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Social Sciences Division
Lecturer
Faculty
Nat Sci 2 Main Building
459
Not available Fall 2024
Environmental Studies
Academic appointments:
Lecturer, Environmental Studies
Lecturer, College Nine
Continuing Lecturer/Lecturer, Writing Program
Education:
Ph.D, Geography, University of Minnesota
M.A., Cultural Sociology, New School for Social Research
B.A., Psychology and American Studies, University of California Santa Cruz
Critical Environmentalisms
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Higher Education
Writing Across the Curriculum/Writing in the Disciplines (WAC/WID)
First-Year Writing (FYW) and Student Success
Undergraduate students co-advised:
Serena Campbell (SOCY/CRES '23), Building Belonging project, “Identifying Critical Environmental Work and Needs on Campus” and senior thesis, “’The University Needs to Listen’: Moving from mainstream to critical environmentalism at UCSC” -- Recipient of the Sociology of Race, Class and Gender Senior Thesis Award, Rachel Carson College’s Paul Niebanck Founder’s Prize and Social Science Dean’s Undergraduate Award
Kimberly Dare (ENVS '21), Building Belonging project, “Building Environmental Belonging: Racial Diversity and Inclusion among Undergraduates at UCSC” and senior thesis, “Propelling UCSC Undergraduates of Color in Environmental Studies through Mentorship” -- Winner of the 2022 AAG Gail Hobbes Undergraduate Student Paper Competition, recipient of Social Science Dean’s and Chancellor’s Undergraduate Award and funds from the College Nine Student Funds
Service:
Diversity Chair, Environmental Rhetoric and Advocacy Special Interest Group, CCCC, Fall 2022-present
College Nine Core Course Coordinator, 2021-22
Diversity Committee, Environmental Studies, 2021-22
Grievance Steward, UC-AFT, 2020-22
College Nine/Ten Writing Program Liaison, 2018-19
Personnel Committee, Writing Program, 2017-2018
Inclusive Environmentalism and Critical Sustainabilities
Writing Across the Curriculum/Writing in the Disciplines
Care in the Academic Research Enterprise
Labor politics in higher education
Convening of Care Collective. (2024). Care in the Academic Research Enterprise: Reflections and a Call to Action from the Inaugural Convening of Care. https://doi.org/10.14433/2017.0169
Lu, F., Murai, E., Campbell, S. and Angelo, H. (2024). Building more epistemically inclusive and environmentally equitable universities. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 14, 511–524. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-024-00935-z
Lu, F. and Murai, E. (Eds.). (2023). Critical Campus Sustainabilities: Bridging Social Justice and the Environment in Higher Education. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30929-8
