People
Principal Investigator
Corey D. B. Walker
Dean, School of Divinity, Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, Director, Program in African American Studies
Summer Institute Director
Melba Newsome
Project Coordinator and adjunct faculty in the Journalism Program
Summer Institute Fellows and Faculty
Ashley Smart
Associate Director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT and Senior Editor at Undark Magazine
Lisa Sorg
Assistant Editor and Environmental Reporter, NC Newsline
Maya L. Kapoor
Journalist, Writer, and Editor
Ryan Emanuel
Associate Professor and Co-Chair of Community Engagement and Environmental Justice, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
Van Newkirk
Senior Editor at The Atlantic and Host and Co-Creator of Floodlines and Holy Week podcasts
Adam Mahoney
National Climate and Environment Reporter, Capital B News
Eileen Rodriguez
Audio Producer and Reporter, NPR 88.5 WFDD and La Noticia
Jenae Barnes
Digital Journalist and Editorial Fellow, Apple News
Will Atwater
Environmental Journalist, NC Health News and Documentary Filmmaker, South Coast Productions
Xander Peters
Writer
Collaborating Faculty
Wake Forest University faculty with research and teaching interests in environmental justice.
Shanna Greene Benjamin
Professor, Program in African American Studies
Saylor Breckenridge
Associate Professor of Sociology
Callie Lambert Brown
Associate Professor, Pediatrics – General
Justin Catanoso
Professor of the Practice of Journalism
Tivia Collins
Assistant Professor, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Jill Crainshaw
Vice Dean and Professor of Worship and Liturgical Theology, School of Divinity
Claire Crawford
Assistant Professor, Department of Politics and International Affairs and the Program in African American Studies
Crystal Dixon
Associate Professor of the Practice, Health and Exercise Science
Francisco Gallegos
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Melanie Harris
Professor of Black Feminist Thought and Womanist Theology; Director of the Food, Health and Ecological Well-Being Program, School of Divinity
Daniel Henry
Assistant Teaching Professor, The Program in African American Studies and The Program for Leadership and Character
Rowena Kirby-Straker
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
John Knox
Henry C. Lauerman Professor of International Law, School of Law
Judith Madera
Associate Professor of English
Stan Meiburg
Executive Director, Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability
Monique O’Connell
Professor of History and James P. Barefield Endowed Faculty Fellowship
David Phillips
Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Humanities
Khaliah Reed
Assistant Professor, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Scott Schang
Professor of the Practice of Environmental Law; Director, Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, School of Law
Eshe Sherley
Assistant Professor, Program in African American Studies
Christina Soriano
Vice Provost of the Arts and Interdisciplinary Initiatives
Eric Stottlemyer
Associate Dean for the Engaged Liberal Arts, Associate Teaching Professor
Leslie Stracker
Assistant Teaching Professor, Environment and Sustainability Studies Program
Julie Velásquez Runk
Director and Professor of Environment and Sustainability Studies
Ivan Weiss
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Journalism
Kyana Young
Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering
Phoebe Zerwick
Professor of the Practice of Journalism, Director of Journalism Program