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Professor Perl Egendorf provides environmental insight to Science Line on how New York City is using ancient soil for a healthier city.
Perl Egendorf
Assistant Professor
Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Environmental Studies NYC
NYC
Biography
Faculty Bio
Dr. S. Perl Egendorf (they/them or she/her) studies urban soils and their intersections with food justice, environmental justice, and climate justice. Perl conducts participatory research in collaboration with urban gardeners, farmers, composters, artists, youth, and elders to investigate the viability of constructed soils for growing food in cities, limiting exposure to legacy and emerging contaminants, and mitigating the effects of climate change.
Awards and Honors
- The Story Exchange, 2023, Women in Science Incentive Prize
Education
PhD, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY, 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
MS, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, 2016
Earth and Environmental Sciences
MA, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2012
Teaching
BA, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 2007
Education Studies
Research and Creative Works
Research Interest
Earth systems science, urban soil science, urban agriculture, compost science, food justice, environmental justice, climate justice, critical geography, participatory action research, anti-colonial research, critical pedagogy, art/science collaboration
Courses Taught
Past Courses
ENS 201: Fund. of Environmental Science
ENS 202: Fund. of Environmental Science
ENS 486: Rsrch in Envrnmntl Sci
ENV 100: Water, Wildlife and Windmills
ENV 297: Topic: Earth Systems
ENV 498: Mentoring Seminar
ESP 793: Research II
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Students
Imagine worrying that your community park might be contaminated and unsafe. This concern was the focus of the Environmental Studies and Science department where Assistant Professor S. Perl Egendorf and her students collaborated with the nonprofit Gotham Park to test and analyze the environment.