Environmental & Social Justice

Jessica is a doctoral student in environmental health sciences at the BU School of Public Health. She found her way to public health through environmental advocacy and the realization that talking about health is a good way to engage people...

Tracey Osborne is Associate Professor and Presidential Chair in the Management of Complex Systems Department at the University of California, Merced. She is also the founding director of the University of California Center for Climate Justice. Tracey’s research focuses on the social and political economic dimensions of climate change mitigation in tropical forests and the role of Indigenous Peoples, the politics of climate finance, global environmental governance, and climate equity and justice. She has worked on these issues globally with extensive field experience in Mexico and the Amazon. Tracey is a member of the Global Climate Leadership Council, a body that advises UC President Michael Drake on successful implementation of the UC Carbon Neutrality Initiative’s mission. She received her PhD from the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California, Berkeley.

Anne Short Gianotti is Associate Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University where her research and teaching focus on the social and political dimensions of environmental change. Her current research is centered on the of the justice and politics of wildlife, biodiversity, and climate change in cities.

Kimberly R. Marion Suiseeya is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University. She is also affiliated with Northwestern's Environmental Policy and Culture program. Her research examines the...

Christopher M. Bacon works to understand issues of social justice and environmental sustainability. He was a Switzer Fellow in 2001 and received a Leadership Grant in 2005-06. He grew up within the close rural communities and diverse...

Nathan McClintock is a geographer and professor of urban studies at the Instut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His research focuses on the intersection of formal and everyday environmental governance (notably of food and waste), political economy, and environmental justice in North American cities and the Canadian Arctic. He is co-director of the C3V, a space for collaborative research using audio, visual, and cartographic storytelling and is an an editor of the journal Urban Geography.

Hugh has 15 years of experience and expertise in the social and environmental justice movement both here and abroad. Most recently, he directed the Open Space Equity Campaign for the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance (NYCEJA)...

Karen received her PhD in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of Maine and her MPH from UMass Amherst. Her research examines Infrastructure × health access disparities, as well as strategies for expanding the framework for...