EP #72 - Academy of Natural Sciences Part IV - Environmental Justice

Today, we have a discussion of environmental justice as part of the ongoing COVIDCalls-Academy partnership.

Mariangeles H. Arce (Ar-say) is the ichthyology collection manager in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and an adjunct professor in the Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science (BEES) Department where she teaches Global Warming, Biodiversity, and your Future. Dr. Arce obtained her PhD in Zoology from the Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil in 2012. Her current research involves several neotropical catfish families and she is starting to work with environmental DNA as a tool to understand biodiversity of aquatic ecosystems.

Alexis Schulman is the Dolan Fellow for innovation in water science at the Academy and assistant research professor in Drexel’s Department of Biodiversity Earth and Environmental Sciences. I am an environmental planner and social scientist interested in understanding what drives "green," resilient innovation in urban infrastructure, policy, and planning.

Roland Wall has worked in a variety of positions for the Academy of Natural Sciences. He holds a B.A. in political science and an M.S. in entomology and applied ecology, both from the University of Delaware.

He started as a science writer working for Ruth Patrick, then developed and managed the Academy’s Town Square program and led the Academy’s involvement in the Urban Sustainability Forum. In 2007 he initiated the Center for Environmental Policy, spearheading the Academy’s involvement in policy and sustainability issues. In 2012 he launched the Academy’s involvement in the William Penn Foundation’s watershed protection planning, resulting in the launch of the Delaware River Watershed Initiative.

He became Director of the Patrick Center in 2016, where he manages the Academy’s environmental research projects, leading the interdisciplinary science team that works on a variety of basic and applied research projects.