Researchers propose way for increasing community participation in environmental engineering discipline

As a community, environmental engineering professors must examine all aspects of academic institutions to combat systemic racism, including teaching, research and university administration. This article presents a strategic plan for expanding the horizons of students and fostering faculty careers in a way that advances our mission."

Catherine A. Peters, PhD, Editor-in-Chief, Environmental Engineering Science and Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Princeton University

Lupita Montoya, University of Colorado Boulder, and coauthors propose exposing students to community-based participatory methods, establishing action research groups for faculty, and broadening the definition of research impact to improve tenure promotion experiences for minority faculty.