Jennifer Blecha, Ph.D. (SFSU)

Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment, San Francisco University

Jennifer Blecha is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment. Her specialities include Food justice, urban agriculture, waste and waste prevention, public policy, critical animal geographies, feminist and critical race geographies. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 2007.

 

Publications

  • Blecha, J. (2015). Regulating backyard slaughter: Strategies and gaps in municipal livestock ordinances. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 6(1), 33–48.
  • Blecha, Jennifer, and Helga Leitner. “Reimagining the food system, the economy, and urban life: new urban chicken-keepers in US cities.” Urban geography 35.1 (2014): 86-108.
  • Blecha, Jennifer, and Adam Davis. “Distance, proximity, and freedom: Identifying conflicting priorities regarding urban backyard livestock slaughter.”Geoforum 57 (2014): 67-77.