EMORY SCHOOL OF LAW Juris Doctor, Conferred May 1988 Admitted to Practice in the State of Georgia, 1988

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1 7043 Dardwood Lane Tallahassee, FL (850) (Home) (850) (Office) (850) (Cell) or EDUCATION CANDLER SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY Master of Divinity, Conferred, May 2003 Area of Concentration: Black Church Studies Thesis: Preaching What We Should Practice: Theological & Practical Considerations in Achieving Environmental Literacy & Transformative Politics in the Black Church EMORY UNIVERSITY Doctor of Philosophy, Division of Educational Studies, Conferred May 2000 Dissertation: The Environmental Literacy of Urban Middle School Teachers Diploma for the Advanced Study in Teaching, Conferred May 1998 Project: The Impact of Environmental Education on Teachers and Students in Schools Serving Urban, Minority, and/or Poor Populations EMORY SCHOOL OF LAW Juris Doctor, Conferred May 1988 Admitted to Practice in the State of Georgia, 1988 ATLANTA UNIVERSITY Graduate Study in Biology, JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY Bachelor of Science in Biology, Cum Laude, Conferred May 1982 JACKSON, MS ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL & MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY TALLAHASSEE, FL Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences (Environmental Policy), August 2006-Present Research Assistant Professor & Director, FAMU Teachers for a New Era, August 2004 May 2007 Environmental Sciences Institute (Adjunct), January 2005-Present Institute of Public Health (Adjunct), August 2006-Present College of Education (Adjunct), January 2006-May 2007 Courses: Environmental Policy & Risk Management; Risk Communication; Environmental Risk Communication; Environmental Regulations; Environmental Regulations and Regulatory Agencies; Principles of Environmental Law Practice; Teaching Science in Elementary Schools Committees & Synergistic Activities: Chair, Environmental Sciences Institute (ESI) Assessment Committee; Institutional Level Assessment Committee; Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Steering Committee; QEP Assessment Committee, QEP Writing Committee; FAMU Faculty Senate; Faculty Senate Steering Committee; Faculty Planning Committee CANDLER SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY Post Doctoral Fellow in Practical Theology and Religious Practices, August 2003-May 2004 Courses: Ecology and Education; Religious Education as Formation and Transformation Youth Theological Initiative Exploratory Leader, July 2001 Course: Whose Earth is it Anyway? Perspectives on Justice and the Environment

2 Page 2 ROLLINS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AT EMORY UNIVERSITY Adjunct Assistant Professor, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health January August 1999 Courses: Environmental & Occupational Health Policy; Perspectives in Environmental Health; Public Health Law; Risk Assessment EMORY UNIVERSITY Graduate Student Instructor, Division of Educational Studies, January Courses: Environmental Science Seminar; American Education; Computer Applications for Teachers CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY ATLANTA, GA Adjunct Faculty, Department of Allied Health Professions, August September 1994 Courses: Health Law; Health Care Policy & Planning EMORY SCHOOL OF LAW Instructor, Research Writing & Advocacy, September April 1988 OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE MINORITY HEALTH PROFESSIONS FOUNDATION, INC. Manager, Environmental Health & Toxicology Research Program, July August 1999 CITY OF ATLANTA LAW DEPARTMENT Assistant City Attorney; Chief, Environmental Advisory Unit, September August 1995 U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Assistant Regional Counsel, Region IV, Multimedia Pilot Branch; Hazardous Waste Law Branch, July September 1991 PUBLICATIONS Consuming Responsibly, In Justice in a Global Economy: Strategies for Home Community & World, Pamela K. Brubaker, Rebecca Todd Peters, and Laura A. Stivers, eds., Westminster John Knox Press, (2006). Differential Influence of Dexamethasone on the Activity and Synthesis of ß-Galactoside Specific Lectin (Galaptin) During Postnatal Lung Development, Experimental Lung Research 19: (1993). PRESENTATIONS/LECTURES African Americans and Climate Change, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Quincy District Conference, December 2008

3 Page 3 The Climate Project, African Methodist Episcopal Church, 11 th Episcopal District Planning Meeting, November 2008 Climate Change as a Moral Issue, United Nations Climate Change Talks, Accra, Ghana, August 2008 The Use of Environmental Autobiographies in Determining Environmental Worldview, North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE), October 2008 Preaching What We Should Practice: Theological and Practical Considerations in Addressing the Need for Environmental Literacy and Transformative Politics in the Black Church, NAAEE, October 2008 Creating a Green Church, African Methodist Episcopal Church, 11 th Christian Education Congress, July, 2008 Episcopal District Gulf of Mexico Ocean Literacy Project Writeshop, June 2008 Are You a Teacher on Purpose? Keynote Address, Orange County Science Teachers of the Year, Orlando Science Center, June 2008 Faith and Climate Change, Focus the Nation, FAMU, January 2008 Religion and Environmental Ethics, Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion, March 2008 Implementing the QEP (Quality Enhancement Plan) FAMU Faculty Planning Seminar, August 2007 Atlanta: A Case for Transformative Environmental Policy, FAMU Environmental Cooperative Science Center Summer Program, June 2007 What is QEP (Quality Enhancement Plan)? FAMU Teachers for a New Era Lunch and Learn Series, February 2007 Critical Thinking and Implementing the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) FAMU Teachers for a New Era Lunch and Learn Series, February 2007 Careers in Environmental Policy, FAMU Environmental Sciences Institute Freshman Colloquium, February 2007 Environmental Justice and Ethics, Tallahassee Mayor s Conference on Race Relations, October 2006 Womanist Theology, Guest Lectures, FAMU Women and Religion Courses, October 2006 Learning & Teaching Styles, FAMU New Faculty Orientation, August 2006 Course & Syllabus Planning, FAMU New Faculty Orientation, August 2006 Teachers for a New Era Update, FAMU College of Education Retreat, August 2006 Preaching Justice and Liberation, African Methodist Episcopal Church, 11 th Episcopal

4 Page 4 District Christian Education Congress, July 2006 Relevant Factors in the Academic Performance of African American Students, National Association of Laboratory Schools Conference, March 2006 After the Dance is Over: From Assessment to Successful Outcomes Through Curricular Change to Enhance Student Learning, Annual Meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges & Schools (SACS), December 2005 Cross-Site Exploration, Teachers for a New Era Learning Network, November 2005 Syllabus Design, FAMU Developmental Research School, August 2005 Excellence Through Research: Designing a Research Agenda for the FAMU College of Education, College of Education Retreat, August 2005 The Role of Research in Scholarship, FAMU English Faculty Roundtable, August 2005 Syllabus and Course Development, FAMU College of Nursing, April 2005 Designs for Change: Perspectives on Reforming Teacher Education Through Teachers for a New Era-Arts & Sciences-Science, American Educational Research Association, April 2005 Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, FAMU Teachers for a New Era Lunch & Learn Series, April 2005 The Role of Environmental Literacy in Education, Florida A&M University Environmental Sciences Institute Seminar Series, April 2005 Syllabus Design, Teachers for a New Era Lunch & Learn Series; FAMU School of Allied Health; FAMU School of Business & Industry; Spring 2005 The Church and the Environment, Panel Discussion, Candler School of Theology, April 2004 Women and Ecology: Ministering with Creation, Candler School of Theology, Issues for Women in the Christian Tradition, March 2004 Atlanta as Context for Interdisciplinary Environmental Education, Spelman College, October In Our Own Backyards: Atlanta as a Resource for Greening Emory s Curriculum, Emory University Piedmont Project, May, 2001; May Atlanta s Youth at Environmental Risk, Candler School of Theology, Issues in Christian Education: Youth, Culture, & Environment, February In Our Own Backyards: Atlanta s Context for Ministering With the Earth, Candler School of Theology Contextual Education Plenary Session, January A Womanist Environmental Ethic, Interdenominational Theological Center, Womanist Ethics, November 2001.

5 Page 5 The Environmental Literacy of Urban Middle School Teachers, American Educational Research Association, April The Environmental Literacy of Urban Middle School Teachers, Accepted for presentation at the Annual Conference of the North American Association for Environmental Education, August They Just Couldn t Figure Out How to Burn Coal Before They Gave it to Us: Reflections of an African American Principal in Grenada, Mississippi, American Educational Research Association, April Incorporating Environmental Health into the College Curriculum, United Negro College Fund/Second Nature Building Environmental Stewardship Workshop, March Environmental Justice Through Education: Atlanta and Environmental Justice, Morehouse College, March Environmental Justice through Education: The Impact of Environmental Education on Teachers and Students in Schools Serving Urban, Minority, and/or Poor Populations, Georgia Educational Research Association, November Local Government Environmental Update, Georgia Agrileaders Forum, March Facilitator, Fulton County Environmental Health Summit, Cancer Issues, June Atlanta s Environmental Problems of Olympic Proportion, Georgia Agrileaders Forum, March Local Enforcement of Environmental Laws, Metro City and County Attorney s Conference, February Legal Aspects of Environmental Issues: Superfund Liability for Hospitals, First National Symposium and Exhibition on Hospitals & the Environment, May HONORS Woman of Distinction (Environment), Girl Scouts of America, Big Bend Area Council, 2008 North American Association for Environmental Education, President s Award, 2008 Lilly Post-Graduate Fellowship in Practical Theology & Religious Practices, International Society of Theta Phi for Outstanding Scholarship & Distinction in Religion, 2002 John & Alice Slay Award for Outstanding Academic Performance, Achievement, & Promise in Ministry, 2002 Robert W. Woodruff Fellowship in Theology and Ministry, Ministry Fellow, Fund for Theological Education, Doctoral Fellow, Emory University Center for the Study of Health, Culture, & Society Mellon/Sawyer Seminar, Rollins School of Public Health, Full Fellowship, Emory University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Greater Leadership Opportunities Program, 1991 Sustained Superior Performance Award, EPA, 1991 Leadership DeKalb, Class of 1990 Notes and Comments Editor, Emory Journal of International Dispute Resolution,

6 Page 6 Phi Delta Phi, International Law Fraternity, 1987 Who s Who Among American Law Students, First Place, National Association of Black Women Attorneys Writing Competition, 1986 Merit Scholarship, Emory School of Law, Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society, Minority Biomedical Research Support Program Traineeship, ; Jacksonian Service Award, Jackson State University, Full Academic Scholarship, Jackson State University, Mississippi Power & Light Company Scholarship, PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC AFFILIATIONS National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), Board of Examiners Member ( ) Sustainable Tallahassee, Board Member ( ) Presenter, The Climate Project, Inc. North American Association of Environmental Education (NAAEE), Board Member ( ) National Council of Churches USA o Governing Board Member ( ) o Delegate to General Assembly ( ) o Member & Secretary, Eco-Justice Work Group Ecological Society of America National Association of Environmental Professionals Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences American Educational Research Association (AERA) HBCU Faculty Development Network Rural Sociological Association American Academy of Religion Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion (SECSOR) State Bar of Georgia Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. - Golden Life Member Co-Chair, Commission of Schools & Higher Education, African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church 11 th Episcopal District ( ) Co-Chair, Distinguished AME Church Scholars & Teachers Ordained Elder, Florida Conference, African Methodist Episcopal Church Assistant Pastor, Friendship AME Church, Tallahassee (2008-Present) Assistant Pastor, Mt. Pisgah AME Church, Tallahassee ( )