Faculty-Staff Achievements

A.J. Schneller, assistant professor of environmental studies, co-authored seven peer-reviewed cases in the Environmental Justice Atlas, with editors Amity Wilson '22 and Jessica Plotnick '22. The cases were “PFOA Contamination in Bennington, Vermont” (with Brook Heston ’22); “The Campaign Against FreshDirect: Bronx, New York” (with Julia Duff ’23);  “Anacostia River Environmentally Degraded by Pollution and Urban Waste, Washington, D.C.” (with Ella Fishman ’22); “Champlain Hudson Power Express, Quebec, Canada” (with Jessica Plotnick ’22); “SEPTA Natural Gas Fired Power Plant in Nicetown, Pennsylvania” (with Mia Berardino ’23); “Palmer Renewable Energy Proposes Biomass Waste Incinerator to be Constructed in Springfield, Massachusetts” (with Liana Heath ’23); and “Cochiti Dam, New Mexico” (with Sophia Livecchi ’21). 

Bob Turner, associate professor of political science, was interviewed about Skidmore alumnus Eric Hyers ’06, who ran President Biden’s campaign in Michigan. Turner, who taught Hyers at Skidmore, described Hyers as a fierce competitor, in politics and life. “He’s the only student that ever won the Skidmore dodgeball tournament playing with a separated shoulder,” Turner is quoted as saying in the article.  

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