I am a PhD candidate in the Environmental Science Graduate Program at Oregon State University. I am interested in the social dimensions of environmental issues, and my research focuses on how cultural traits influence individual and community responses to wildfires. Additionally, I am investigating the impacts of climate change on agricultural communities, especially farmers and ranchers, by exploring how they experience, adapt to, and cope with climate-related stress and grief. 
Research Interest: Climate change issues; Wildfires; Natural Disasters; Human dimensions; Social dimensions; Wildfire management; Environmental Policy; Public Policy; Governance; Representation; Gender; Ethnicity; Natural Resources Management; Marginalized and Minority populations; Environmental Sociology; GIS. 


Address: 027 Wilkinson Hall, 2601 NW Orchard AveCorvallis, OR 97330
Contact: ojhak[at]oregonstate[.]edu                    kanchanojha[at]gmail.com
Advisor: Dr. Brent S SteelCommittee members: Dr. Erika Allen Wolters Dr. Lori Cramer Dr. Hilary BoudetGCR: Dr. Selena Heppel