ESVA Climate Equity Project Team

The project will be co-produced, or jointly created, by the community and a wide group of scholars led by Karen McGlathery as the project’s Principal Investigator. The Community Advisory Committee is a team of Eastern Shore residents, led by Karen Downing and Andre Elliott, that will guide the community’s co-production of participatory research in tandem with interdisciplinary scholars from the University of Virginia, the College of William and Mary, and Old Dominion University.

Climate Equity Actor Network

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This project brings together scholars and stakeholders with an interest in the Eastern Shore. The goal is to co-produce an open-source data and visualization platform (the Climate Equity Atlas) to enable sustained collaboration and support equitable decision-making and solution adoption on risks of flooding and saltwater intrusion.

The Community Advisory Committee

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Karen Downing, Co-Chair
Virginia Organizing; Baptist Church

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Portrait Andre Elliot

Andre Elliott, Co-Chair
YMCA

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Alex Foxworthy
Eastern Shore Community College Science Department

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Kathy Carmody
Accomack County Administration

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Kelly Bulin
Eastern Shore Community Services Board

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Kellen Singleton Headshot

Kellen Singleton
Accomack-Northampton Planning District Commission

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Donna Smith
Eastern Shore Agency on Aging / Community Action Agency

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Robert Sabbatini
Eastern Shore of Virginia Chamber of Commerce

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Allison Bradshaw
Eastern Shore Health District, VIrginia Department of Health ; Eastern Shore Healthy Communities

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Dawn Byrd
United Way of Virginia's Eastern Shore

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Della Jordan
Accomack County Public Schools

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Marisa Sanchez
Accomack County Public Schools ; Bridge Network of Baptist Churches

A Unique Model

The ESVA Climate Equity Project also includes an external evaluator. The evaluator provides additional insight that may further broaden participation and enhance science goals within the project.

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The EVSA-CEP also includes an external evaluator. The evaluator provides additional insight that may further broaden participation and enhance science goals within the project.

Researchers

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Karen
McGlathery
EI Director; Sherrell J. Aston Professor of Environmental Sciences
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Barbara
Brown Wilson
Associate Professor, Urban and Environmental Planning
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Michele
Claibourn
Assistant Professor Political Science Department, and Director of Equitable Analysis for UVa's Equity Center
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Lawrence
Band
Ernest H. Ern Professor of Environmental Science Professor and Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Tanya Denkla-Cobb
Tanya
Denckla Cobb
Director of the Institute for Engagement and Negotiation
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Venkataraman Lakshmi
Venkataraman
Lakshmi
John L Newcomb Professor, Department of Engineering Systems and the Environment
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Jonah
Fogel
Program Manager, EI
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wie Yusuf
Wie
Yusuf
Professor, School of Public Service, Old Dominion University
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Elizabeth
Andrews
Professor of the Practice of Law and Director of William & Mary Law School’s Virginia Coastal Policy Center
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Majid Shafiee-Jood
Majid
Shafiee-Jood
Assistant Professor, Engineering Systems and Environment
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Cora
Baird
Site Director, Virginia Coastal Research Center
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Teresa
Culver
Associate Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Joshua Goldstein
Joshua
Goldstein
Research Assistant Professor, Biocomplexity Institute
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Ozlem
Edizel Tasci
Senior Associate & Proposal Writer
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Pat Wiberg
Patricia
Wiberg
Professor, Environmental Sciences
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Stefan
Hoops
Research Associate Professor, Network Systems Science and Advanced Computing, Biocomplexity Institute
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Henning
Mortveit
Associate Professor, Biocomplexity Institute
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Beth
Mitchell
Data Scientist for Equitable Analysis, The Equity Center

Evaluator

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Maryfrances Porter
Maryfrances
Porter
Independent Evaluator

Maryfrances Porter is the external evaluator for the CoPe project. Her role on the project is to understand the quality of the community-research collaboration and support its continued growth. Maryfrances is the CEO and Founder of a small program evaluation firm in Charlottesville, VA: Partnerships for Strategic Impact

Partnerships for Strategic Impact® empowers small- and medium-sized nonprofits (and their funders) to track and tell powerful impact stories. They build customized structures, systems, and processes for data collection, train staff in data analysis and storytelling, and provide ongoing coaching aimed at ensuring long-term sustainability and success. They also partner with clients to use impact to promote democracy, social justice, equity, and activating the power of those who have been disenfranchised.

Post-Docs and Students

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Saeed
Ashrafi
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Hanne Borstlap
Hanne
Borstlap
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Environmental Sciences
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Mia
Hsu
Graduate Research Assistant, The Equity Center
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Michelle
Kahl
Graduate Research Assistant, Institute for Engagement and Negotiation
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Lincoln
Lewis
Climate Equity Doctoral Fellow, The Equity Center
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Nishat
Tasmin Maria
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Duc Tran
Duc
Tran
Ph.D. Research Scholar, School of Engineering and Applied Science
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Daniel
Wright
Graduate Research Assistant, The Equity Center
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Qingguang Zhu
Qingguang (Bright)
Zhu
Research Associate, Department of Environmental Sciences

Past researchers who have contributed to this project include:

  • Luke Hamel
  • Erin Herock
  • Mia Rodriguez
  • Jenni Rogan