Clare Cannon

Associate Professor

  • Community & Regional Development

Research Interests

Assuming an interdisciplinary approach, the bulk of my published and current research activities centers on employing multiple methodological strategies to enable empirical analysis of social, economic, and environmental systems. Such analyses yield important understanding and empirical evidence that are ripe with conclusions and implications for research on social inequality, environmental justice, climate adaptation, and related theorizations. To learn more about my research, including a full list of publications, teaching, service and leadership, visit my website. 

Research Areas

Environmental Justice; Disasters and Hazards; Climate Adaptation; Gender Inequality; Health Disparities & Social Determinants of Health; Feminist & Queer Theories & Methods 

Selected Publications

Cannon, Clare E. B., Kevin Gotham, Katie Lauve-Moon, and Brad Powers. 2026. “Subjectivities of broken windows: Assessing the relationship among crime perceptions, sociodemographic factors, and built environment on neighborhood vacancy perceptions in New Orleans,” Journal of Urban Affairs. 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2025.2543313 

Cannon, Clare E. B. and Eric Chu. 2025. “Experiments in Nature-based Solutions: Pursuing Conservation, Climate Action, and Land Use Planning in California,” npj Climate Action, 4(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-025-00267-w 

Chu, Eric, Asiya Natekal, Gemma Waaland, and Clare E.B. Cannon. 2025. “An evaluation of U.S. cities' efforts to further distributive justice in climate adaptation planning.” npj Urban Sustainability, 5(1), 41. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-025-00237-5 

Cannon, Clare E. B. 2025. “A feminist community-based participatory action research approach to advance climate justice.” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. Advanced online publication https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105631

McInturff, Alex, Peter Alagona, Clare E. B. Cannon, & David Pellow. 2025. “The Socio-Ecological Niche.” People & Nature 7(5), 1185-1197. http://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70032 

Cannon, Clare E. B., Regardt Ferreria, and Fred Buttell. 2025. “After Katrina: Disaster and Intimate Partner Violence Research,” Traumatology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000564

PhD

Ph.D., Sociology—City, Culture, & Community, Tulane University

Masters

M.A., Social Ethics and Depth Psychology and Religion, Union Theological Seminary—Columbia University, New York City

Bachelors

B.A., American Studies, Scripps College, Claremont Consortium

Curriculum Vitae

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