Institute at Brown for Environment and Society

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Jayson Maurice Porter

Former Voss Postdoctoral Research Associate
jayson_porter@brown.edu
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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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Recent News

Distillations Magazine

Proxies for Justice

"The climate history of tropical regions has been chronically understudied," former Voss Postdoc Researchers Jayson Maurice Porter and Lina C.
Lina C. Pérez-Angel write in this article. "Correcting the record will require new methods and new mindsets.
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News from IBES

IBES: 2023 in Review

Dive into a year of accomplishments at IBES, where community-engaged scholarship, cutting-edge research, student-led projects and events, and more highlight the many ways that our community is rising to meet the 21st century’s climate, sustainability, and environmental challenges.
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Distillations Magazine

Fish Hacks

Written by Voss Postdoc Jayson Maurice Porter, this piece serves as a multi-species family history about how diasporic Black folks stay connected to the ocean and each other.
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