Tag: Disabled communities

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.

Las reivindicaciones de justicia medioambiental de las comunidades asoladas por la extracción de petróleo y la industria petroquímica suelen caer en oídos sordos.

For communities plagued by energy extraction and petrochemical buildout, struggles of environmental justice often fall on deaf ears.

Brandon Rothrock joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss the intersection of the environment and LGBTQ+ identities, and emerging climate and health issues in Appalachia.

Brandon Rothrock (he/him) is a queer, (dis)abled geographer hailing from New Jersey. He holds a B.S. in Geography from Penn State University and a M.A. in Geography from West Virginia University. He is a first-year Geography PhD student and EmPOWERment NSF Research Trainee at The Ohio State University studying human-environment interactions and sustainable energy systems.

Tengo el privilegio de estudiar los incendios forestales, pero a menudo no tengo el privilegio de escapar de ellos cuando más importa.

I have the privilege of studying wildfires—but I often don't have the privilege of escaping them when it matters most.

Krystal Vasquez is a PhD Candidate and NSF Graduate Research Fellow at the California Institute of Technology.