Teresa Sarasa Nagore

Doctoral student within Division of Environmental Communication exploring the multispecies ethnography of new genetic technologies in Maize cultivation in South Africa. My research engages with feminist, multispecies political ecology and decolonial theory & practice.

Ongoing Project

The Properties and Relations of Maize: A multispecies study of the role of crop biotechnology in African smallholder farming. The project investigates the role of new crop biotechnologies in smallholders’ adaptation to climate change, taking on the lens of more-than-human beings whose agencies are at play in maize cultivation. 

Master in Forest & Nature Conservation, Policy & Society Specialization, form Wageningen University and Research, 2024.

Honors BSc in Liberal Arts and Sciences -Majoring in Environmental Sciences and Computer Sciences- from University College Roosevelt, 2021.