Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice Webinars
Based on the book Ground Truths: Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice, co-edited by Chad Raphael (Santa Clara University) and Martha Matsuoka (Occidental College), the webinar series was offered in February and March 2024.
The webinars were co-sponsored by SCU’s Environmental Justice & the Common Good Initiative and Occidental College’s Urban & Environmental Policy Institute.
Links to the webinar recordings are below.
- Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice
February 1, 2024
This webinar includes two presentations:
- Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice - Chad Raphael (Santa Clara University Department of Communication) and Martha Matsuoka (Occidental College Department of Urban and Environmental Policy) introduce this approach to collaborative research and why it is especially valuable for advancing environmental justice.
- The Community-Engaged Research Process - Julie E. Lucero (University of Utah College of Health) and Erika Marquez (University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Public Health) describe critical issues that arise in each stage of the community-engaged research process and how researchers and their community partners can negotiate them successfully.
- Community-Engaged Research Methods & Public Health
February 15, 2024
This webinar includes two presentations:
- Community-Engaged Research Methods & Methodologies for Environmental Justice - Ryan J. Petteway (Oregon Health & Science University and Portland State University School of Public Health) and Sarah Commodore (Indiana University - Bloomington School of Public Health) describe a broad range of research methods used by community and academic partners in environmental justice research.
- Community-Engaged Public Health Research for Environmental Justice - Ryan J. Petteway (Oregon Health & Science University and Portland State University School of Public Health) and R. David Rebanal (San Francisco State University Department of Public Health) explain the major contributions of community-academic public health research for environmental justice and new directions for this work.
- Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice Law & Policy and Food Justice & Food Sovereignty
March 1, 2024
This webinar includes two presentations.
- Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice Law and Policy - Carolina Prado (San Francisco State University Department of Latina/Latino Studies) and Zsea Bowmani (University of Toledo College of Law) describe how community-academic research can support environmental justice through legal, policy, regulatory, and public participation strategies.
- Community-Engaged Research for Food Justice and Food Sovereignty - Vera L. Chang (University of California, Berkeley Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management) and Teresa Mares (University of Vermont Department of Anthropology and Gund Institute for Environment) discuss the past and future of community-academic research for food justice and sovereignty.
- Community-Engaged Research for Community Economic Development and Urban Planning
March 7, 2024
This webinar includes two presentations:
- Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice in Community Economic Development - Miriam Solis (University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture) describes community-academic research at the crossroads of environmental justice and community economic development.
- Community-Engaged Research for Urban and Regional Planning - Ana Isabel Baptista (Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School) discusses how community-engaged research can contribute to urban and regional planning.