Environmental Studies

Notable Faculty & Student Achievements

March 2022

  • Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Joshua Long was the featured speaker in the Urban Climate Finance Network international workshop titled “Financialization and Climate Governance.”





Feburary 2022

  • Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Joshua Long was the featured speaker in the Urban Climate Finance Network international workshop titled “Financialization and Climate Governance.”





September 2021

  • Assistant Professor of English Rebecca Evans and Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Joshua Long were interviewed for a story for the online magazine Grist. The story, “Can Climate Fiction Deliver Climate Justice?” by Maddie Stone, was published on September 28. Among other subjects, the article discusses a Southwestern summer 2021 faculty–student research project, “Climate Literature and Climate Literacy,” led by Evans with two current Southwestern English students, Coleen Roche ’23 and Elena Welsh ’23.





May 2021

  • Double major in Spanish and environmental studies Jasmine Herrera ’21 and history major Saul Zuñiga ’22 presented “Mapping the Past” at the ninth Phi Alpha Theta History Conference, held at Texas State University (TSU) on April 24, 2021. Their poster was awarded first place for undergraduate virtual presentations. The poster was selected from 19 submissions by students from TSU, Baylor, and UT Dallas, and the award included an honorarium and a certificate.





April 2021

  • Double major in Spanish and environmental studies Jasmine Herrera ’21 and history major Saul Zuñiga ’22 presented a paper titled “Mapping the Past: A Look into the Distribution of Midwives from Escuela Libre de Obstetricia y Enfermeria in Mexico City during the 1920s and 30s” at the 9th Phi Alpha Theta History Conference organized by Texas State University and held virtually on April 24, 2021. Herrera and Zuñiga undertook their research, wrote the paper, and prepared the presentation under the mentorship of Associate Professor of History Jethro Hernández Berrones during the 2020–2021 academic year. You can see their presentation here.





  • Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Joshua Long served as a presenter, panelist, moderator, and chair for several sessions at the (virtual) Annual Association of American Geographers Conference this month. Most notably, he served as moderator and discussant for the “Urban Climate Justice Futures” panel and also presented a paper titled “Crisis Capitalism and Coloniality: Funding Climate Action Projects in the 21st Century.”





March 2021

Feburary 2021

  • Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Joshua Long  published an article in the journal Politics and Governance  titled “Crisis Capitalism and Climate Finance: The Framing, Monetizing, and Orchestration of Resilience-Amidst-Crisis.”





December 2020

  • Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Joshua Long was the lead author on a published chapter in the 2020 Palgrave Macmillan book Climate Urbanism: Towards a Critical Research Agenda. The chapter, titled “Climate Urbanism and the Implications for Climate Apartheid,” was coauthored with Jennifer L. Rice (University of Georgia) and Anthony Levenda (University of Oklahoma). Find more information here.





  • Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Joshua Long and coauthors Keara Hudler ’18, Nataley Ford ’18, Lilly Dennis ’18, Joanna Mendez ’18, and Muriel DiNella ’18 received the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Campus Research Award on December 3, 2020, for a paper titled “Intersectional Sustainability and Student Activism.” The paper appeared earlier this year in the journal Education, Citizenship, and Social Justice. Find the paper here.





  • Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Joshua Long  coauthored a paper with former SU students Keara Hudler  ’18, Nataley Ford  ’18, Lilly Dennis  ’18, Joanna Mendez  ’18, and Muriel DiNella  ’18 that was recently nominated for the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Campus Research Award. That paper, titled “ Intersectional Sustainability and Student Activism ,” appeared earlier this year in the journal Education, Citizenship, and Social Justice. 





  • Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Joshua Long published an article titled ““Climate Urbanism: Crisis, Capitalism, and Intervention” with Jennifer L. Rice (Department of Geography, University of Georgia). This article appears in the latest issue of Urban Geography.





November 2020

  • Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Joshua Long  coauthored a paper with former SU students Keara Hudler  ’18, Nataley Ford  ’18, Lilly Dennis  ’18, Joanna Mendez  ’18, and Muriel DiNella  ’18 that was recently nominated for the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Campus Research Award. That paper, titled “ Intersectional Sustainability and Student Activism ,” appeared earlier this year in the journal Education, Citizenship, and Social Justice. 





  • Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Joshua Long published an article titled ““Climate Urbanism: Crisis, Capitalism, and Intervention” with Jennifer L. Rice (Department of Geography, University of Georgia). This article appears in the latest issue of Urban Geography.