Eco-Anxiety and Eco-Hope: A New Generation Speaks Out

Speakers for this event

• Andrew Hargrove

  Andrew Hargrove

  I have attached my picture and part of my bio from the Honors website.  If it is too long for your needs, please feel free to cut whatever portions you feel aren't useful for your audience!   An educator, environmental leader, quantitative methodologist, social philosopher, and lifelong learner, Dr. Andrew Hargrove’s work focuses on the intersection between climate action, environmental sociology, and engaged citizenship. His teaching takes students on a journey through our global climate problem, how we got here, what solutions are available, and how each of us has more power than we think to change the systems and implement solutions at scale. Dr. Hargrove earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from Stony Brook University (SUNY) in 2021 and his Bachelors in Psychology from Gonzaga in 2010. His teaching and research takes an interdisciplinary approach and interrogates the social, political, economic, and environmental factors associated with global environmental and public health outcomes. Dr. Hargrove’s classroom engages in critical and experiential learning in novel ways that lead to deeper knowledge and greater enjoyment. Dr. Hargrove is currently using his global interdisciplinary perspective to teach several courses for the Judy Genshaft Honors College including (not all courses offered every semester):

  • What is the Environment?
  • How to Save a Planet
  • Sustainable Tampa Bay
  • Cli-Fi: Climate Fiction and Climate Science
  • Du Bois Data Portraits Remix Capstone
  • Acquisition of Knowledge

  Dr. Hargrove leads the Sustainable Futures initiative at the Judy Genshaft Honors College. Through this initiative, Dr. Hargrove helps to facilitate Honors curriculum, events, research, and partnerships that will move the students, the college, the university, and the Tampa Bay area together towards a more sustainable future.

• Laurel Kerkman

  Laurel Kerkman

  Laurel Kerkman is a sophomore at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. She is majoring in environmental policy and sustainability with hopes of attending law school in the future.

• Michael Johnson

  Michael Johnson

  Michael Johnson is a senior Environmental Science & Policy major at USF. He is also pursuing a minor in Legal Studies. Originally from Orlando, Michael is a member of USF’s Judy Genshaft Honors College. His senior Honors thesis analyzed the City of St. Petersburg’s comprehensive plan in regard to climate change and coastal development. Michael is currently applying to law school and plans a career as an environmental lawyer.

• Sarah-Jane Vatelot

  Sarah-Jane Vatelot

  Sarah-Jane Vatelot has been working in the field of architecture since 2007, passing through structural engineering and interior design firms onto tackling high-profile architectural projects in the Tampa Bay Area. She has a passion for architecture and its ability to participate in and positively affect social change. She received her Bachelor of Design in Architecture from the University of Florida in 2007 and her Master’s in Architecture from the University of South Florida’s School of Architecture and Community Design in 2019. Her Master's Thesis "Where have all the Mangoes Gone? Reactivating the Tropicana Field site – on the Threshold of St Petersburg’s History, Culture and Memory." was published in 2019 by the St Petersburg Press and has contributed to the shift in public discourse surrounding the redevelopment of the former Gas Plant Neighborhood. Sarah-Jane was subsequently invited to join the Sugar Hill Community Partners Development Team in drafting a proposal for the 86 acres of land in the heart of St Petersburg. The proposal is one of the two finalists currently under consideration with Mayor Ken Welch’s office. She looks forward to participating in the one of the largest and most transformational projects in the Southeastern United States in her adoptive hometown.