Fushcia-Ann Hoover
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Earth Sciencs, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Depatment of Geography and Earth Sciences
University of North Carolina
Charlotte, NC
Titles
- Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Earth Sciencs, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Biography
Dr. Hoover is an assistant professor of environmental planning at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte in the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, and founder of EcoGreenQueen, a company dedicated to teaching and expanding the use of environmental justice framings and methods across research and practice.
As an interdisciplinary researcher specializing in urban social-ecologies, her research centers environmental justice in urban planning and engages the racial histories and relationships between people, place and the environment.
She grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota and holds a deep respect and love for freshwater lakes, rivers and systems. Dr. Hoover is committed to public scholarship, scholar-activism and finding ways of decentralizing power both in and outside of the classroom. She holds a doctorate in agricultural and biological engineering with a concentration in ecological sciences.
Education
- PhD, Interdisciplinary Ecological Sciences and Engineering, Purdue University, 2017
- MSE, Interdisciplinary Ecological Sciences and Engineering, Purdue University, 2013
- BSME, Mechanical Engineering, University of St. Thomas, 2009
Journal Articles
2022
Jordan, P., F. Hoover and M. E. Hopton. 2022. Leveraging ancillary benefits from urban greenspace – a case study of St. Louis, Missouri. Urban Water Journal 19(3): 314-323. DOI: 10.1080/1573062X.2021.2001544. (link )
2021
Height, T., O. T. Ngadjui, F. Hoover and J. A. Dillon. 2021. The 2020 social and environmental apocalypse: Reimagining Black America. American Studies 60(3/4):163-183. DOI: 10.1353/ams.2021.0019. (link )
Hoover, F. and T. C. Lim. 2021. Examining privilege and power in US urban parks and open space during the double crises of antiblack racism and COVID-19. Socio-Ecological Practice Research 3:55–70. DOI: 10.1007/s42532-020-00070-3. (link )
Hoover, F., S. A. Meerow, Z. J. Grabowski and P. T. McPhearson. 2021. Environmental justice implications of siting criteria in urban green infrastructure planning. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning 23(5):665-682. DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2021.1945916. (link )
2020
Hoover, F., J. I. Price and M. E. Hopton. 2020. Examining the effects of green infrastructure on residential sales prices in Omaha, Nebraska. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 54(Oct):126778. DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2020.126778. (link )
2019
Hoover, F. and M. E. Hopton. 2019. Developing a framework for stormwater management: leveraging ancillary benefits from urban greenspace. Urban Ecosystems 22:1139–1148. DOI: 10.1007/s11252-019-00890-6. (link )
2009
Hoover, F. and J. Abraham. 2009. A comparison of corn-based ethanol with cellulosic ethanol as replacements for petroleum-based fuels: a review. International Journal of Sustainable Energy 28(4):171-182. DOI: 10.1080/14786450903056370. (link )