Tag: Built Environment and Housing

Dr. April M. Ballard is an assistant professor of Environmental Health in the Department of Population Health Sciences at the School of Public Health at Georgia State University.

Dr. Timnit Kefela is an assistant professor in Environmental Science and Resource Management with a special focus on Environmental Justice in the Environmental Science and Resource Management Program at California State University Channel Islands.

Dr. Ufuoma Ovienmhada is a Baker Endowed Postdoctoral Research Associate in Climate Change and Human Resiliency at the University of Arizona.

Dr. MyDzung Chu is an environmental epidemiologist at the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies at Tufts Medical Center and assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine.

Las prisiones, cárceles y centros de detención suelen ubicarse en lugares en donde los riesgos ambientales como basureros tóxicos, inundaciones y calor extremo son la norma.

Prisons, jails and detention centers are placed in locations where environmental hazards such as toxic landfills, floods and extreme heat are the norm.

Ufuoma Ovienmhada joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss environmental injustice at prisons across the U.S.

Elijah Hutchinson joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss New York City’s first comprehensive study on environmental inequality and how communities can use it to advocate for themselves.

Dr. Timnit Kefela joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss the the specific ways microplastics harm urban communities and some of her tips for reducing plastic use and exposure.

Jose Ramon Becerra Vera joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss arming residents in his native Inland Empire region of California with air pollution data to advocate for their health and community.

Dr. Greer Hamilton joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss how she uses the arts to engage and involve communities around environmental justice research.

Ufuoma (oo-fwo-ma) Ovienmhada is an engineer by education, and remote sensing scientist by training, harnessing community-based research methods to advance the design and application of satellite remote sensing technology for environmental justice. She is a PhD candidate in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT.