Professional Service

• National Institutes of Health. Role: Panelist. Reviewed multiple proposals and served as panelist at NIH Population Sciences and Epidemiology Fellowship Review virtual meeting, November 15-16. 11/15/2023 - 11/16/2023
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Role: Panelist. Reviewed multiple proposals and served as panelist at virtual review meeting for mechanism EPA-G2023-STAR-G1 Community-Based Research for Effective Programs, Policies, and Decisions to Mitigate Cumulative Health Impacts and Environmental Health Disparities in Underserved Communities, November 7–9. 11/07/2023 - 11/09/2023
• Temple University. Role: Promotion to Professor Reviewer. Reviewed portfolio of Dr. Hamil Pearsall, Department of Geography and Urban Studies. 09/2023 - 10/2023
• University of California, Santa Barbara. Role: Promotion to Endowed Professor Reviewer. Reviewed portfolio of Dr. Jayajit Chakraborty, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management. 08/2023 - 09/2023
• University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley. Role: Promotion to Professor Reviewer. Reviewed portfolio of Dr. Dean Kyne, Department of Sociology. 07/2023 - 08/2023
• National Institutes of Health. Role: Panelist. Reviewed multiple proposals and served as panelist at NIH Summer Research Education Experience Program – ZES1 BWD-W (25) Scientific Review virtual meeting, June 23. 06/23/2023 - 06/23/2023
• Hazards, Risks and Disasters Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers. Role: Judge. Gilbert F. White Award. 04/2023 - 04/2023
• National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. Role: Ad-hoc report reviewer. Community Engagement in Northeast Houston, Texas: Geospatial Results from a Household Survey on the Disaster Experiences of Northeast Houston Residents. 03/2023 - 03/2023
• The Lancet Planetary Health; Environmental Justice (2 times); International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction; Urban Geography; Agriculture and Human Values; The Professional Geographer. Manuscript Reviewer. 01/2023 - 12/2023
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Role: Member, Science Advisory Board (SAB), EJScreen Review Panel. Provided independent advice through the Chartered SAB on the updated EJScreen (https://www.epa.gov/ejscreen) methodology at the request of the EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (OEJECR). 01/2023 - 12/2023
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Role: Ad-hoc report reviewer. Climate Change and Children’s Health and Well-Being. 01/2023 - 02/2023
• University of California, San Diego. Role: Promotion to Associate Professor Reviewer. Reviewed portfolio of Dr. Camila Alvarez, Department of Sociology. 01/2023 - 02/2023
• North Carolina State University. Role: Promotion to Professor Reviewer. Reviewed portfolio of Dr. Caren Cooper, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources. 09/2022 - 10/2022
• Utah State University. Role: Promotion to Professor Reviewer. Reviewed portfolio of Dr. Peter Howe, Department of Environment & Society. 09/2022 - 10/2022
• George Mason University. Role: Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure Reviewer. Reviewed portfolio of Dr. Jenna Krall, Department of Global and Community Health. 09/2022 - 10/2022
• University of Oregon. Role: Promotion to Professor Reviewer. Reviewed portfolio of Dr. Cassandra Moseley, Environmental Studies Program. 09/2022 - 10/2022
• Wilkes Center for Climate Science & Policy. Role: Member. Leadership Team. 08/2022 - present
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development. Role: Member. Board of Scientific Counselors, Social and Community Science Subcommittee. 02/2022 - 01/2025
• Hazards, Risks and Disasters Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers. Role: Judge. Gilbert F. White Award. 02/2022 - 03/2023
• Manuscript Reviewer. Annals of the Association of American Geographers; Environmental Research; Environment and Planning E (2 times); Geographical Review; Natural Hazards Review (3 times); Risk Analysis (2 times). 01/2022 - 12/2022
• National Science Foundation. Role: Reviewer. Served as an ad-hoc reviewer for the Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences (HEGS) Program. 01/2022 - 02/2022
• Arizona Corporation Commission. Role: Expert Witness (pro bono publico). Legal testimony for “Randolph Residents Brief Pursuant to A.R.S.§40-360” in the Matter of the Application of Salt River Project (SRP) Agricultural Improvement and Power District, in Conformance with the Requirements of Arizona Revised Statutes, Section 40-360 Et Seq., for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility Authorizing the Expansion of the Coolidge Generating Station, Pinal County, Arizona. Docket No. L-00000B-21-0393-00197. Resulted in Arizona Corporation Commission Decision No. 78545 to deny the SRP’s request to expand a gas power plant in an historically Black community. 01/2022 - 02/2022
• National Science Foundation. Role: Reviewer. Served as an ad-hoc reviewer for the Leading Engineering for America's Prosperity, Health, and Infrastructure (LEAP HI) Program. 01/2022 - 02/2022
• University of North Texas. Role: Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure Reviewer. Reviewed portfolio of Dr. Elyse Zavar, Department of Public Administration. 09/2021 - 09/2021
• University of New Mexico. Role: Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure Reviewer. Reviewed portfolio of Dr. Yan Lin, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies. 09/2021 - 09/2021
• Miami University. Role: Promotion to Full Professor Reviewer. Reviewed portfolio of Dr. Liza Skryzhevska, Department of Geography. 09/2021 - 09/2021
• State University of New York. Role: Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure Reviewer. Reviewed portfolio of Dr. Mary Collins, Department of Environmental Studies and Environmental Health Program, College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 05/2021 - 05/2021
• Envision Utah in Collaboration with Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Utah Division of Emergency Management. Role: Steering Committee Member. Utah Statewide Disaster Resilience Initiative, Development Planning Working Group. 02/01/2021 - present
• Manuscript Reviewer. Annals of the Association of American Geographers; American Journal of Public Health; Earth's Future; Environmental Justice (2 times); Environmental Research (2 times); Environment and Planning E; Environment International; Geographical Review (2 times); Health & Place; Landscape and Urban Planning; Natural Hazards Review; Nature Communications; Risk Analysis. 01/01/2021 - 12/31/2021
• National Science Foundation. Role: Reviewer. Served as an ad-hoc reviewer for the Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences (DRMS) Program. 10/06/2020 - 10/09/2020
• American Association of Geographers. Role: Sesson Co-organizer (with J. Chakraborty and S. Grineski). “Persistent Environmental Injustices: Multiscalar Perspectives.” Paper session sponsored by the Hazards, Risks, & Disasters, Cultural & Political Ecology, and Health & Medical Geography Specialty Groups. Meetings of the American Association of Geographers, Denver, CO. 2020. Session Cancelled. 04/2020 - 04/2020
• Manuscript Reviewer. Annals of the Association of American Geographers; Antipode; Climatic Change (2 times); Earth’s Future; Environmental Research (5 times); Environmental Research Letters (4 times); Environment International (2 times); Health & Place; The Professional Geographer; Water International; World Development. 01/01/2020 - 12/31/2020
• University of New South Wales (Australia). Role: Dissertation Examiner. Examined the dissertation of Nathan Cooper (“Inequalities in exposure to air pollution in Australia”), Climate Change Research Center. 10/01/2019 - 10/31/2019
• Arizona State University. Role: Tenure and Promotion Reviewer. Reviewed T&P Portfolio for David Hondula, School of Geographical Sciences & Urban Planning. 07/01/2019 - 07/31/2019
• American Association of Geographers; Hazards, Risks, and Disasters Specialty Group. Role: Judge. Gilbert White Award. 03/01/2019 - 03/31/2019
• National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. Role: Ad-hoc report reviewer. Framing the Challenge of Urban Flooding in the United States. 02/01/2019 - 02/28/2019
• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Role: Editorial Board. Journal. 01/01/2019 - 12/2023
• Manuscript Reviewer. Annals of the American Association of Geographers (2 times); Anthropocene; Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society; Ecological Economics; Environmental Epidemiology; Environmental Research (2 times); Geoforum; Journal of Geography in Higher Education; Journal of Transport Geography; Population and Environment; Social Science & Medicine; Studies in Higher Education (2 times). 01/01/2019 - 12/31/2019
• National Science Foundation. Role: Reviewer. Served as an ad-hoc reviewer for the Geography and Spatial Sciences (GSS) Program. 10/01/2018 - 10/04/2018
• National Science Foundation. Role: Reviewer. Served as an ad-hoc proposal reviewer for the Humans, Disasters, and the Built Environment (HDBE) Program. 07/01/2018 - 07/04/2018
• National Science Foundation. Role: Panelist. Reviewed 9 proposals, and served as panelist at a NSF meeting in Alexandria, VA, April 24-25. 04/23/2018 - 04/25/2018
• American Association of Geographers; Hazards, Risks, and Disasters Specialty Group. Role: Judge. Gilbert White Award. 03/01/2018 - 03/31/2018
• Manuscript Reviewer. Disability and Health Journal; Ecological Economics; Environmental Justice (2 times); Environment International; International Journal of Environmental Health Research (two times); Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology; Journal of Intellectual Disability Research; Population and Environment; Social Currents; Social Science & Medicine (3 times); Sociological Spectrum; The Professional Geographer (2 times); Urban Geography; Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews (WIREs) Climate Change (2 times) . 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2018
• National Science Foundation. Role: Panelist. Reviewed 6 proposals, and served as panelist at a virtual NSF meeting. 05/11/2017 - 05/11/2017
• American Association of Geographers; Hazards, Risks, and Disasters Specialty Group. Role: Judge. Gilbert F. White Award. 03/01/2017 - 03/31/2017
• Manuscript Reviewer. Antipode; Applied Geography; Children and Youth Services Review; Environmental Research Letters; Erdkunde (2 times); Geoforum; Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved; Local Environment; Population Research and Policy Review; Population and Environment; Social Science & Medicine; Society and Natural Resources; Sociological Perspectives. 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2017
• National Science Foundation. Role: Ad-hoc reviewer. Reviewed one proposal for a program. 01/01/2017 - 01/01/2017
• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Co-editor (with J. Chakraborty and S. Grineski). Topical Collection: Environmental Justice: Contemporary Issues and Emerging Topics. 01/01/2016 - 12/2023
• Society and Natural Resources. Role: Associate Editor. Journal. 01/01/2013 - present

Internal Service

• Environmental Working Group, Responsible AI Initiative. Co-lead, 02/2024 - 06/2024. University service.
• Academic Appeals Committee, College of Social & Behavioral Science . Member, 09/2023 - 05/2024. College service.
• Faculty Search Committee, Assistant Professor of Environment, Population, and Health in Southeast Asia, Geography. Chair, 08/2022 - 02/2023. Department service.
• Honors College students, ENVST Program. Advisor, 07/2021 - present. Other service.
• Chair . Graduate Council review of the Department of City & Metropolitan Planning, 10/15/2019 - 12/04/2019. University service.
• Member. Allocations Committee, Sustainable Campus Initiative Fund (SCIF), Sustainability Office, 08/01/2019 - 12/31/2021. University service.
• Director of Undergraduate Studies . Oversee geography undergraduate programs, 06/01/2019 - present. Department service.
• Member. CSBS Faculty Search Advisory Committee, 06/01/2019 - 02/2023. College service.
• Retention, Promotion, and Tenure Committee, University of Utah Department of Geography. Member, 01/01/2018 - present. Department service.
• Graduate Committee, University of Utah Department of Geography. Member, 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2019. Department service.

Outreach

• Student recruitment at Latinos in Action event, University of Utah. 04/26/2018 - 04/26/2018

Honors & Awards

• Rosalind Franklin Society Award in Science. (For Flores et al., “Environmental injustice in the disaster cycle: Hurricane Harvey and the disaster cycle: Hurricane Harvey and the Texas Gulf Coast”). Award for best paper for the year 2021 by a woman or an underrepresented minority in Environmental Justice, 06/2022
• Advancing Equity and Connecting Communities Award (Awarded to the eight faculty/staff of the Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program). College of Social and Behavioral Science, University of Utah, 03/2022
• Outstanding Mentor Award. Department of Geography, University of Utah, 05/2021

In the Media

• Review of research study: "Neighborhoods Are Feeling the Heat of Climate Change". 10/28/2021. https://eos.org/articles/neighborhoods-are-feeling...
• Review of research study by the Night Sky Resource Center. Light Pollution and Environmental Injustice. 11/01/2020. https://www.nightskyresourcecenter.org/light-pollu...
• Review of research study in the Deseret News. Study: Minority students in Salt Lake County schools breathe dirtier air. 05/19/2020. https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/5/19/21263965/st...
• Review of research study by NewsWise. Persistent inequitable exposure to air pollution in Salt Lake County schools. 05/15/2020. https://www.newswise.com/articles/persistent-inequ...
• Review of research study by Phys.News. Persistent inequitable exposure to air pollution in Salt Lake County schools. 05/15/2020. https://phys.org/news/2020-05-persistent-inequitab...
• Review of research study by New Scientist: Ethnic minority children are exposed to more noise pollution at school. 06/13/2019. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2206217-ethni...
• Radio interview about potential Inland Port environmental justice issues, KCPW, Salt Lake City. 09/04/2018. http://kcpw.org/blog/in-the-hive/2018-09-06/land-d...
• Review of research study in Pacific Standard. Failure at the EPA: The agency has left immigrants and minorities to fend for themselves at toxic waste sites across the country. 05/2018. https://psmag.com/magazine/failure-at-the-epa
• America’s toxic schools. Living on Earth with Steve Curwood. (broadcast on 250 public radio stations). 02/09/2018. http://www.loe.org/shows/shows.html?programID=18-P...
• Review of research study on Earther: Students of color suffer disproportionately from air pollution. 02/02/2018. https://earther.com/students-of-color-suffer-dispr...
• Review of research study in the Guardian: Schools across the US exposed to air pollution. 02/01/2018. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/feb/01/...
• Review of research study: Environmental racism and marginalized health in our gaybourhoods. 12/14/2017. https://www.autostraddle.com/you-should-stay-insid...
• Review of research study on Earther: Do queer people suffer disproportionately from pollution? 10/11/2017. https://earther.com/do-queer-people-suffer-disprop...