The Environmental and Epistemic Justice Initiative at Wake Forest University, with funding from the Mellon Foundation and support from the Program in African American Studies at Wake Forest University is pleased to host a lecture series with Dr. Sacoby Wilson.

Moderated by Crystal T. Dixon, MPH, MA, EEJI Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor of the Practice, Environment & Sustainability Studies Program, Wake Forest University. 

Dr. Sacoby Wilson is a Professor with the Department of Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Health where he directs the Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice and Health (CEEJH).  Dr. Wilson has over 20 years of experience as environmental health scientist in the areas of exposure science, environmental justice, environmental health disparities, community-based participatory research, water quality analysis, air pollution studies, built environment, industrial animal production, climate change, community resiliency, and sustainability.  He works primarily in partnership with community-based organizations to study and address environmental justice and health issues and translate research to action.

Please join us at 5pm for a lecture, followed by a reception.