Mariah Caballero is a fourth-year Doctoral Student in Vanderbilt University’s Community Research and Action program. She also contributes research to the Drinking Water Justice Lab and serves as a Research and Development Intern for Sandia National Laboratories.

Previous to her time at Vanderbilt, Mariah received bachelor’s degrees in biology and geography from Vassar College. After working at the Centers for Disease Control, Mariah was employed as a data analyst for the United States Environmental Protection Agency ’s Office of Research and Development , in the Drinking Water Management Branch.

Brooke Ackerly is a Professor of Political Science with secondary appointments in the Law School and Peabody School. She studies political theory and is currently working on the intersection of global economic, environmental, and gender justice. She has been on the editorial boards of Politics and Gender and is the founder and principal investigator of the Global Feminisms Collaborative.

In this episode our guest is Dr. Calynn Dowler. She is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies whose research and expertise lies at the intersection of religious studies and environmental anthropology. She received her BA in Political Science and German from Gettysburg College, her Masters of Migration Studies from the University of Sussex, and her PhD in Cultural Anthropology from Boston University.