Initial Publication Date: June 28, 2022

Leadership Team

Cheryl Bauer-Armstrong (she/her/hers), Director of Earth Partnership: Indigenous Arts & Sciences (IAS), University of Wisconsin-Madison

Christy Clark-Pujara, Associate Professor, Afro-American Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Elizabeth Hennessy (she/her/hers), Associate Professor, History, History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison

R. Justin Hougham (he/him/his), Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of Extension and Director of the Upham Woods Outdoor Learning Center, Coordinator of Environmental Equity Participatory Action Research

Maxine McKinney de Royston (she/her/hers), Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin–Madison and Coordinator of Learning While Black: Perspectives on Education & Schooling from Madison's Black communities

Erika Marín-Spiotta (she/her/hers), Professor, Geography, University of Wisconsin–Madison and Lead PI of NSF-funded ADVANCEGeo program

Todd Michelson-Ambelang (he/him/his), Senior Academic Librarian, International and Area Studies Librarians; Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Liaison, General Library System, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Troy Reeves (he/him/his), Head, Oral History Program, University Archives, General Library System, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Robin Rider, Curator of Special Collections, General Library System, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Cleo A. Woelfle-Erskine (he/him/his), Assistant Professor of Equity and Environmental Justice, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, University of Washington, Seattle, Coordinator of Pêeshkêesh Yáv Umúsaheesh – Changing Settler-Colonial Practices in River Restoration

Monica M. White, Associate Professor and Director of Nelson Institute's Office of Environmental Justice and Engagement, University of Wisconsin–Madison


We have a collaborative team structure, so please acknowledge equally all the co-PIs.