Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Class of 2024
Postdoctoral Research Fellow · UC Berkeley
Dissertation: At Home With Coyotes: An Exploration of Human-Coyote Relations in the Los Angeles ‘Ecology of Selves’
Chase is a PhD alum at the Institute for Environment and Sustainability where his research interests lie at the intersection of multispecies anthropology, restoration ecology, and the moving image. Currently he is a postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley.
Recent Articles
It’s the year 2050, and the Los Angeles River runs lazily along, sparkling in the sunlight, as the hum of freeway traffic weaves through the idyllic setting.
The Ph.D. program was launched in 2018 and the ESE program is 50 years old this year. Some of their research and accomplishments: Noam Rosenthal focused on wildfires in his…
Just witness the excitement around sightings of the city’s famous wild animals. One recent Los Angeles Times headline read, “Famed mountain lion P-22 makes dramatic appearance in Beachwood Canyon backyard.”…
Grand Theft Eco: Environmental Futures of Los Angeles is a creative film project that repurposes the game engine and design of the video game Grand Theft Auto V to explore possible eco-futures of Los Angeles in the year 2050.