Dr. Brown is in seventh year at UPEI; however, she have been teaching and doing research in various ways for over 25 years. After spending a few years working as a Biologist with Environment Canada and the University of Guelph after Master's, she moved to africa where she initiated a village sustainable development program.She completed her PhD in Natural Resource Policy and Management in 2005 with minors in Conservation and Sustainable Development and Adult Education during which she also did research collaboration with the Center for International Forestry Research in Cameroon.

My research focuses on environmental governance and issues of sustainable management of natural resources that balance social, ecological and economic interests. In particular, I explore the roles played by local institutions, communities and civil society groups in management of commons resources, and how these interface with other actors in multi-level governance systems, in the context of changing policy and a changing climate. I draw on concepts and insights from interdisciplinary bodies of scholarship including commons theory, resilience thinking, the natural sciences, development practice, and the policy and public administration literature.