In Brief

Foley Pfalzgraf is the Outreach Director of the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM). She holds a PhD in Geography and Environment, Graduate Certificate in Pacific Islands Studies, and MA in Geography and Environment from UHM as well as an MSc in Nature, Society & Environmental Governance from the University of Oxford, and a BA in International Studies from the American University. Her doctoral research, supported by a Fulbright-Hays award, explored the role of nature-based solutions, particularly carbon forest offsetting, in Vanuatu and the extent to which these programs are able to meaningfully provide climate justice. She draws inspiration from theories in Pacific Islands studies, political ecology, and Science and Technology Studies. Foley has experience working in community-based economic development in Hawaiʻi as well as at environmental nonprofits.