Tara Gareau

Tara Pisani Gareau is associate professor of the practice at Boston College and the director of the Environmental Studies Program. Her research aims to apply ecological principles to restore ecological function and resiliency to agricultural landscapes. Her research projects include examining the effect of native plant hedgerows on biological control services in California, investigating the effects of tillage and cover crops on epigeal arthropod communities in Pennsylvania forage and feed systems, studying dragonflies and damselflies for their potential to regulate pest populations in cranberry bog systems, and assessing the impact of climate change on the sustainability of cranberry bogs in Massachusetts. She has co-taught the Complex Problem course “Global Implications of Climate Change” with Brian Gareau.