Hosted at Baruch Marine Field Laboratory in Georgetown, SC, at the heart of the Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor, our current service focuses on regional African American communities - descendants of those taken from Western Africa because of their expertise in rice agriculture. Our goal is to render Baruch Marine Field Laboratory and the 16,000 acres of Hobcaw Barony more of a resource to those whose relatives toiled and transformed the land upon which we reside and research. 

The University of Dayton ETHOS (Engineers in Technical-Humanitarian Opportunities of Service-learning) program has been instrumental in this work, providing interns for ETHOS@BMFL since 2021. Their work has focused on the community gardens of Georgetown and the historic Myrtle "Muckle" Grove Cemetery in partnership with the Gullah Preservation Society, Westend Citizens Council, and International Paper Inc.

Strosnider's work in Appalachia has focused on the untreated mine drainage and sewage common throughout Pennsylvania coal country, coupling research, education, and extension. Key collaborators included Natural Biodiversity Inc., BioMost Inc., Stream Restoration Inc., Stonycreek Conemaugh River Improvement Project, Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds, Juniata College, Hedin Environmental, PA Department of Environmental Protection, the Shade Creek Watershed Association and many others. The Saint Francis University Center for Watershed Research & Service continues to spearhead this work. Please see our research page for the many relevant publications. While Strosnider hasn't had active service projects in Appalachia for a few years, he remains motivated to serve this underserved region and continues to publish research relevant to its uniquely American water quality problems.