Indigenous Engagement Coordinator
South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center, University of New Mexico
Bio:
Sharon Hausam is a Climate Adaptation Planner & Research Scientist with the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center, a regional organization covering Oklahoma, New Mexico, Louisiana, and Texas. Her professional practice and research address community-based and collaborative planning by Tribal, Indigenous, and other historically-marginalized communities; the use of information from western science and Indigenous knowledges in planning; adaptation and resilience; and climate and environmental justice. She has eighteen years of experience working as an employee of federally recognized Tribes, as well as experience working as a consultant and for regional organizations that coordinate with the Tribes within their boundaries. She has led the development of water, forestry, climate adaptation, renewable energy, land use, housing, capital project, transportation, recreation, economic development, and other strategic plans. Dr. Hausam helped initiate and continues to co-lead the New Mexico Tribal Planners’ Roundtable. She has taught Indigenous Environmental Planning and Planning on Native American Lands classes at the University of New Mexico, School of Architecture and Planning, since 2008, and is an affiliate of the Indigenous Design + Planning Institute. Dr. Hausam holds a Bachelor of Science with a double major in Biology and Art, a Master of Environmental Studies with a concentration in Social Ecology and Community Development, and a Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning. She lives between the Sandia Mountains and the Rio Grande on traditional Southern Tiwa Pueblo land in what is currently known as Albuquerque.
