Environmentalist to discuss eco-feminism, climate change
Environmental activist and philosopher Dr. Chris J. Cuomo will
speak Wednesday, March 27, at Appalachian State University.
Her lecture is part of the
university’s inaugural Global Women’s Series, which is a collaboration among the women’s studies and
global studies programs, the Office of International Education and Development and Belk Library and
Information Commons.
Cuomo’s talk, “Eco-Feminism and Climate Change,” begins at 7 p.m.
in Plemmons Student Union’s fourth-floor Parkway Ballroom. The public is invited to attend the free
event.
Climate change encompasses a variety of problems that call for serious and sustained
attention, not only to social and environmental impacts, but also to matters of gender, class and
global justice.
Understanding these dimensions may help us better understand the nature of
the problem and develop strategies for reducing emissions while building more equitable and
nurturing societies.
Cuomo holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin,
Madison. In addition to being a professor of philosophy and women’s studies at the University of
Georgia, she also is an affiliate faculty member of UGA’s Environmental Ethics Certificate Program
and Institute for African-American Studies.
Cuomo’s research focuses on ethics,
feminist philosophies, race, sexuality, environmental ethics and art. Her work in eco-feminist
philosophy and creative interdisciplinary practice has been influential among those seeking to bring
together social justice and environmental concerns. She is currently working on a project on
indigenous knowledge concerning climate change in Northern Alaska.
She is the author and
editor of many articles and several books in feminist, postcolonial and environmental philosophy.
Her work in eco-feminist philosophy and creative interdisciplinary practice has been influential
among those seeking to bring together social justice and environmental concerns, as well as theory
and practice. She has received research grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Science
Foundation, the Ms. Foundation, the National Council for Research on Women and the Institute for
Sustainability and Technology Policy.
Cuomo also has been a visiting faculty member at
Cornell University, Amherst College and Murdoch University in Perth, Australia.
For more
information on Cuomo’s upcoming talk, visit http://international.appstate.edu/outreach/gws, or email (bergstedtss@appstate.edu)
