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September 23, 2021

2021 ASLE Graduate Student Paper Award Winners

McIntyre Amy

Congratulations to the three applicants whose scholarship presented at the 2021 ASLE Virtual Conference, “EmergencE/Y”, were chosen for the ASLE Graduate Student Paper Award.  This year’s field was especially deep, with more than 80 submissions for the judges to evaluate. Here is a bit more about the winners and their work.

Tori Bush, Louisiana State University “Eco-Orientalism: Constructing Climate Migration on Isle de Jean Charles” In 2016, $48 million federal tax dollars were allocated to move the entire indigenous community of the Isle de Jean Charles ...