk, Kamila, Tapio, Rebecca M., Van Dyke, Isabel K., O'Neil, Rebecca S., & Tarekegne, Bethel W. (2023). “Using National-Scale Data to Inform Coal Power Plant Redevelopment and Coal Community Revitalization Planning.” https://doi.org/10.2172/2203945

Van Dyke, Isabel K., Kazimierczuk, Kamila, Cooke, Alan L., Tapio, Rebecca M., & Homer, Juliet S. (2025). “Climate Adaptation Approaches for Water and Electric Utilities: A compendium of existing strategies in a changing climate.” https://doi.org/10.2172/2502079