Kristy Leissle

Kristy’s research areas are, broadly, feminist international political economy, development studies, global trade, and sub-Saharan Africa. She also has an interest in the polar regions, like the coral reefs, one of the great barometers of the health of the environment. She’s interested with what’s happening in the Arctic, especially with the ice melting and how it tells us a lot about the state of the planet, and also has major effects on the state of the planet.

Arctic Minor Courses: BIS 490 Economics of Ice: Globalization & the Polar Regions