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Dr. Clare Beer
Assistant Professor
Dr. Clare Beer earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Geography at UCLA. Prior to joining LMU, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Kentucky. Her research and teaching draw from the fields of economic geography and political ecology, and broadly concern the governance and justice dimensions of environmental sustainability. Her doctoral work on the Route of Parks project in Chilean Patagonia contributed to debates about the future of land conservation, the nature of state power, and the politics of environmental philanthropy. Her current work investigates the role of Chile’s public finance apparatus – specifically state subsidies for extractive industry – in the accelerating biodiversity crisis. She is also developing a second collaborative project on the relationship between settler colonialism and sustainability capitalism in California. Dr. Beer received paper and dissertation awards from the American Association of Geographers in 2021, 2022, and 2023, and was recognized with the Distinguished Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants by the UCLA Academic Senate in 2020.
As a proud alumna of a Jesuit University, Dr. Beer is thrilled to now be teaching in the Ignatian pedagogical tradition. When not at work, she enjoys hiking in the Santa Monica National Recreation Area, listening to LA public radio, and eating at Jonathan Gold’s favorite restaurants.
Welcome to LMU Dr. Beer!