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Panelists and Lightning Talks

  • Climate Justice Teach-In Video Recordings

    Part 1 - Climate Science 

    Part 3 - Student Perspectives on Climate Justice 

    Part 2 - Climate Solutions

    Part 4 - Climate Justice and Indigenous Knowledge

  • Climate Science Panelists and Moderator (11am - 12pm)

    Panelists: Tihomir Kostadinov, Heather Cook, and Kim Ayers

    Dr. Tihomir Kostadinov is a broadly trained quantitative Earth System scientist, interested in various topics of Oceanography, Remote Sensing/GIS and Environmental Geography. His main expertise is in marine bio-optics and ocean color remote sensing. He teaches GEOG 110, 210, and 311. To learn more about Dr. Kostadinov you can visit his personal website.

    Heather Cook is a lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.  She is a geologist with interests in volcanology, geoscience education, science literacy, and environmental issues including climate change and sustainability.  She teaches ES 100:  Earth and Its Place in the Universe.

    Dr. Kimberly Ayers is an assistant professor of Mathematics. Her research is in dynamical systems and has an interest in hybrid dynamical systems. She is also interested in generalizing limit and recurrence concepts from classical dynamics and control theory to these types of systems. You can learn more about Dr. Ayers by visiting her website.

    Moderator : Dr. Jacqueline Trischman

    Dr. Jacqueline Trischman is the interim Dean of CSTEM. She has enjoyed working with colleagues to build the university from the ground up, but Jackie's greatest professional fulfillment stems from mentoring and teaching her students, both in the classroom and the laboratory setting. To learn more about Dr. Trischman you can visit her personal website.

  • Lightning Talks (Climate Science)

    Dr. Darcy Taniguchi: Ocean-base Carbon Dioxide Removal Strategies Overview 

    Dr. Taniguchi is an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at California State University San Marcos. Her research has largely explored the characterization and response of marine communities and organisms to varying environmental conditions and interactions. You can learn more about Dr. Taniguchi at her personal website.

     

    Heather Cook:  Energy and Transportation

    Dr. Cook is a lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.  She is a geologist with interests in volcanology, geoscience education, science literacy, and environmental issues including climate change and sustainability.  She teaches ES 100:  Earth and Its Place in the Universe.

     

    Dr. Rosalina Hristova: Algae and Climate Science

    Dr. Hristova partners is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Biological Sciences. She currently partners with the State Water Resources Control Board's Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP), the California Primary Algae Laboratory to collect and catalog fresh water algae samples.

    Here's more from Dr. Hristova discussing her work.

  • Climate Solutions Panelists and Moderator (12pm - 1pm)

    Panelists:  Elizabeth Ridder, Sarah Abboud, and William Byun

    Dr. Elizabeth Ridder is an assistant professor in Georaphy. Her research program addresses human-environment interactions at various spatial and temporal scales in arid and Mediterranean environments. This effort is currently centered on examining regional relationships between climate, vegetation, and societies from the Bronze Age to the present in the Levant. You can learn more abouot Dr. Ridder by visiting her website.

    Sarah Abboud is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Biological Sciences. She teaches courses related to Principles of Ecology and the Life and Environmental Sciences.

    William Byun is a faculty member for the College of Business. He has more than 25 years practice in emerging markets investments and infrastructure transactions, including in energy, chemicals, climate change, and agribusiness, in China, India, Northeast and Southeast Asia. To learn more about Mr. Byun you can visit this page

    Moderator:  Elinne Becket

    Dr. Elinne Becket is a bacterial genomicist and expert in next-generation sequencing assay development and applications. Beyond genomics, her passions include student mentoring, dog rescue, and rock climbing. You can learn more about Dr. Becket and her laboratory work through her personal website.

  • Lightning Talks (Solutions)

    William Byun:  Innovation and New Technologies

    William is a faculty member for the College of Business. He has more than 25 years practice in emerging markets investments and infrastructure transactions, including in energy, chemicals, climate change, and agribusiness, in China, India, Northeast and Southeast Asia. To learn more about Mr. Byun you can visit this page

     

    Dr. Stephanie Ly:  Energy and Transportation as a Climate Solution

    Dr. Stephanie Ly is an Adjunct Faculty member for the MPH program at CSUSM. She is a global health researcher and environmental sustainability analyst. Her research interests include environmental exposures, child stunting, social justice, and climate-related health impacts. Visit this website to learn more about Dr. Ly.

  • Student Perspectives on Climate Justice (1pm - 2pm)

    Panelists: Codie Sterner, Stacey Saldana, Karla Mata Resendiz, Jennifer Funderberg

    Codie Sterner is a Senior at California State University San Marcos, majoring in Environmental Studies, and has a minor in Geography. He has narrowed his studies to environmental justice, and food systems. When he is not at school he works as a  bartender. When he has free time he enjoys building and creating art. 

    Stacey Saldana is a senior biology major at CSU San Marcos. She also works as the student assistant for the sustainability program on campus, supporting the all of the sustainability endeavors on campus and beyond. When she's not working or studying, Stacey enjoys venturing around just about anywhere (aquariums, anywhere in nature, museums, restaurants, etc.) and gaming on any one of her plethora of game consoles.

    Karla Mata Resendiz is currently a fourth year with a major in criminology. These past two years she has been taking AIS courses that have involved our way of living. She believes  it’s critical to acknowledge and bring back many knowledge of American Indians that have been tending their lands for thousands of years. 

    Jennifer Funderberg is a senior at CSUSM currently studying Art Media and Design, with an emphasis on film. She working as a Graphic Designer and Audio/Film editor for the upcoming climate justice podcast, "Read the Climate", which will provide a voice for the students of CSUSM on varying topics of climate change.

    Moderator: Marissa Acosta

    Marissa Acosta is the new Zero Waste and Sustainabiity Specialist at CSU San Marcos, she recently started this positing in Febuary. She graduated from Fresno State in 2020 and is currently working on her Masters at Fresno State within the Higher Education Administration and Leadership (HEAL) program. She is excited to be in this new role and is passionate about making a difference within the campus community. 

  • Climate Justice and Indigenous Knowledge Panelists and Moderator (2pm - 3pm)

    Panelists:  Dina Gilio-Whitaker, Kimberley Knowles-Yanez, and Litha Nataraj

    Dr. Dina Gilio-Whitaker is an author and a lecturer in the American Indian Studies department. Her courses have an emphasis on environmental issues, philosophy and feminism. Her most recent book is tittled "As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice from Colonization to Standing Rock."

    Dr. Kimberley Knowles-Yanez is the Associate Dean of Faculty Development & Inclusion. Some of the courses she has taught include Border Studies, World Regional Georaphy, and GIS. You can learn more about her research and publications by visiting her website.

    Lalitha Nataraj is a social sciences librarian at Kellogg Library and is passioniate about climate change and social justice. She oversees instruction, reference, and collection development in the following social science disciplines: American Indian Studies, Anthropology, Border and Regional Studies, Criminology, Environmental Studies, Ethnic Studies, Geography, Global Studies, Political Science, Sociology and Sociological Practice, and Social Sciences.


    Moderator:  Gabriel Valle

    Dr. Gabriel Valle is an ethnographer who works at the intersection of environmental anthropology and critical ethnic studies, especially Latinx Studies. Most of his work explores the social and ecological processes that influence how and why different people experience the same locations differently. You can learn more about Dr. Valle by visiting his website.  

  • Lightning Talks (Justice)

    Pamela Redela: Eco-Feminism

    Dr. Redela is a lecturer in CHABSS Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She teaches a popular eco feminisim course and is an advisor to student organizations focused on justice.

  • Additional Lightning Talks

     Madeline Dyke: Climate Change Makers

    Madeline Dyke is a recent college graduate turned climate organizer. She is the Operations Director at Climate Changemakers, a community of volunteer climate advocates who organize to get climate candidates elected and climate policies passed.

     

    Pamela Redela: Guided Meditation

    Dr. Redela is a lecturer in CHABSS Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She teaches a popular eco feminisim course and is an advisor to student organizations focused on justice.

     

    William Byun is a faculty member for the College of Business. He has more than 25 years practice in emerging markets investments and infrastructure transactions, including in energy, chemicals, climate change, and agribusiness, in China, India, Northeast and Southeast Asia. To learn more about Mr. Byun you can visit this page