LS 699-Special Study: Climate Issues and Activism

As a youth, Professor Logan Hennessy was inspired by summer camps in the Sierras to cultivate a love of the outdoors—especially forests. He holds a Ph.D in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management from UC Berkeley. In partnerships with communities and environmental organizations, his research uses interdisciplinary frameworks to link local ecological problems with broader social and economic processes. The core of his work employs the lenses of forest ecology and climate justice to study mining, oil development, and indigenous resistance in Ecuador and Guyana. These complex problems have also led to explorations of the role of forests and indigenous communities in global climate policy. Over the past decade, Professor Hennessy has participated in some of the major United Nations meetings, including COP21 in Paris, e.g. “The Paris Accord”. His work in California also includes interdisciplinary studies of environmental indicators in the Central Valley, non-timber forest products, and waste and recycling policy. Prof. Hennessy joined the SF State Faculty in 2007 and teaches classes on forest ecology and conservation, international development and resource justice, and seminars on interdisciplinary studies in the School of Liberal Studies.

Saskia van Kampen teaches Visual Communication Design at San Francisco State University. She taught graphic design at OCAD U before moving to the US. Her research focus is on critical design pedagogy, community building through creative practice, and creative practice as protest. She has had research published in academic journals and has presented her research internationally. She has a Masters in Design from York University in Toronto, Canada. She has worked as a professional design for International Design firms, Boutique design studios, as well as freelance design work for her own clients. She is also a contemporary artist represented by a Montreal Art Gallery.