Photo: PhD Candidate Graduate Teaching Assistant Contact info Email: mbh75542@uga.edu Office: Geography-Geology 120D Research Interests: Indigenous geographies, settler colonial urbanism, urban climate justice, community geography Google Scholar CV: CV_March2026.pdf (175.44 KB) My work is at the intersection of Indigenous urbanism, urban climate justice, and settler colonial urbanism. I interrogate the historical-present entanglements of Indigenous and environmental policy in Seattle, WA. By thinking cyclically across these past, present, and future relations, I aim to call attention to the ways that urban climate policy can advance the settler colonial project and illuminate the necessity of Indigenous knowledges and self-determination in urban climate justice efforts. Education Education: M.A., Geography, University of Georgia, 2022. B.A., Environmental Sustainability: Planning and Management with Geographic Information Systems (Minor), University of Oklahoma, 2020. Grant Support Grants: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (2021-2025) Native Forward Science Post Graduate Scholarship Fund (2025) Of Note Of note: I recently helped co-found the Southern Indigenous Student Coalition with the goals of building a network of support for Indigenous students across the Southern US. Listen to me talk about climate justice, carbon colonization, and Land Back here! Research Selected Publications: Henderson, M. B., & Rice, J. L. (2025). The Good Green Settler: An Examination of Settler-Colonial Climate Action in Seattle, Washington. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 1-18. Arney, R. N., Henderson, M. B., DeLoach, H. R., Lichtenstein, G., & German, L. A. (2022). Connecting across difference in environmental governance: Beyond rights, recognition, and participation. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 25148486221108892.
