Alexander Basaraba

Bio

Alex Basaraba (he/him) is an interdisciplinary practitioner, educator, and science-informed visual storyteller working at the interstice between people, the environment, and the climate. Building on a rigorous academic foundation in the social and natural sciences, Basaraba has more than 10 years of domestic and international experience specifically focused on climate adaptation, environmental conservation, and knowledge co-production using social science research methods, climate and social vulnerability assessments, and visual storytelling tools. His experience includes supporting communities domestically and internationally, as well as organizations and governments at all levels (federal, state, Tribal, city, and county) including the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Shoshone-Paiute Tribes, the District of Columbia, among others. Basaraba is currently a PhD student at Stanford University in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER) at the Doerr School of Sustainability. His current research focuses on how collaborative knowledge production and futurities can lead to more robust and just climate adaptation and resilience outcomes using community-based participatory social science research methods.