Alberto E. Morales

Climate justice focuses on recognizing and utilizing local histories, community struggles, and place-based knowledge to address global processes that often overlook individual and ecological experiences. It seeks to shift current knowledge and actions to protect future possibilities and evolving natures. In my classroom, climate justice frameworks examine how the exclusion of marginalized groups has influenced their health, career outcomes, livelihoods, and cultural identities. This approach underscores that while we are all affected by climate issues, our experiences and impacts differ. It also emphasizes learning from historical injustices and their implications for future social transformation.

My educational background and commitment to transformative, anti-racist pedagogies shape my teaching and mentoring. I emphasize inclusion and collaboration across differences, aiming to create a fair and stimulating environment for students, faculty, and staff from diverse backgrounds. As a new professor at Drexel, I plan to foster interdisciplinary partnerships to enhance my role as an educator, mentor, and researcher. My goal is to contribute to the campus community through my focus on environmental justice, interdisciplinary research, and critical pedagogy.

In my course "Multispecies Perspectives on Science, Environment, and Health" we explore global health issues such as diseases and migration through multispecies relations, focusing on the effects of ecological changes in Latin America. The course examines the globalization of disease, societal-environmental shifts, and the politics of knowledge production. Students engage with interdisciplinary literature and indigenous knowledge to re-imagine ecological relations and address social and environmental justice. Active participation is encouraged through small group discussions, reading analyses, and reflections on diverse perspectives.