Environment


Added 03/25/22 | Location: California | Subjects: ,

Vashan Wright is an assistant professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a guest investigator at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

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Added 03/04/22 | Location: South Dakota | Subjects: , ,

Deepthi Kolady is a professor of agricultural economics and at the department of natural resource management in South Dakota State University. She researches the intersection of agriculture, environment and the development of countries.

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Added 03/04/22 | Location: U.K. | Subjects: , ,

Dr. Navaratnam (Theeb) Partheeban is a clinical veterinarian at Westpoint Farm Vets in Chelmsford, U.K., and the co-founder of the British Veterinary Ethnicity and Diversity Society (BVEDS).

Added 10/29/21 | Location: Hawaii | Subjects: ,

Craig Santos Perez is an Indigenous Chamoru (Chamorro) from Guam who is an associate professor of the University of Hawai’i, Mānoa’s English department. He teaches eco-poetry — poetry that addresses environmental disaster — and creative writing and Pacific literature.

Added 06/15/21 | Location: New Jersey | Subjects: ,

Jessica Ware is an entomologist and associate curator in invertebrate zoology at the American Museum of Natural History, where she is also an assistant professor at the Richard Gilder Graduate

Added 05/26/21 | Location: Idaho | Subjects: , ,

Dylan Hedden-Nicely is an associate professor of law at the University of Idaho College of Law and director of the University of Idaho Native American Law Program.

Added 04/20/21 | Location: Oregon | Subjects: ,

Idowu “Jola” Ajibade is an assistant professor of geography at Portland State University. She uses an environmental justice and political ecology lens to study the intersection of climate adaptation, urban sustainability and societal transformation.

Updated 05/01/23 | Location: California | Subjects: , ,

Sarah Aarons is an earth scientist and assistant professor in the Geosciences Research Division of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego.

Updated 02/20/23 | Location: Montana | Subjects: ,

Philip Higuera is a professor in the Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences at the University of Montana, where he leads the PaleoEcology and Fire Ecology Lab.

Added 08/27/20 | Location: Washington | Subjects: ,

Ernesto Alvarado is a research associate professor of wildland fire sciences in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences at the University of Washington.

Added 08/13/20 | Location: Alaska | Subjects: ,

Alannah Hurley is a Yup’ik fisherwoman of salmon for subsistence and commercial purposes and an Indigenous rights advocate.  She has worked extensively in community development and environmental justice and is dedicated to helping make self-determination a reality for Alaska’s Indigenous people.

Added 05/17/20 | Location: California | Subjects: ,

Emma Robbins is the director of the Navajo Water Project, which provides infrastructure for Navajo families to access running water in New Mexico, Utah and Arizona.

Updated 10/01/21 | Location: Washington, D.C. | Subjects: ,

Kiho Kim is a professor of environmental science at American University.

Updated 04/16/21 | Location: Washington, D.C. | Subjects: ,

Regina Shih is the director of the Social and Behavioral Policy Program and a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation.

Added 10/18/17 | Location: Washington, D.C. | Subjects: ,

Christopher Smith is the senior vice president of government and public affairs at Cheniere Energy.

Updated 04/22/21 | Location: Hawaii | Subjects: ,

Maxine Burkett is a professor of law at the University of Hawai’i, Manoa, and a global fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Added 09/13/17 | Location: Washington | Subjects:

Shuyi Chen is a professor of meteorology in the University of Washington’s School of Atmospheric Sciences.

Updated 04/16/21 | Location: Washington, D.C. | Subjects:

Mustafa Santiago Ali is vice president of environmental justice, climate and community revitalization at the National Wildlife Federation.

Updated 04/15/21 | Location: Texas | Subjects:

Bullard is the author of 18 books addressing sustainable development, environmental racism, urban land use, community reinvestment, housing, transportation, climate justice, emergency response and regional equity.

Updated 04/26/21 | Location: New York | Subjects: ,

Nicole Hernandez Hammer is the environmental scientist at UPROSE.

Updated 04/09/21 | Location: | Subjects: , ,

Kim Tallbear-Dauphine is an associate professor of Native studies at the University of Alberta in Canada.

Updated 04/20/21 | Location: California, Colorado | Subjects: ,

Erika Zavaleta is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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Updated 10/01/21 | Location: California | Subjects:

Lisa Alvarez-Cohen is a civil and environmental engineering professor at the University of California, Berkeley, where she also serves as the vice provost for Academic Planning.

Updated 04/17/21 | Location: Colorado | Subjects: ,

Hussein A. Amery is a professor and director of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Division (HASS) at Colorado School of Mines.

Added 07/05/15 | Location: Washington, D.C. | Subjects: , , ,

Maite Arce (Mai-tay Ahr-say) is a leading voice in creating access and enhancing opportunities for Latino communities to connect with information, partners and resources they need for a better life.

Updated 04/15/21 | Location: Utah | Subjects: , ,

Nalini Nadkarni is a professor of biology at the University of Utah.

Updated 01/17/21 | Location: Illinois | Subjects: , ,

Danielle Lee is an assistant professor of biology at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, and a self-described hip-hop maven and outreach scientist who writes about urban ecology and biology.

Updated 02/10/22 | Location: New York | Subjects: ,

Majora Carter is a real estate developer, urban revitalization strategy consultant. She is responsible for the creation and implementation of numerous economic development projects, technology and green-infrastructure projects, and job training and placement systems.

Updated 12/11/21 | Location: Arizona | Subjects: ,

Lekelia “Kiki” Jenkins is a senior sustainability scientist and associate professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University.