Caren uses geospatial analytics to discern large-scale patterns across the natural and built environments to gain insights into the ecology, evolution and conservation of birds, as well as expose racial and economic inequities in environmental hazards and in the representativeness of environmental data itself. She develops public science programs that focus volunteer interests towards the generation of large-scale data to study and visualize the interactions between social and ecological systems. Her other interests include the ecosystem services of trees and public understanding of urban forests, for mitigation of air, light and noise pollution, flood risk and urban heat island effects.

Roles

• Fellows

Publications

• Deconstructing incubation behaviour in response to ambient temperature over different timescales (2021)
• Public Science Scholars Flock Together: Nesting Anti-Racism Principles across the Participatory Sciences (2021)
• The Past, Present, and Future of Citizen Science (2021)
• Advice for Collaborations between Natural and Social Scientists: A Response to Martin (2020) (2020)
• How can citizen science advance environmental justice? Exploring the noise paradox through sense of place (2020)
• Night conditions affect morning incubation behaviour differently across a latitudinal gradient (2020)
• Scales of Participation: Citizen Science to Address Social Roots of Environmental Issues in the United States (2020)
• Sensory pollutants alter bird phenology and fitness across a continent (2020)
• Still in Need of Norms: The State of the Data in Citizen Science (2020)
• The Field Guide to Citizen Science: How You Can Contribute to Scientific Research and Make a Difference (2020)

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