2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
5/26/2021 | 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM | INTRODUCING STUDENTS TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES THROUGH AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SERVICE-LEARNING COLLABORATION | Virtual Platform
INTRODUCING STUDENTS TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES THROUGH AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SERVICE-LEARNING COLLABORATION
Social and environmental justice issues are complex and interdisciplinary, but it is challenging to explore that complexity in a traditional classroom setting. The goal of this collaborative project is to leverage expertise across campus, bringing together two seemingly disparate disciplines, biology and social work, to examine critical environmental justice concerns in southeastern North Carolina. Initially, this project focused on the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) , which was slated to end near our campus. After the ACP project was cancelled, we shifted focus to the environmental justice concerns associated with Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, as these industries continue to proliferate in the region. Utilizing the framework of community engaged service-learning, we have developed a sustained interdisciplinary collaboration examining these large-scale issues through the lenses of biology/ecology, social work, and community activism. Students enrolled in the associated courses conduct discipline-specific research, interact with guest speakers from the community, visit impacted areas, and explore the importance of interdisciplinary approaches to understanding complex societal problems and their potential solutions. This presentation will outline our collaborative service-learning project, providing a model for educators interested in pursuing similar cross-campus collaborations at their institutions.
- Pollution
- Policy
- Equity
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Amber Rock
(), University of North Carolina at Pembroke, amber.rock@uncp.edu;
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Tamara Savage
(), University of North Carolina at Pembroke, tamara.savage@uncp.edu;
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Susan Wilson
(), University of North Carolina at Pembroke, sw0043@bravemail.uncp.edu;
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