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Sharing News | Coming Full Circle: Environmental and Energy Justice From South Carolina to Scholarship to Strategy

  • Life Sciences Laboratories Room S330/S340 240 Thatcher Road Amherst (map)

The event is free to attend, though RSVP is encouraged. 

Presented by Dr. Tony Reames the Tishman Professor of Environmental Justice and an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, where he founded the Urban Energy Justice Lab and the Energy Equity Project. He is also Director of the U-M Sustainability Clinic in Detroit. 

Professor Reames will discuss his career trajectory inside academia and government and his work on environmental and energy justice. This will include his thoughts on challenges, opportunities, and benefits of incorporating equity and justice considerations in STEM. This talk will be of particular interest to graduate students.