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Vanita Naidoo

Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology, Salem State University
Chapter Member: Boston SSN
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About Vanita

Naidoo's research focusses on socio spatial qualities of natural and built environment. Using eco feminism, and queer ecologies her scholarship examines the experience of BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities in green space. Naidoo is currently working on a study that explores marginalized identities in the National Parks.

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Contributions

Intersectional Identities, Inequality, and Public Green Space

Key Findings Brief,

Publications

"Understanding Student Experience of Campus Green Space Post COVID-19" Journal of American College Health (2025): 1-9.

Explores student experience of campus green space, examining its connections to race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, welcomeness and housing type. Findings suggest that campus green space reflects broader issues of belonging and wellbeing and should be designed to be more inclusive.

Green Space as a Foundation for Student Wellbeing in Higher Education: A Comparative Analysis of Campus Design (Routledge, 2025).

Offers a comparative case study of campus design at two historic Southern universities—UNC Chapel Hill and the University of Georgia—exploring how green spaces influence student wellbeing and belonging.