Jessica Gephart is an Assistant Professor in Environmental Science at American University.  She received her PhD in Environmental Science from the University of Virginia and was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC). Her work focuses on the feedbacks between increasingly globalized food systems and the environment, with an emphasis on seafood systems. Much of Jessica's work involves collaborations with interdisciplinary and international teams, including through fellowships to visit the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and the Stockholm Resilience Centre and through working groups at SESYNC, the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, and the Food and Agriculture Organization. Throughout her research, Jessica’s work aims to identify opportunities to improve sustainability and resilience within the increasingly globalized food system.

Students and postdocs
Although I am not actively recruiting any graduate students or postdocs at this time, please reach out with a brief summary of your research interests if you would like to work with me and we can discuss potential opportunities. 

I am currently recruiting a Seafood & Food Security Data Scientist. If you are interested in applying for this position, you can find out more information and apply here.