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School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) Associate Professor Kerry Ard and Clair Bullock, a graduate student in SENR are co-authors of a new study published in Science, which seeks to understand neighborhood effects on cognitive development. The research findings are discussed in a recent Washington Post article.
Faculty member Kerry Ard is a featured guest on a podcast dedicated to fascinating research in sociology.
Kerry Ard, associate professor of environmental sociology in the School of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University received funding through The Network on Life Course Health Dynamics and Disparities, who received supplemental funding from the National Institute on Aging to support five projects focused on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias.
In January, President Joe Biden established a White House Environmental Justice Interagency Council to address current and historic environmental injustice and develop performance metrics to ensure accountability. His action amended President Bill Clinton’s 1994 executive order that was the first federal directive to address issues of environmental justice and inequality.
School of Environment and Natural Resources faculty member Kerry Ard is quoted in a recent NBC News article, “In ‘Cancer Alley,’ a renewed focus on systemic racism is too late” by Luke Denne.
Urban Air Quality: A Global Health Crisis Panel Discussion
This event is free and open to the public, light refreshments will be provided
In the theme of sustainability we ask you to bring your own reusable beverage container
Air Quality is quickly becoming a global health crisis, especially in highly urbanized areas. Urban air pollution depends on many factors, ranging from meteorological conditions to geographic factors. Our panel consists of experts in urban air quality and will bring new insights to this topic.
Disease-causing air pollution remains high in pockets of America – particularly those where many low-income and African-American people live, a disparity highlighted in research presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in New York. The nation’s air on the whole has become cleaner in the past 70 years, but those benefits are seen primarily in whiter, higher-income areas, said Kerry Ard, an associate professor of environmental sociol
Findings from a study co-authored by School of Environment and Natural Resources doctoral student Marisol Becerra and faculty member Dr. Kerry Ard and are featured in the November 29th edition of Physicians Briefing.