I am an Assistant Professor of Environment & Sustainability at Ursinus College. I hold a PhD in Anthropology & Environmental Policy from the University of Maine. My work sits at the intersection of environmental and economic anthropology, and engages with discard studies, the anthropology of work, and theories of alternative capitals and economies.
Media
August 2024 “Berry Ready to Make Difference on Montgomery County Food Policy Council” Ursinus News
July 2024 “Montgomery County Appoints Food Policy Council Leadership” The Mercury
October 2023 “Bears on the Hill: Environmental Policy Class Heads to the State Capitol” Ursinus News
October 2023 “Question 4: What you need to know about the right-to-repair referendum” Portland Press Herald
July 2023 “Strength through sharing: The growing value of free exchange” Maine Monitor
July 2022 “What is economic anthropology? with Brie Berry” Mergers & Acquisitions
June 2022 “Environmental justice in waste and recycling” Be Waste Wise
April 2022 “Second-hand value can help mitigate climate change” Bangor Daily News
February 2022 “UMaine research shows that circular economies are lacking in their approach to social justice” UMaine News.
December 2021 “As 2021 comes to an end, it’s time to reflect on our waste” Commentary, Bangor Daily News.
June 2021 “Mainers are Some of the Thriftiest People in the Country” Yahoo! News.
June 2021 “Mainers are Some of the Thriftiest People in the Country” Bangor Daily News.
June 2021 “Donation Overload: Understanding how a surge in giving during a pandemic causes problems” Maine Public Radio.
June 2021 “Furniture Banks: Here for your community during a crisis and beyond” Commentary, Bangor Daily News.
April 2021 “Maine Thrift Stores Flooded with Costly, Unusable Donations” Maine Public Radio.
March 2021 “Mainers giving staggering amounts of ‘trash’ to donation sites and thrift stores” Bangor Daily News.
January 2021 “Connecting Community and Classroom” Solutions Newsletter, University of Maine.
October 2020 “What’s at stake in the November election: Environmental Sustainability” Op-Ed, Kennebec Journal.
September 2020 “The Pandemic Dilemmas Confronting Thrift Stores” Commentary, Spotlight on Poverty & Opportunity.
September 2020 “New guide assists community reuse organizations on reopening during COVID-19” University of Maine News.
July 2020 “Bring back the reusable bags” Op-Ed, Bangor Daily News.
November 2019 “Share your trash, build your community” Op-Ed, Bangor Daily News.
November 2019 “Secondhand chic: Cultural anthropologist digs into the roots and relevance of Maine’s reuse economy, and its sustainability value” UMaine Today.
April 2019 “PhD Candidate Brie Berry Awarded the 2019 Edith Patch Award for Distinguished Work” Solutions Newsletter, University of Maine.
April 2019 “MSWC Talk – Co-Learning Sustainability Science and Policy” Solutions Newsletter, University of Maine.
November 2018 “Living Green: Examining Maine’s thriving and underestimated reuse market” News Center Maine.
October 2018 “Speaking in Maine” Introduction to Senator George Mitchell, Maine Public Radio.
April 2018 “Diana Davis Spencer Partnership for a Sustainable Maine” Solutions Newsletter, University of Maine.
November 2017 “Honest Broker” Solutions Newsletter, University of Maine.
July 2017 “Waste Not, Want Not” Solutions Newsletter, University of Maine.
March 2017 “PhD Student Exploring Maine’s Reuse Economy” University of Maine News.