Short Bio
Becca Farnum is an environmental peacebuilding researcher and educator. She works at the intersections of environmental activism, conflict resolution, and capacity-building with a particular passion for justice and equity, leveraging academia for public service and policy impact. Her work has included contributing to United Nations and International Law Commission policy on environmental peacebuilding; engaging underrepresented students in university learning through Widening Participation initiatives; and supporting government transparency through a stint with Michelle Obama’s Correspondence Team at The White House.
A few of her active research partnerships examine marine conservation and coral science in the Gulf with the Kuwait Dive Team; fog harvesting and water engineering in Morocco with Dar Si Hmad; and agroforestry for sustainable land management in Rwanda with We Do Green.
A few of her active research partnerships examine marine conservation and coral science in the Gulf with the Kuwait Dive Team; fog harvesting and water engineering in Morocco with Dar Si Hmad; and agroforestry for sustainable land management in Rwanda with We Do Green.


