Event Details

Speakers: Anika Bratt, Hannah Ramer, Mary Heskel, Ahmed Abdalla Ahmed ’23, and Alexandra Jabbarpour ’23

This EnviroThursday will feature a panel of researchers (both faculty and students) studying the link between nature and the racist policies that prevented home ownership by minoritized communities in Minneapolis and St. Paul as well as the persistent environmental impacts of these practices that are still evident today.

Anika Bratt is the Wallin Postdoctoral Fellow in the Environmental Studies Department at Macalester College. Her expertise is in Aquatic and Urban Ecology. Hannah Ramer is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Environmental Studies Department and Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Minnesota. Her research interests include food systems, urban governance, and environmental justice. Mary Heskel is an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department.  Her expertise is in plant ecophysiology, plants and climate change, ecosystem ecology, and terrestrial carbon cycle.  Ahmed Abdalla Ahmed and Alexandra Jabbarpour are senior Environmental Studies majors.

To-Go refreshments served at the end of presentation.