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INVITED TALKS
2024
"Sprawling!: Grappling with the Environmental Legacies of America's Suburbs"
Cuyahoga Valley Lyceum Series, Cuyahoga Valley National Park
2024
Panelist for Energy Ecosystem and Infrastructure Session
Just Energy Academy | Partnership for Southern Equity | Atlanta, GA
2024
Place-Based Approaches to Federal Climate and Energy Investments
Drawdown Georgia Leadership Forum | Ray C. Anderson Foundation | Atlanta, GA
2023
Mind the Gap: Exploring Florida's Potential to Lower Costs and Reduce Carbon Emissions with Energy Efficiency
Florida Climate Week, VoLo Foundation | Virtual
2023
Funding for Upgrading Residential Buildings
Columbia (SC) Housing Summit | Columbia, SC
2023
Driving Equitable Access to EVs in Upstate South Carolina
EV Equity Roundtable, Upstate Forever and Sustaining Way | Greenville, SC
2023
Energy Forum Panelist
Sustain SC Energy Forum | Columbia, SC
2023
Energy Insecurity in the Southeast
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | Atlanta, GA
2023
Energy Insecurity in the Southeast
Rural Studio, Auburn University | Newbern, AL
2023
Energy Insecurity in the Southeast
Southern Company Stakeholder Forum | Washington, DC
2022
Discussion of "Socioeconomic Disparities in Energy Insecurity"
Symposium on The Global Energy Transition
University of South Carolina School of Law, South Carolina Journal of International Law & Business | Columbia, SC
2022
What is Nature? (And Why Does That Matter?)
Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership (IGEL) | Amicalola Falls, GA
2022
Energy Burden in the Southeast and Implications of Energy Efficiency Solutions
Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), Kennesaw State University | Kennesaw, GA
2021
The Savannah: Story of a River and its City
River to Sea: History and Literature, Ecology and Culture
Georgia Humanities and the Learning Center | Savannah, GA
2021
Energy Equity in the U.S. South
Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute (TEPRI), Energy Opportunities Coalition | Virtual
2021
What is Nature? (And Why Does That Matter?)
Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership (IGEL) | Amicalola Falls, GA
2021
Energy Insecurity and Equity in the Southeast
Florida Advisory Council on Climate and Energy (FACCE)
2021
Clean City: Affordable Housing and Electric Transportation
Coca-Cola | Virtual
2021
Energy Affordability and Your House of Worship
Sustaining Way & South Carolina Interfaith Power & Light | Virtual
2021
Resorting to Nature: American Coastal Development and the Roots of Global Ecotourism
International Learning Communities (ILC) Lecture Series, Columbus State University | Columbus, GA
2021
Environmental Justice in Atlanta
Atlanta Music Festival
2020
The Okefenokee: The Past, Present, and Future of America's Swamp
The Learning Center: Savannah, GA and Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge | Savannah, GA
2020
Energy Insecurity in the Southeast
U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office | Virtual
2020
Energy Insecurity in the Southeast
SK Collaborative | Decatur, GA
2020
Strengthening Georgia's Communities with Environmental Justice
Georgia Grassroots Environmental Network (GGEN) Quarterly Meeting, July 2020 | Virtual
2019
How Atlanta's Pipes Got Their Shapes: A Century-Long Evolution of Water and Sewer Infrastructure
City of Atlanta, Department of Watershed Management | Atlanta, GA
2019
Discussion of The Price of Permanence: Nature and Business in the New South
FoxTale Book Shoppe | Woodstock, GA
2019
Georgia's Waterways: The Flow of History
Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership | Albany, GA
2018
Discussion of The Price of Permanence: Nature and Business in the New South
Decatur Book Festival | Decatur, GA
2018
Sustainability with a Southern Twang: Lessons from the South's First Attempt at Sustainable Development
The Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business/Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain
Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA
2018
Theodore Roosevelt and the Age of Excess
The Learning Center | Savannah, GA
2018
Discussion of The Price of Permanence: Nature and Business in the New South
Atlanta Authors Series, SUGA | Tucker, GA
2018
Georgia's Waterways: The Flow of History
Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership | Albany, GA
2018
Charles E. Fraser: The First Green Developer?
Discovery Lecture Series, Coastal Discovery Museum | Hilton Head Island, SC
2018
The Savannah: The Story of a River and Its City
The Learning Center | Savannah, GA
2017
Rooting Ecotourism in Southern Soil: The First Generation of 'Green' Developers
Center for the History of Agriculture, Science, and the Environment of the South (CHASES) at Mississippi State University | Starkville, MS
2017
Georgia's Waterways: The Flow of History
Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership | Albany, GA
2017
Hilton Head Goes to Earth Day: Protecting 'Nature's Showpiece" in the Lowcountry
Discovery Lecture Series, Coastal Discovery Museum | Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
2016
A Century of America's National Parks
Seminar series for the Atlanta public hosted by the Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University | Atlanta, GA
2016
Do not "uglify" the earth: Tourism and American Environmental Politics
Furman University | Greenville, SC
2015
John Muir and Wilderness in Modern Georgia
Seminar series for the Atlanta public hosted by the Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University and Georgia Humanities | Atlanta, GA
2015
Constructive and not Destructive Development: The Struggle for 'Permanent' Uses of Resources in the South"
The Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Emory University | Atlanta, GA
2014
Giving "Wise Use" a Southern Twang: Reshaping Conservation for a Developing Region
The University of Delaware | Newark, DE
"Sprawling!: Grappling with the Environmental Legacies of America's Suburbs"
Cuyahoga Valley Lyceum Series, Cuyahoga Valley National Park
2024
Panelist for Energy Ecosystem and Infrastructure Session
Just Energy Academy | Partnership for Southern Equity | Atlanta, GA
2024
Place-Based Approaches to Federal Climate and Energy Investments
Drawdown Georgia Leadership Forum | Ray C. Anderson Foundation | Atlanta, GA
2023
Mind the Gap: Exploring Florida's Potential to Lower Costs and Reduce Carbon Emissions with Energy Efficiency
Florida Climate Week, VoLo Foundation | Virtual
2023
Funding for Upgrading Residential Buildings
Columbia (SC) Housing Summit | Columbia, SC
2023
Driving Equitable Access to EVs in Upstate South Carolina
EV Equity Roundtable, Upstate Forever and Sustaining Way | Greenville, SC
2023
Energy Forum Panelist
Sustain SC Energy Forum | Columbia, SC
2023
Energy Insecurity in the Southeast
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | Atlanta, GA
2023
Energy Insecurity in the Southeast
Rural Studio, Auburn University | Newbern, AL
2023
Energy Insecurity in the Southeast
Southern Company Stakeholder Forum | Washington, DC
2022
Discussion of "Socioeconomic Disparities in Energy Insecurity"
Symposium on The Global Energy Transition
University of South Carolina School of Law, South Carolina Journal of International Law & Business | Columbia, SC
2022
What is Nature? (And Why Does That Matter?)
Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership (IGEL) | Amicalola Falls, GA
2022
Energy Burden in the Southeast and Implications of Energy Efficiency Solutions
Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), Kennesaw State University | Kennesaw, GA
2021
The Savannah: Story of a River and its City
River to Sea: History and Literature, Ecology and Culture
Georgia Humanities and the Learning Center | Savannah, GA
2021
Energy Equity in the U.S. South
Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute (TEPRI), Energy Opportunities Coalition | Virtual
2021
What is Nature? (And Why Does That Matter?)
Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership (IGEL) | Amicalola Falls, GA
2021
Energy Insecurity and Equity in the Southeast
Florida Advisory Council on Climate and Energy (FACCE)
2021
Clean City: Affordable Housing and Electric Transportation
Coca-Cola | Virtual
2021
Energy Affordability and Your House of Worship
Sustaining Way & South Carolina Interfaith Power & Light | Virtual
2021
Resorting to Nature: American Coastal Development and the Roots of Global Ecotourism
International Learning Communities (ILC) Lecture Series, Columbus State University | Columbus, GA
2021
Environmental Justice in Atlanta
Atlanta Music Festival
2020
The Okefenokee: The Past, Present, and Future of America's Swamp
The Learning Center: Savannah, GA and Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge | Savannah, GA
2020
Energy Insecurity in the Southeast
U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office | Virtual
2020
Energy Insecurity in the Southeast
SK Collaborative | Decatur, GA
2020
Strengthening Georgia's Communities with Environmental Justice
Georgia Grassroots Environmental Network (GGEN) Quarterly Meeting, July 2020 | Virtual
2019
How Atlanta's Pipes Got Their Shapes: A Century-Long Evolution of Water and Sewer Infrastructure
City of Atlanta, Department of Watershed Management | Atlanta, GA
2019
Discussion of The Price of Permanence: Nature and Business in the New South
FoxTale Book Shoppe | Woodstock, GA
2019
Georgia's Waterways: The Flow of History
Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership | Albany, GA
2018
Discussion of The Price of Permanence: Nature and Business in the New South
Decatur Book Festival | Decatur, GA
2018
Sustainability with a Southern Twang: Lessons from the South's First Attempt at Sustainable Development
The Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business/Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain
Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA
2018
Theodore Roosevelt and the Age of Excess
The Learning Center | Savannah, GA
2018
Discussion of The Price of Permanence: Nature and Business in the New South
Atlanta Authors Series, SUGA | Tucker, GA
2018
Georgia's Waterways: The Flow of History
Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership | Albany, GA
2018
Charles E. Fraser: The First Green Developer?
Discovery Lecture Series, Coastal Discovery Museum | Hilton Head Island, SC
2018
The Savannah: The Story of a River and Its City
The Learning Center | Savannah, GA
2017
Rooting Ecotourism in Southern Soil: The First Generation of 'Green' Developers
Center for the History of Agriculture, Science, and the Environment of the South (CHASES) at Mississippi State University | Starkville, MS
2017
Georgia's Waterways: The Flow of History
Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership | Albany, GA
2017
Hilton Head Goes to Earth Day: Protecting 'Nature's Showpiece" in the Lowcountry
Discovery Lecture Series, Coastal Discovery Museum | Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
2016
A Century of America's National Parks
Seminar series for the Atlanta public hosted by the Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University | Atlanta, GA
2016
Do not "uglify" the earth: Tourism and American Environmental Politics
Furman University | Greenville, SC
2015
John Muir and Wilderness in Modern Georgia
Seminar series for the Atlanta public hosted by the Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University and Georgia Humanities | Atlanta, GA
2015
Constructive and not Destructive Development: The Struggle for 'Permanent' Uses of Resources in the South"
The Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Emory University | Atlanta, GA
2014
Giving "Wise Use" a Southern Twang: Reshaping Conservation for a Developing Region
The University of Delaware | Newark, DE
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2024
Energy Insecurity and Housing Quality: Addressing Overlapping Challenges
US-Japan Clean Energy and Decarbonization Workshop | University of Tennessee | Clemson University | Waseda University | Osaka University | Knoxville, TN
2024
Partnerships to Address Energy Insecurity in the Southeast
2024 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings | Pacific Grove, CA
2024
Community Vision Driving Policy Progress
2024 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings | Pacific Grove, CA
2023
Roundtable on Business, Government, and the Environment
American Society for Environmental History (ASEH) Annual Conference | Denver, CO
2023
Estimating and Mapping Energy Burdens Across the United States
Building Performance Association, National Home Performance Conference | Minneapolis, MN
2023
Roundtable on Planning for Climate-Resilient Homes, Households, and Communities
Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Fall Research Conference | Atlanta, GA
2023
Affordable Pathways to Building Electrification in the Southeast
Building Performance Association, National Home Performance Conference | Seattle, WA
2023
The Legacy of Southern Poverty: A Regional Approach to Address Energy Insecurity
National Energy and Utility Affordability Coalition Annual Conference | San Diego, CA
2022
What is Energy Insecurity and Why Does it Matter?
Southeast Energy Summit | Atlanta, GA
2022
Leveraging Equity Data to Build Health, Energy, and Housing Coalitions
National Energy and Utility Affordability Coalition (NEUAC) Annual Conference | New Orleans, LA
2022
Equity and Inclusion in Building Electrification and Decarbonization
Penn State Energy Days | State College, PA
2021
Rooting Energy Equity in the South
Energy and Public Health Workshop: “Energy Transitions: Clean Energy, Healthy Energy, Prosperity for All”
Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA
2020
A Regional Approach to Measuring and Addressing Energy Inequities
Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change Conference (BECC) | Virtual
2020
Energy Affordability in South Carolina and the Southeast
South Carolina Clean Energy Conference | Virtual
2020
Improving Health through Integration with Energy-Efficiency Programs
American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Conference | Virtual
2019
How to Get to Zero: A Multi-State Comparison of Zero Energy Ready Homes
Getting to Zero Forum | Oakland, CA
2019
Greening Racial Justice: Lessons from a Century-Long Struggle over Atlanta’s Proctor Creek
Atlanta Studies Symposium | Atlanta, GA
2018
The Real Cost of Affordable Housing: Coping with the South's High Energy Burdens
Southern Conference on Homelessness and Housing | Orange Beach, AL
2018
The Environmental and Social Permanence of Tourism at the Height of Jim Crow
Southern Labor Studies Association, University of Georgia | Athens, GA
2018
Green Tourism and Environmental Justice on the Carolina Sea Islands
American Society for Environmental History Annual Meeting | Riverside, CA
2017
Resorting to Nature?: 'Green' Developers and American Environmental Politics
American Society for Environmental History Annual Meeting | Chicago, IL
2015
Manufacturing 'Permanent' Landscapes in the Developing South
Co-Sponsored by The Rachel Carson Center and Renmin University of China | Beijing, China
2015
Hobby Farming Tourists and Working Rural Landscapes in the New South
Agricultural History Society Annual Meeting | Lexington, KY
2014
Corporate Conservation and Conflict: Determining the Ideal Forms of Development in the American South
Green Capitalism: Exploring the Crossroads of Environmental and Business History
The Hagley Library and Museum | Wilmington, DE
2014
Permanent Growth and Environmental Degradation in a Developing Region
Cornell Conference on the Histories of American Capitalism
Cornell University | Ithaca, NY
2014
Building a More "Permanent" South
Symposium on Southern Environmental History
The Center for the History of Agriculture, Science, and the Environment of the South (CHASES) at Mississippi State University | Starkville, MS
2013
Nature’s Bounty: Competing Visions of Economic Development in the New South (panel organizer)
American Historical Association Annual Meeting | Washington, DC
2011
Touring the New South Creed: Southern Railroads as Tourist Boosters (panel co-organizer)
Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting | Charlotte, NC
2011
Commentator for panel: Southern Landscapes, Southern Bodies: Freedom and the Environment
Landscapes of Freedom: Freedom Struggles During the Long Nineteenth Century
The George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center at Penn State | State College, PA
2010
Ecology Emotion: The Fight Against Industrial Pollution and Environmentalism in Beaufort, South Carolina, 1969-1970
American Society for Environmental History Annual Meeting | Portland, OR
2009
The Strength of the Scup Ticket: The Politics of Fishery Regulation in Rhode Island, 1870-1872
North Atlantic Fisheries History Association Annual Meeting | Norfolk, VA
Energy Insecurity and Housing Quality: Addressing Overlapping Challenges
US-Japan Clean Energy and Decarbonization Workshop | University of Tennessee | Clemson University | Waseda University | Osaka University | Knoxville, TN
2024
Partnerships to Address Energy Insecurity in the Southeast
2024 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings | Pacific Grove, CA
2024
Community Vision Driving Policy Progress
2024 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings | Pacific Grove, CA
2023
Roundtable on Business, Government, and the Environment
American Society for Environmental History (ASEH) Annual Conference | Denver, CO
2023
Estimating and Mapping Energy Burdens Across the United States
Building Performance Association, National Home Performance Conference | Minneapolis, MN
2023
Roundtable on Planning for Climate-Resilient Homes, Households, and Communities
Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Fall Research Conference | Atlanta, GA
2023
Affordable Pathways to Building Electrification in the Southeast
Building Performance Association, National Home Performance Conference | Seattle, WA
2023
The Legacy of Southern Poverty: A Regional Approach to Address Energy Insecurity
National Energy and Utility Affordability Coalition Annual Conference | San Diego, CA
2022
What is Energy Insecurity and Why Does it Matter?
Southeast Energy Summit | Atlanta, GA
2022
Leveraging Equity Data to Build Health, Energy, and Housing Coalitions
National Energy and Utility Affordability Coalition (NEUAC) Annual Conference | New Orleans, LA
2022
Equity and Inclusion in Building Electrification and Decarbonization
Penn State Energy Days | State College, PA
2021
Rooting Energy Equity in the South
Energy and Public Health Workshop: “Energy Transitions: Clean Energy, Healthy Energy, Prosperity for All”
Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA
2020
A Regional Approach to Measuring and Addressing Energy Inequities
Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change Conference (BECC) | Virtual
2020
Energy Affordability in South Carolina and the Southeast
South Carolina Clean Energy Conference | Virtual
2020
Improving Health through Integration with Energy-Efficiency Programs
American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Conference | Virtual
2019
How to Get to Zero: A Multi-State Comparison of Zero Energy Ready Homes
Getting to Zero Forum | Oakland, CA
2019
Greening Racial Justice: Lessons from a Century-Long Struggle over Atlanta’s Proctor Creek
Atlanta Studies Symposium | Atlanta, GA
2018
The Real Cost of Affordable Housing: Coping with the South's High Energy Burdens
Southern Conference on Homelessness and Housing | Orange Beach, AL
2018
The Environmental and Social Permanence of Tourism at the Height of Jim Crow
Southern Labor Studies Association, University of Georgia | Athens, GA
2018
Green Tourism and Environmental Justice on the Carolina Sea Islands
American Society for Environmental History Annual Meeting | Riverside, CA
2017
Resorting to Nature?: 'Green' Developers and American Environmental Politics
American Society for Environmental History Annual Meeting | Chicago, IL
2015
Manufacturing 'Permanent' Landscapes in the Developing South
Co-Sponsored by The Rachel Carson Center and Renmin University of China | Beijing, China
2015
Hobby Farming Tourists and Working Rural Landscapes in the New South
Agricultural History Society Annual Meeting | Lexington, KY
2014
Corporate Conservation and Conflict: Determining the Ideal Forms of Development in the American South
Green Capitalism: Exploring the Crossroads of Environmental and Business History
The Hagley Library and Museum | Wilmington, DE
2014
Permanent Growth and Environmental Degradation in a Developing Region
Cornell Conference on the Histories of American Capitalism
Cornell University | Ithaca, NY
2014
Building a More "Permanent" South
Symposium on Southern Environmental History
The Center for the History of Agriculture, Science, and the Environment of the South (CHASES) at Mississippi State University | Starkville, MS
2013
Nature’s Bounty: Competing Visions of Economic Development in the New South (panel organizer)
American Historical Association Annual Meeting | Washington, DC
2011
Touring the New South Creed: Southern Railroads as Tourist Boosters (panel co-organizer)
Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting | Charlotte, NC
2011
Commentator for panel: Southern Landscapes, Southern Bodies: Freedom and the Environment
Landscapes of Freedom: Freedom Struggles During the Long Nineteenth Century
The George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center at Penn State | State College, PA
2010
Ecology Emotion: The Fight Against Industrial Pollution and Environmentalism in Beaufort, South Carolina, 1969-1970
American Society for Environmental History Annual Meeting | Portland, OR
2009
The Strength of the Scup Ticket: The Politics of Fishery Regulation in Rhode Island, 1870-1872
North Atlantic Fisheries History Association Annual Meeting | Norfolk, VA
WEBINARS
2024
Clean Energy to Communities (C2C)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory & SEEA
2023
Sharing the Benefits and Costs: Distributional Equity Analysis of Utility Investments
E4theFuture & SEEA
2023
Clean Energy to Communities (C2C): Connecting Communities to Free Technical Assistance
Better Buildings Webinar Series, U.S. Department of Energy
2023
Infrastructure, Climate, and Health: Policy and Solutions
American Public Health Association (APHA)
2023
Southeast Energy Insecurity Project: Webinar Series Kickoff
SEEA
2022
The Next Step Forward for Affordable Energy: Advancing the Southeast Energy Insecurity Stakeholder Initiative
Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions & SEEA
2021
Why Join the Generation Green Board of Directors?
Georgia Conservancy
2021
Environmental History of the Okefenokee
Georgia Conservancy
2021
Georgia's Political Landscape
Georgia Conservancy
2020
Building Conversations: Energy Insecurity in the Southeast
Institute for Market Transformation (IMT)
2020
Advancing Energy Equity in the South
SEEA
2020
The Southeast in a Time of Crisis
SEEA
2020
Advancing Building Codes in the Southeast
SEEA
Clean Energy to Communities (C2C)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory & SEEA
2023
Sharing the Benefits and Costs: Distributional Equity Analysis of Utility Investments
E4theFuture & SEEA
2023
Clean Energy to Communities (C2C): Connecting Communities to Free Technical Assistance
Better Buildings Webinar Series, U.S. Department of Energy
2023
Infrastructure, Climate, and Health: Policy and Solutions
American Public Health Association (APHA)
2023
Southeast Energy Insecurity Project: Webinar Series Kickoff
SEEA
2022
The Next Step Forward for Affordable Energy: Advancing the Southeast Energy Insecurity Stakeholder Initiative
Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions & SEEA
2021
Why Join the Generation Green Board of Directors?
Georgia Conservancy
2021
Environmental History of the Okefenokee
Georgia Conservancy
2021
Georgia's Political Landscape
Georgia Conservancy
2020
Building Conversations: Energy Insecurity in the Southeast
Institute for Market Transformation (IMT)
2020
Advancing Energy Equity in the South
SEEA
2020
The Southeast in a Time of Crisis
SEEA
2020
Advancing Building Codes in the Southeast
SEEA