Sasha Isaac

CCAP Democratic Engagement Fellow

Sasha Isaac (they/she) is a doctoral student in Geography at the CUNY Graduate Center and studies the ethnoecology of guerrilla warfare. In particular, they are interested in how insurgent groups and communities in conflict zones use knowledge of the local environment for food, medicine, and tactical advantage. Their research examines the relationship between environmental knowledge and armed resistance, with broader interests in climate justice and grassroots activism. Sasha’s work investigates how control over land and botanical resources shapes both ecological politics and survival strategies in contested territories.