Jennifer Hahn
she/her, Instructor
Office
Location
FA 326
Hours
Tuesday 4:50-6:00 pm, and by appointment
About
I am an alumnus of Fairhaven College (BA Writing, Literature and Ecology) and College of the Environment (BS and MA in Environmental Studies).
I have taught at Fairhaven for 15 years. My coursework includes Topics in Sciences courses such as: “Wild Food” and “Plate & Planet.” In the 2024-25 academic year, I am teaching FAIR 336n: Wild Foods.
My recent community-based research answered the question: Is Salish Sea Seaweed safe to eat? I was honored to work with a stellar, caring team from 18 Salish Sea First Nation and Tribal communities, The SeaDoc Society, NOAA, WA. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, WA Department of Health, UC Davis, and WWU to answer this complex question. I shared research results with the individual Tribes and First Nations before publishing them in an international scientific journal, PLOS ONE. Here is the link if you’d like to learn more about seaweed safety: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.02692…
I feel a tidal pull to write, speak and film stories that help us love and steward the plants, animals, forests, and tidelands here in the traditional territories of our Coast Salish neighbors and beyond.
My passions: place-based education including NW natural/cultural history, storytelling, videography, local food systems, foraging, field-sketching and journaling, Alaska/Inside Passage wilderness guiding, and Salish Sea seaweed knowledge.