New Horizons 2022 Agenda
*All times are Eastern Standard Time
New Horizons 2022 - Day One
Welcome, Orientation, and Opening Address
Professor, School of the Environment, Yale University
Senior Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Factors Influencing CEO Compensation in Environmental Organizations
Welcome from the Dean of the Yale School of the Environment
Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean
Professor of Ecosystem Ecology
School of the Environment
Yale University
Plenary 1: Contemporary Media and Coverage of Environment, Equity, and Justice Issues
Founder and Creative Officer
Grist
Grist: Covering Environmental Inequalities and Diversity, and Recognizing New Leaders
Founder and Executive Director - Threshold, Auricle Productions
Threshold: Practicing Radical Listening in Environmental Journalism
President and Editor in Chief
Nonprofit Quarterly
Nonprofit Quarterly: Coverage of Environment, Inequality, and Social Justice
Professor, School of the Environment, Yale University
Senior Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Break
Networking Rooms
Concurrent Plenaries
Plenary 2: The Land - Sovereignty, Ownership, Reparations, and Conservation
Professor, University of California - Davis
Beyond Land Acknowledgement: Approaches to De-Colonial Environmental Policy
Executive Director, Relationships and Reciprocity Co-Director
Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust
Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust: Centering Indigenous Sovereignty on Unceded Territory
Department of Natural Resources Deputy Director, Yakama Nation
Reparations and Sustainability: The Yakama Land Deal
Plenary 3: Climate Justice: Vulnerabilities, Transitions, and Resilience
Assistant Professor
Florida International University
Disturbance Ecology, Remote Sensing, and Climate Vulnerability
Campaign Director
Climate Action Campaign
The Use of Legislation to Help Stimulate Climate Action
UrbanA Fellow
European Commission UrbanA Project
Climate Justice and Sustainability in the European Context
Networking
New Horizons 2022 - Day Two
Graduate Students and Young Professionals Poster Session
Transition
Concurrent Workshops: Session One
Workshop 1: Salary Negotiations and Competing Jobs Offers
Workshop 2: Senior Staff Positions - What to Look for and How to Obtain and Retain Them
Deputy Regional Director North Atlantic-Appalachian Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service North Atlantic-Appalachian Region
Workshop 3: How to Start a Business or Consulting Company
Workshop 4: The Elevator Pitch - Having an Effective One
Workshop 5: Navigating Academia: Publish, Perish, Thrive
Workshop 6: Financial Literacy and Planning
Transition
Concurrent Plenaries
Plenary 4: Women Leaders in Conservation Organizations
President Emerita
Natural Resources Defense Council
Reflections on the State of Diversity and the Pace of Change in Conservation Organizations
Co-Executive Director
Greenpeace
Racial Discourses, Injustices, Equity, and Engagement in Conservation Organizations
Chief Executive Officer and President
Environmental Grantmakers Association
The Environmental Grantmakers Association as a Catalyst for Change in Environmental Philanthropy
Ph.D. Student, Urban Affairs and Public Policy
Biden School of Public Policy and Administration
University of Delaware
Plenary 5: Diversity in the Environmental Sector
Professor
University of California at Los Angeles
Diversity and the Environmental Sciences
Director of Equitable Climate Solutions
Bezos Earth Fund
Diversity and Change in the Environmental Philanthropy
Operations Director
Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition
People of Color and Service on Boards of Environmental Organizations: Challenges and Benefits
Lunch Break
Networking Rooms
Concurrent Workshops: Session Two
Workshop 7: Career Transitions: When Do You Quit One Job and Look for Another
Workshop 8: Writing Graduate School Essays and Navigating the Graduate School Application Process
Director, Career Development Office
Workshop 9: Navigating the Academic Job Market: Interviews, Job Offers, and Negotiations
Feminist Political Ecologist, Environmental Consultant
Climate Justice Program Officer, Foundation for Louisiana
Workshop 10: Grant Writing in the Federal & Nonfederal context
Workshop 11: The Internet You: Tips for Putting Your Best Foot Forward in a Web-Based Job and Fellowship Market
Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
School of the Environment, Yale University
Workshop 12: How to Find a Publisher and Publish a Book
Senior Executive Editor Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Sciences, and Medicine, Yale University Press
Transition
Concurrent Plenaries
Plenary 6: Climate and Extreme Weather
Assistant Professor
University of California - Irvine
Tainted Grapes, Tainted Lungs: Extreme Wildfire Impacts to Undocumented Latina/o and Indigenous Migrants
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability
Union of Cncerned Scientists
Inequitable Burdens of Heat-related Illness and Death under a Changing Climate
Associate Professor
University of California - Santa Cruz
Solar Geoengineering Politics and Justice
Plenary 7: Just Transitions and Just Sustainabilities
Assistant Professor
Occidental College
Just Transitions: Climate and Labor Justice in Sustainability Strategies and Action
Assistant Professor
University of California - Berkeley
The Significance of Sustainable Urbanism
Networking
New Horizons 2022 - Day Three
Undergraduate Students Poster Session
Transition
Concurrent Plenaries
Plenary 8: Food, Agriculture, Land Conflicts, Justice
Founding Co-Director
Soul Fire Farm
Farming, Land Ownership and Food Sovereignty in People-of-Color Agricultural Endeavors
Associate Professor
Florida A&M University
Black Farmers and Small Farmers in the South
Associate Professor, University of Michigan - School of the Environment and Sustainability
Land Grabs, Wildlife Conflicts, and Resource Use in East Africa
Plenary 9: Environmental Justice - Trends in Research and Advocacy
Professor, Environmental Studies
University of California at Santa Barbara
Environmental Justice, Prisons, and Incarceration
Break
Networking Rooms
Closing Plenaries: Government and For-Profit Sectors
Plenary 10: Energy Justice
Senior Advisor, Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, U.S. Department of Energy;
Assistant Professor, University of Michigan - School of the Environment and Sustainability
Government, Energy Insecurity, and Energy Justice
Senior Advisor - Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, U.S. Department of Energy
Government, Energy Insecurity, and Energy Justice
Plenary 11: Environmental Quality, Oversight, and Resource Protection
Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality
Office of the White House
Equity, Justice, and Environmental Quality
Plenary 12: People of Color - Energy Production and Financing
Partner and Co-Founder
IberSun & IberSun, North America
Owning & Producing Renewable Energy in Emerging Markets
Executive Director
Native Renewables, Inc.
Using Off-Grid Solar Energy to Solve Energy Inequity
Transition
Poster Awards and Closing Address
Professor, School of the Environment, Yale University
Senior Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion