Coloradan Conversation on climate change

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Leaf Van Boven

A professor of psychology and neuroscience at CU Boulder, Leaf Van Boven is also the principal investigator of CU’s Emotion, Judgment, Decision, and Identity lab. His research examines the social, emotional, and cognitive processes that shape judgments and decisions in environmental and political contexts. In addition to writing for academic audiences, Van Boven has written about psychology, politics and the environment for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Politico and The Washington Post.

Cassandra Brooks

Cassandra Brooks is an assistant professor in environmental studies at CU Boulder. She draws on a diversity of disciplines, including marine science, environmental policy and science communication, to study and seek solutions to pressing environmental problems. Her research helped drive the adoption of the world’s largest marine protected area in the Ross Sea, Antarctica—one of healthiest and most productive marine ecosystems left on Earth.

Joel Hartter

Associate professor and director of the Masters of the Environment (MENV) Graduate Program, Joel Hartter is a geographer who specializes in human dimensions of global change. His research program focuses on human behavior, land use/land cover change, population change and migration, conservation and protected area management, and human health. He has active projects in East and Southern Africa, Madagascar, South America and the western U.S. 

Moderator: Albus Brooks

Albus Brooks (RelSt’01) is the vice president of business development and strategy for Milender White, a development and construction firm operating in Southern California and Colorado. In 2011, Albus became the youngest African American ever elected to the Denver City Council, where he served two terms. He was the co-creator of Colorado’s largest affordable housing fund and has made great strides for marginalized populations across the state.