Lori Cramer

Lori is a Professor of Sociology and Assistant Director of Marine Studies. She specializes in Natural Resource/Environmental Sociology and Rural Sociology. Most of her teaching and research centers on how natural-resource based communities are affected by, adapt to, and demonstrate resilience when facing social and environmental challenges. She has been recognized by colleagues and students for excellence in mentoring and collaboration. Her current research includes a project funded by the PEW Lenfest Ocean Program to collaborate on developing coastal restoration plans centered on historical and contemporary Indigenous knowledge systems connected to ancestral Hawaiian seascapes and waterways.