“We need Joy as we need air. We need Love as we need water. We need each other as we need the earth we share.”
Maya Angelou
The mission of the Environment and Sustainability Studies (ENV) Program is to prepare students to create just and sustainable futures. By leveraging the experiential learning of liberal arts education and coupling it with our vibrant professional schools, we teach students how to think across disciplinary boundaries to address environmental challenges and to act within their communities for environmental justice. We ready students to be bold and ethical leaders who respond to environmental issues using socio-environmental synthesis for evidence-based, creative, and principled action.
Upcoming Events
Check out upcoming program-related events at Wake Forest below.
EEJI Author’s Forum: Corban Addison and Ryan Emanuel
October 23, 2024 | 6:00pm
Porter Byrum Welcome Center
Wake Forest University’s Environmental and Epistemic Justice Initiative invites you to the EEJI Author’s Forum, featuring authors Corban Addison (Wastelands) and Ryan Emanuel (On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice). Discussion will start at 6pm, followed by a reception and book signing.
News
- Incoming ENV Professor Crystal Dixon co-authors article on Weaver Fertilizer Plant Fire
Prof. Crystal Dixon co-authored “Using the Environmental Health Disparities Framework to understand Black and Latino perspectives of a local fertilizer plant fire”. One of our ENV affiliated faculty, Prof. Rowie Kirby-Straker, was another co-author. - Stone Mountain Student Class Trip
Dr. Stephen Smith’s ENV 321(Earth’s Dynamic Surface) class took a trip to Stone Mountain State Park, NC. Apart from about 10 minutes of rain on the summit, they all had a great day! - Recruiting for Faculty Positions
We are currently recruiting for two faculty positions. Click on the links below to apply on the HR website: *Associate Professor of Environmental Social Science, Environment and Sustainability Studies Program *Geographic Information Systems Assistant Teaching Professor, Environment and Sustainability Studies Program - ENV professor to collaborate on NASA-funded study of carbon storage in forests
Dr. Ovidiu Csillik, assistant professor in remote sensing in the Environmental Program, will serve as a co-investigator on a new $1 million NASA-funded project to get a more accurate and detailed picture of what is happening with carbon storage over time in tropical forests. See the Wake Forest news article here. - Dr. Ovidiu Csillik’s Work Published in PNAS
Dr. Ovidiu Csillik is pleased to share that his recent publication in PNAS has been featured in Reuters, Nature Highlights, and Mongabay. The study provides an in-depth analysis of aboveground carbon losses and gains in the Amazon forest, emphasizing the significant impact of forest degradation on the regional carbon balance. Utilizing high-resolution airborne laser […]