Interdisciplinary and Critical Approaches to Sustainability

Interdisciplinary and Critical Approaches to Sustainability

Date: Wednesday, April 24th, 2024

Time: 8:30 am - 6:00 pm

Location: Clary Theater, Bill Moore Student Success Center

REGISTER HERE to attend some or all of the sessions!

AGSC is excited to announce a conference highlighting Interdisciplinary and Critical Approaches to Sustainability, entitled “Sustainability in a Planet of Diverse Knowledges and Persistent Inequalities”. The morning session will feature panels of faculty from Georgia Tech’s College of Computing, College of Design, Insitute of People and Technology, the College of Engineering, and College of Science, all in dialogue with faculty from the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. The afternoon will focus on critical approaches to the concept of sustainability, featuring scholars from across the Institute and two keynote events.


Event Schedule

SUSTAINABILITY IN A PLANET OF DIVERSE KNOWLEDGES AND PERSISTENT INEQUALITIES

08:30 a.m. Introductory Remarks:  

John Lyon

Moderator

Professor and Chair,

School of Modern Languages

Juan Carlos Rodriguez

Moderator

Associate Professor and Co-Director,

Atlanta Global Studies Center

INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABILITY

PANEL 1: Technology, Computing, and Policy

09:00 a.m. PANEL 1

10:00 a.m.  Coffee break

Natalie Khazaal

Moderator

Associate Professor,

School of Modern Languages

Michael Best

Panelist

Professor and Executive Director,

Institute for People and Technology

Josiah Hester

Panelist

Associate Professor,

School of Interactive Computing and Computer Science 

Richmond Wong

Panelist

Assistant Professor,

School of Literature, Media & Communication 

Panel 2:Business, Design, and the Social Sciences

10:15 a.m. PANEL 2

11:15 a.m. Coffee break

 

Jennifer Chirico

Moderator

Associate Vice President for Sustainability

Ellen Bassett

Panelist

Professor and Dean,

College of Design

Michael Oxman

Panelist

Professor of the Practice and Managing Director,

Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business 

Anjali Thomas

Panelist

Associate Professor,

School of International Affairs 

PANEL 3: Science, Engineering, and the Humanities

11:30 a.m. PANEL 3

12:30 p.m. Catered lunch  

Britta Kallin

Moderator

Associate Professor of German, Associate Chair,

School of Modern Languages

Valerie Thomas

Panelist

Professor,

School of Industrial and Systems Engineering 

Jennifer Leavey

Panelist

Assistant Dean, College of Sciences;

Principal Academic Professional, School of Biological Sciences

German Vergara

Panelist

Associate Professor,

School of History & Sociology 

PANEL 4: Equity, Community, and Environmental Justice

13:30 p.m. PANEL 4

14:45 p.m. Coffee break 

Joe Bozeman

Moderator

Assistant Professor,

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Sabir Khan

Panelist

Associate Professor,

School of Architecture  

Jenny Hirsch

Panelist

Senior Director,

Center for Sustainable Communities Research and Education 

Brigitte Stepanov

Panelist

Assistant Professor,

School of Modern Languages 

PANEL 5: Colonial and Decolonial Sustainabilities

15:00 p.m. PANEL 5

16:30 p.m. Coffee break 

Juan Carlos Rodriguez

Moderator

Associate Professor and Co-Director,

Atlanta Global Studies Center 

Nelson Maldonado-Torres

Panelist

Professor of Philosophy,

University of Connecticut

BlackHouse Kollective

Possible Futures

KEYNOTE: Indigenous Science: From Local to Global Context

16:45 p.m. KEYNOTE

Jessica Hernandez

Panelist

Indigenous scholar, community advocate, 

Author of Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science (2022)