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Date: August 30, 2021
Time: 9:30 am - 10:30 am

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Sep 20

It’s Climate Week at @uofpenn! This week, events across campus will highlight the many ways the Penn community is working to understand and combat the climate crisis. 🌎 🌱

At #PennSP2, climate inequality is a growing area of focus. The climate crisis is a significant social justice issue, brought on by structural oppression, resulting in human vulnerabilities and inequities.

Meet three SP2 faculty members committed to addressing climate justice:

🔵 Assistant Professor Dr. R. Jisung Park
Dr. Park is an environmental and labor economist interested broadly in how environmental factors shape economic opportunity.

🔵 Assistant Professor Dr. Alice Xu
Dr. Xu studies the comparative political economy of development with a focus on the politics of inequality and social policy, urban and distributive politics, and environmental politics in the Global South.

🔵 Research Assistant Professor Dr. Chenyi Ma
Dr. Ma’s research aims to contribute to interdisciplinary knowledge of disaster risk reduction and sustainable development.

Click the link in bio to read more about climate inequality research at SP2.

#ClimateWeekatPenn
@pennsustainability
@penn_environment

[Image description: Headshots of Drs. R. Jisung Park, Alice Xu, and Chenyi Ma]

It’s Climate Week at @uofpenn! This week, events across campus will highlight the many ways the Penn community is working to understand and combat the climate crisis. 🌎 🌱

At #PennSP2, climate inequality is a growing area of focus. The climate crisis is a significant social justice issue, brought on by structural oppression, resulting in human vulnerabilities and inequities.

Meet three SP2 faculty members committed to addressing climate justice:

🔵 Assistant Professor Dr. R. Jisung Park
Dr. Park is an environmental and labor economist interested broadly in how environmental factors shape economic opportunity.

🔵 Assistant Professor Dr. Alice Xu
Dr. Xu studies the comparative political economy of development with a focus on the politics of inequality and social policy, urban and distributive politics, and environmental politics in the Global South.

🔵 Research Assistant Professor Dr. Chenyi Ma
Dr. Ma’s research aims to contribute to interdisciplinary knowledge of disaster risk reduction and sustainable development.

Click the link in bio to read more about climate inequality research at SP2.

#ClimateWeekatPenn
@pennsustainability
@penn_environment

[Image description: Headshots of Drs. R. Jisung Park, Alice Xu, and Chenyi Ma] ...

Sep 19

“[At SP2,] we believe that social policy and practice are effective tools to advance strategies to mitigate, anticipate, and respond to the human dimensions of environmental injustices. We’re doing groundbreaking, transdisciplinary research that explores the root causes of oppression and inequality, and we work to advance innovative, effective solutions. Included in our agenda in this regard, is research and practice to mitigate the unevenly distributed social consequences of climate change."

– SP2 Dean Sara S. Bachman, Collaborating on Climate and Health: A Discussion with Deans

Today, Dean Bachman joined health leaders at Penn to discuss the critical challenges arising from the impact of #ClimateChange on human well-being. Deans across the University provided insight into the ways in which climate is felt in their discipline and how they are addressing it across their education, research, and clinical missions.

#ClimateWeekatPenn #environmentaljustice #climatejustice

“[At SP2,] we believe that social policy and practice are effective tools to advance strategies to mitigate, anticipate, and respond to the human dimensions of environmental injustices. We’re doing groundbreaking, transdisciplinary research that explores the root causes of oppression and inequality, and we work to advance innovative, effective solutions. Included in our agenda in this regard, is research and practice to mitigate the unevenly distributed social consequences of climate change."

– SP2 Dean Sara S. Bachman, Collaborating on Climate and Health: A Discussion with Deans

Today, Dean Bachman joined health leaders at Penn to discuss the critical challenges arising from the impact of #ClimateChange on human well-being. Deans across the University provided insight into the ways in which climate is felt in their discipline and how they are addressing it across their education, research, and clinical missions.

#ClimateWeekatPenn #environmentaljustice #climatejustice ...

Sep 15

More reception snapshots and back-to-school vibes with #PennSP2’s PhD in Social Welfare Program! Today, we’re spotlighting SP2's incredible assistant professors and returning PhD students. Here’s to insightful discussions, shared experiences, and a bright academic journey ahead! 📚✨ #SP2PhD

Photo 1: From left to right: Assistant Professors DeMarcus Jenkins, Noor Toraif, Millan AbiNader, Alice Xu, and Jisung Park.
Photo 2: 2nd-year student Jung Ho Choi, Professor Femida Handy, and 3rd-year student Tiana Marrese.
Photo 3: 2nd-year students Ijun Hong, Hwiyoung Lee, Christopher Wodicka.
Photo 4: 2nd-year students Rebecca Pepe & Ijun Hong, along with 3rd-year student Codi Smith.

More reception snapshots and back-to-school vibes with #PennSP2’s PhD in Social Welfare Program! Today, we’re spotlighting SP2`s incredible assistant professors and returning PhD students. Here’s to insightful discussions, shared experiences, and a bright academic journey ahead! 📚✨ #SP2PhD

Photo 1: From left to right: Assistant Professors DeMarcus Jenkins, Noor Toraif, Millan AbiNader, Alice Xu, and Jisung Park.
Photo 2: 2nd-year student Jung Ho Choi, Professor Femida Handy, and 3rd-year student Tiana Marrese.
Photo 3: 2nd-year students Ijun Hong, Hwiyoung Lee, Christopher Wodicka.
Photo 4: 2nd-year students Rebecca Pepe & Ijun Hong, along with 3rd-year student Codi Smith. ...

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