You're invited to a conversation hour with Dr. Asli Sezen-Barrie, the Stacey Nicholas Endowed Chair of Environmental and Climate Change Education at University of California, Irvine.

RSVP by February 28!

About the speaker:

Dr. Asli Sezen-Barrie is the Stacey Nicholas Endowed Chair of Environmental and Climate Change Education and an Associate Professor at the School of Education, University of California, Irvine. She also serves as the faculty advisor for the Environmental and Climate Change Literacy Projects (ECCLPs), which aim to design and implement innovative, justice-oriented partnerships across the UC-CSU systems. Recently, Dr. Sezen-Barrie was a program director at the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Research on Learning, where she co-led the Discovery Research preK-12 program. In this capacity, she contributed to initiatives in science teacher education and justice-oriented climate change education and represented her division in interagency and cross-directorate programs, including the Wildland Fire Initiative and Critical Aspects of Sustainability. Dr. Sezen-Barrie is the Chief Editor of the forthcoming Handbook of Climate Change Research for Transdisciplinary Education (SpringerNature) and the lead author of Data Stories of Climate Change Impacts: Towards Justice-Oriented Education and Action (Harvard Education Press). 

Asli Sezen-Barrie's research contributes to the development of equitable and meaningful science learning environments that recognize and integrate diverse ways of knowing and practicing science. Her work, published in top-tier science and environmental education journals, focuses on advancing epistemic justice by promoting inclusive transdisciplinary practices in science and engineering education. She addresses how these practices can help students and educators comprehend complex environmental challenges, including extreme weather events, wildfires, and ocean acidification. Additionally, her research extends to exploring justice-oriented, evidence-based approaches to climate change mitigation and adaptation, emphasizing the role of youth and educators in driving these actions.