Spring 2022 GES Seminar Series
Dr. Bette Gebrian, Executive Director, Grand’Anse Health & Development Association, .Jèrèmie, Haiti
Haiti Resilience and Recovery
YouTube recording link: https://youtu.be/sdgsyqIjBRI
Dr. Deondre Smiles, Department of Geography, University of Victoria
Geographic Indigenous Futures
YouTube recording link: https://youtu.be/bHtAMn0vjMg
Sean Kinard, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Effects of Rainfall on Stream Fish Communities
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/SA3Dq5eEOJ8
Dr. Susan Sterett, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Warning of displacement in a changing climate: loss, choice, uncertainty
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/bHsiyRBEnH0
Dr. Patrick Bigger, Climate + Community Project
Debt Justice for Climate Reparations
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/ZI9Z_WqDSWQ
Wednesday, Mar. 16, 12 noon – 1 pm
Dr. Jack Schmidt, Director, Center for Colorado River Studies, Utah State University
The Future of the Colorado River
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/3QB12eALnCA
Wednesday, Mar. 30, 12 noon – 1 pm
Dr. Luis Fernandez, Executive Director, Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation, and Research Professor, Department of Biology, Wake Forest University
Calculating the True Price of Gold: Science and Conservation to Develop a Multidimensional Characterization of Ecosystem Degradation by Artisanal Gold Mining in the Amazon
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/GgOzz8qW7Hk
Wednesday, Apr. 6, 12 noon – 1 pm
Dr. Kelly Kay, Department of Geography, UCLA
Scale, Labor, and the Los Angeles Green New Deal Plan
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/EcNbvbyI5rE
Wednesday, Apr. 13, 12 noon – 1 pm
Jeannie Lee, Senior Advisor for NEPA. White House Council on Environmental Quality
Jomar Maldonado, Director for the National Environmental Policy Act, White House Council on Environmental Quality
Big and Little NEPAs: Current and Past Regulatory Initiatives Affecting the National Environmental Policy Act and the California Environmental Quality Act
WebEx link:
https://umbc.webex.com/umbc/j.php?MTID=mab40fe599b97917ed2c9706c0f1bf5bf
Wednesday, Apr. 20, 12 noon – 1 pm
Dr. Naomi Schwartz, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia
Tropical forests in a changing world: impacts of land use and climate extremes on tropical second-growth forests
WebEx link:
https://umbc.webex.com/umbc/j.php?MTID=m155d7e7fb2f61c2930ef44e9e09661b9
Wednesday, Apr. 27, 12 noon – 1 pm
Dr. Tianna Bruno, Department of Geography & the Environment, University of Texas at Austin
Ecological Memory and Black Sense of Place in the Biophysical Afterlife of Slavery
WebEx link:
https://umbc.webex.com/umbc/j.php?MTID=mf0acf529b4a379235331aa14c1237881
Wednesday, May 4, 12 noon – 1 pm
Lara Fowler, Senior Lecturer, Penn State Law; Assistant Director, Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment; Affiliate Faculty, Penn State School of International Affairs
Working in the Valley of Death: Bridging Differences and Finding Solutions to Challenging Environmental and Societal Issues
WebEx link:
https://umbc.webex.com/umbc/j.php?MTID=m0a9a93e438ee61ca70f4ea0323eeba30
Wednesday, May 11, 12 noon – 1 pm
Dr. Camilla Hawthorne, Department of Sociology/Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, University of California – Santa Cruz
Contesting Race and Citizenship in the Black Mediterranean
WebEx link:
https://umbc.webex.com/umbc/j.php?MTID=m5e0d5a3710c6c5e442b9770c5d9dc2ba
(to see a list of previous Department Seminars click here)