Kristin Reynolds

New York City

Kristin Reynolds is a critical geographer and urban food systems scholar in New York City. Her research focuses on urban agriculture and social justice using action research approaches. Her co-authored book Beyond the Kale: Urban Agriculture and Social Justice Activism in New York City (2016, University of Georgia Press) examines the efforts of urban agriculture activists, primarily people of color and women, to create more socially and environmentally just urban systems through farming and gardening initiatives. From 2013-2015 she designed a first-of-its-kind associate in science degree program in Food Studies for Hostos Community College (a part of the City University of New York and located in the South Bronx) and she leads participatory evaluation research with urban food and environmental organizations in New York City and state. She has taught at The New School in New York City; Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; and Hostos Community College (CUNY).