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Speaker:Dr. Maria Cruz-Torres, Arizona State University Date:April 26, 2024 In Person in Cook/Douglas Campus, Blake 131, 93 Lipman Drive New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Against Colonial Conservation (and Other Forms of Carbon Colonialism)
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Speaker:Dr. Ashley Dawson, Professor of English, College of Staten Island Date:March 20, 2024 In Person in Cook/Douglas Campus, Blake 131, 93 Lipman Drive New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Human Ecology Professors Payne and McElwee Take Their Expertise Global to Make a Difference
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Over the past two years, two Human Ecology professors have spent a lot of time inside meeting rooms in exotic destinations translating their unique expert knowledge into policy. Dr. Pamela McElwee is one of three co-chairs leading the IPBES assessment of the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food and health – coined the ‘Nexus Assessment’. Dr. Cymie […]
Dr. Cara Cuite receives SEBS Teaching Excellence Award and Rutgers University Equity and Inclusion’s Torchbearer Award
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Dr. Cara Cuite, Associate Extension Specialist/Professor in the Department of Human Ecology, is usually very busy teaching Research Methods in Human Ecology or researching student food insecurity. But this past December Dr. Cuite was busy attending, not one, but two award ceremonies recognizing the achievements of her teaching, service and research. Dr. Cuite won the […]
The Political Ecology of Energy Transitions in Vietnam: Navigating Power through Land and Labor Commodification
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Speaker:Dr. Julia Behrens, Postcolonial Fellowin Anthropology, Bielefeld University (Germany) Date:February 8, 2024 In Person in Cook/Douglas Campus, Blake 131, 93 Lipman Drive New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Can International Courts make Governments Act on Climate Science?
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Speaker: Dr. Cymie Payne, Associate Professor of Human Ecology, Rutgers University Date: January 31, 2024 In Person in Cook/Douglas Campus, Blake 131, 93 Lipman Drive New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Using Maps to Communicate Sea-Level Rise Can Undermine Concern among Risk-Exposed Populations
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Speaker:Dr. Matto Mildenberger, Associate Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Political Science Date:November 10, 2023
Reforesting the Earth through Social Corporatism: A Natural Climate Solution
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Speaker:Dr. Thomas Rudel, Distinguished Professor EmeritusRutgers University Date:October 25, 2024
Dan Van Abs Awarded The Edmund W. Stiles Award for Environmental Leadership
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The Edmund W. Stiles Award for Environmental Leadership was presented to Daniel J. Van Abs, Ph.D., FAICP/PP, professor of professional practice for water, society, and the environment at Rutgers University. The annual award recognizes a community leader who demonstrates outstanding leadership, dedication, and passion in advancing the cause of environmental protection and stewardship. The award […]
EPIB Senior Vanessa Thomas
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Vanessa Thomas, Environmental Policy Institutions and Behavior Major, was recently awarded an Undergraduate Research Fellowship by the Rutgers Aresty Research Center in the amount of $500.00 to help fund her study on student energy security. She will use the funding to purchase recruitment materials, such as flyers and handouts, and most importantly, to appropriately compensate […]