IBES’ Voss postdoctoral research associates tackle critical environmental challenges from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives.
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Institute at Brown for Environment and Society
Jayson Maurice Porter
Former Voss Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Biography
Jayson Maurice Porter's research specializes in environmental politics, science and technology studies, food systems, and racial ecologies in Mexico and the Americas. Jayson is an editorial board member of the North American Congress for Latin America (NACLA) and Plant Perspectives: An Interdisciplinary Journal, a staff blogger for Black Perspectives, and an environmental specialist for Noria Research's Mexico and Central America Program.
Recent awards: Mellon Summer Fellowship in Democracy and Landscape Studies (Cohort: Black Atlantic Geographies), Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, DC, Summer 2023
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