Day 2: Speakers and Panels

9:00 - 10:15 am
Kroon Hall, Burke Auditorium

Moderator: Dr. Steven Brechin — Professor. Rutgers University.

Dr. Diana Hernandez — Associate Professor. Columbia University.

Dr. Tony Reames. Professor — University of Michigan.

Dr. Karen A. DeGannes — Independent Energy Consultant.

10:25 - 12:00 pm
Kroon Hall, Burke Auditorium

Moderator: Dr. M’Lis Bartlett — Lecturer. University of Michigan.

Dr. Christopher Boone — Dean. University of Southern California.

Dr. Steven Brechin — Professor. Rutgers University.

Dr. Patrick Greiner — Assistant Professor. University of Washington.

Dr. Carolina Prado — Assistant Professor. San Francisco State University.

1:00 - 2:15 pm 
Kroon Hall, Burke Auditorium

Moderator: Dr. Ember McCoy — Postdoctoral Fellow. Pennsylvania State University.

Dr. Kerry Ard — Associate Professor. The Ohio State University.

Dr. Yolanda McDonald — Assistant Professor. Vanderbilt University.

Dr. Megan Mullin — Professor. University of California at Los Angeles.

2:20 - 3:35 pm
Kroon Hall, Third Floor

2:20 - 3:35 pm
Kroon Hall, Burke Auditorium

Moderator: Faith Taylor — Ph.D. Candidate. Yale University. 

Minoli Fernando — Post-Baccalaureate Fellow. Vanderbilt University
A Geospatial Approach to Assessing the Burden of Amplified Risk Among Sensitive Subpopulations to Unsafe Drinking Water in the United States (2019-2023).

Jason Marte — Undergraduate. Stonybrook University.
Pollution, Air Quality Monitoring, and Public Health.

Lupe Franco — Ph.D. Student. University of California – Davis.
Engaging the Unhoused in Climate Adaptation Planning Through Spatial Empathy.

Alycia Ellington — Ph.D. Student. University of California – Santa Cruz.
Refusing Enclosure: Archival Insights into Youth, Schooling & Belonging in Oakland.

2:20 - 3:35 pm
Kroon Hall, Room G01

Moderator: Fransha Dace — Ph.D. Candidate. Yale University.

Muhammed Ceesay — Master’s Student. University of Michigan.
Green Grabbing: Climate Finance, Conservation, and the New Frontiers of Commodifying Nature.

Raffaele Sindoni — Ph.D. Student. Yale University.
Decolonizing Stewardship: Rights of Nature, Hāpu Authority, and Environmental Justice in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Chun-Ching Tu — Ph.D. Student. Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Living with the Carbon in the Forest: Conservation, Indigenous Environmental Justice, and Carbon Sink Governance in Taiwan.

Joseph Rodriguez — Ph.D. Student. Duke University.
The Movement to Recognize Nature’s Rights.

Frederic Traylor — Ph.D. Student. Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Religion and the Socialization of Attitudes Toward Environmental Conservation.

2:20 - 3:35 pm
Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall

Moderator: Ambria McDonald — Ph.D. Student. Yale University. 

Josh Heupel — Ph.D. Student. Stanford University.
From Fisheries to Groundwater Basins: Applying Complex Adaptive Systems Theory and Social-Ecological Matching to Groundwater Governance in California. 

Bibi Macias — Master’s Student. University of Michigan.
The National Roadmap to Ending Utility Shutoffs.

Ariza Nanji — Master’s Student. University of Michigan. 
‘Good Energy’ Stories: Co-Conspiring for Environmental Justice Across Two Cities and Multilevel Stakeholders.

Sabal Dangi — Undergraduate. Colorado School of Mines. 
Trash at the Top of the World: Tourism, Infrastructure, and Environmental Justice in the Himalayas. 

3:45 - 5:15 pm
Kroon Hall, Burke Auditorium

Moderator: Dr. Karen DeGannes — Independent Energy Consultant. 

Dr. Jovan Lewis — Professor. University of California – Berkeley.

Dolores Perales — Co-Director. Cadillac Urban Gardens.

Yesica Chavez — Environmental Justice Community Liaison.  Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission.