Dr. Erin Dascher is an environmental geographer. Her research investigates human environment interactions related to river systems and other aspects of water resource management. She investigates how human activities fragment watersheds in a variety of ways, and how we can build back aspects of river connectivity in these altered systems. She uses a variety of techniques to highlight and examine how humans have altered and interact with the environment including geographic information systems (GIS), field work, and other techniques such as surveying and interviews, etc.