For Williams College's Earthweek, Judith Enck delves into how plastic production has become the fossil fuel industry’s “Plan B,” what plastic pollution is doing to rivers and oceans, health implications, the export of U.S. and EU plastic waste to Asia and Africa. Take a look at BeyondPlastics.org
Poets Cameron Awkward-Rich, Christopher Soto, beyza ozer & Kay Ulanday Barrett read & talk about their work featured in Williams Reads book selection, Subject to Change. The book’s editor H. Melt joins the conversation.
Kelly Shaw, Computer Science assoc. professor, describes the Internet of Things (IoT) & the multiple ways that unexpected & incorrect behavior can occur in these systems & her work detecting these issues.
Owen Ozier is an Associate Professor of Economics at Williams College. He joined faculty after nine years in the World Bank’s Development Research Group. His published and current research projects include studies in Kenya, Nigeria, and Rwanda. His work focuses on health, education, and economic decisions in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Kate Stroud, an Associate Professor of Psychology, focuses her research on the origins and consequences of depression. Examining the interface between depression and the social environment, she explores reciprocal associations between stress, interpersonal relationships and depression in children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families.
