The Audit: From environmental disasters to eco-grief — CSU’s Center for Environmental Justice aims to find sustainable ground

Co-founder Stephanie Malin talks about the center’s research into cases of environmental injustice, what impact a renewed focus from the current political administration could have, and how to turn climate grief and fatigue into hope and action.

Dr. Shawn Bingham joins CSU SOC as University Honors Program Director

Dr. Shawn Bingham joins the Department of Sociology as CSU’s new University Honors Program Director. Dr. Bingham’s tenure home is in our Department as Associate Professor of Sociology. He was formerly Director and Associate Dean of the Honors College and Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. Dr. Bingham earned his Ph.D. […]

Azmal Hossan invited panelist for “Multicultural Aspects of One Health”

Ph.D. student Azmal Hossan was an invited panelist for an event hosted by CSU’s Women in Science (WiSCI) Network in partnership with CSU’s Office of Inclusive Excellence. Azmal discussed the “Multicultural Aspects of One Health” at the International Women’s Day 2023 event held March 8 on campus. Women in Science Network convenes around One Health, […]

Graduate Workshop in Environmental Politics and Governance selects Nefratiri Weeks to present at May conference

Ph.D. candidate Nefratiri Weeks has been selected to present her dissertation research on “Moon Mining: Imperialism’s Next Frontier or Democratic Cooperation?” at the prestigious Graduate Workshop in Environmental Politics and Governance that will be held in May at the Center for Environmental Politics, University of Washington, Seattle.

The Audit: CSU’s Prison Agriculture Lab researches the roots, impact of the prison agriculture industry

There are more than 600 prison agricultural programs currently in the United States, but very little data looking at the how, what, and maybe most importantly, why of these programs. Colorado State University’s Prison Agriculture Lab is looking to change that. Co-directors Joshua Sbicca and Carrie Chennault talk about the lab’s recently published landmark dataset analyzing the different types of current prison agricultural programs, as well as the underlying drivers behind them.

Urban Climate publishes research by Azmal Hossan’s SESNYC cohort

Ph.D. student Azmal Hossan and his National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) Graduate Pursuit program cohort have published their first manuscript. Urban Climate published “Typologies of multiple vulnerabilities and climate gentrification across the East Coast of the United States.” The cohort is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and includes seven Ph.D. students from seven […]

Alumni partner on research published by Nature Climate Change

Adam Mayer (Ph.D., ’17) and Keith Smith (Ph.D. ‘20) published “Multidimensional partisanship shapes climate policy support and behaviours” in Nature Climate Change. Adam is a post-doctoral research associate at the Center for Global Change at Earth Observations at MSU. Keith is a Senior Researcher in the International Political Economy/International Environmental Politics group at the Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) at […]