Dr. Chris Bacon teaches courses in environmental politics and policy, environmental and food justice, political ecology, community-engagement research, and mixed methods. He frequently mentors undergraduate students, and leads an action-research lab with a diverse group of student researchers, collaborators, and community-partners. He is a co-founder and active member of the Environmental Justice and the Common Good Initiative and a co-organizer of the South Bay Food Justice Collaborative. Bacon also serves as a Co-Chair for the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities’ Laudato Si’ Commission, tasked with developing transformative proposals with the 28 affiliated members to advance justice, sustainability and integral ecology.
Areas of expertise: sustainable food systems, livelihoods, agroecology, community-based research, food security, environmental justice, sustainability, climate adaptation, and transdisciplinary collaboration