The Center for Environmental Justice and Sustainability is pleased to announce the recipients of our 2013-2014 student and faculty fellowships. The fellowships are intended to support scholarship in environmental justice and sustainability; find recipients and titles below. Each title is linked to a brief abstract briefly describing each project. Congratulations to our inaugural recipients!
2013-2014 CEJS Faculty Fellowship Recipients
Dr. April Atwood - Albers School of Business
“How Does Business Address the Social Justice Dimension of Sustainability?”
Dr. Wes Howard-Brook – College of Arts and Sciences
“How the Creation-Centered, Anti-imperial Gospel of Jesus was Betrayed by the Emergence of Imperial Christianity”
Dr. Rob Efird – College of Arts and Sciences
“Collaboratively Developing and Assessing Garden-based Environmental Education in Seattle’s International District”
Dr. Henry Louie – College of Science and Engineering
"Development of Electric Vehicle Load Forecasting Techniques for a Sustainable Future"
Dr. Mike Marsolek – College of Science and Engineering
“Coffee Wastewater Treatment -- Project Collaboration with the University of Central America-Managua”
Dr. Felipe Murtinho – College of Arts and Sciences
“Influence of Economic Incentives on Common-Property Forest Management in Ecuador”
Dr. Trileigh Tucker – College of Arts and Sciences
“An Environmental Justice Teaching Resource (EJTR): Inventory and Analysis of Current Practices in College Environmental Justice Education”
2013-2014 CEJS Student Fellowship Recipients
Patrick Berg – Electrical and Computer Engineering
"Can Wind PowerBe Used to Provide Sustainable Energy to Electric Vehicles?"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Henry Louie
Janie Bube – Environmental Studies
“A Living-Wall Covered Bike Shed to Encourage Sustainability on Seattle University’s Campus”
Faculty Mentor: Carlos Herrera
Michelle Dvorak – Chemistry
“Studies on the Fates of BPA Substitutes”
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Doug Latch
Eric Marshall – Chemistry
“Potato Taste Defect in Rwandan Coffee”
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sue Jackels
John Polka – Civil and Environmental Engineering
“Remote Aerial Vehicle for Environmental Management”
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Wes Lauer