School of Environment & Sustainability
The politics of expertise, knowledge, and trust as they relate to environmental governance and environmental justice conflict
embermcc@umich.edu
Science, Technology, and Society Program
About
Ember McCoy (she/her) is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS). Her dissertation employs a case study of Southwest Detroit to investigate laypersons’ non-technical ways of knowing about environmental justice conflict and their incommensurability with environmental policymaking in the United States. Ember comes from a professional background in lobbying and community organizing and is particularly passionate about community-engaged research and teaching. She has a BA in Environmental Policy from Carthage College, an MS from SEAS in Environmental Justice, and a Graduate Certificate in Science, Technology, and Public Policy from the Ford School of Public Policy. Outside of research, she puts her passions and skills to practice through climate, housing, and labor organizing with her graduate student union, the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO #3550).
