I am a Ph.D. student in Environmental Science 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 environmental challenges. 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: Wildfires; Natural Disasters; Human dimensions; Social dimensions; Wildfire management; Environmental Policy; Public Policy; Governance; Representation; Gender; Ethnicity; Climate change issues; Natural Resources Management; Marginalised and Minority populations; Environmental Sociology; GIS. 
Advisors:       Dr. Brent S. Steel (Chair) Dr. Erika Allen WoltersDr. Hilary S. BoudetDr. Lori A. CramerDr. Selina Heppel (GCR)
Address: 027 Wilkinson Hall, 2601 NW Orchard AveCorvallis, OR 97330
Contact: ojhak[at]oregonstate[.]edu                    kanchanojha[at]gmail.com