Who We Are
At Ripple Effects International we are committed to being collaborative and inclusive. We want these projects to grow, adapt, and evolve in conversations with participants and partners from around the world. We envision climate change and environmental learning and action as shared explorations involving schools, libraries, and communities and crossing generations and disciplines.
Mary Brydon-Miller
Mary Brydon-Miller, Ph.D. is a Professor in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Louisville in the US and is currently serving as Extra-ordinary Professor at North-West University in South Africa and adjunct faculty at the University of Technology, Sydney. She is a participatory action researcher who conducts work in school, community, and organizational settings.
She is the editor, with David Coghlan, of the SAGE Encyclopedia of Action Research (2014). Her most recent book with Sarah Banks is Ethics in Participatory Research for Health and Social Well-Being: Cases and Commentaries (2019).
Her current work focuses on Climate Change Education. She is a founding member of the Ripple Effects Louisville team and worked with colleagues in Sydney on the Ripple Effects Australia project.
Bronwyn Williams
Bronwyn T. Williams, Ph.D. is a Professor of English and Endowed Chair of Rhetoric and Composition at the University of Louisville. He teaches and writes about issues of literacy, identity, sustainability, digital media, popular culture, and community writing. His most recent book is Literacies in Times of Disruption: Living and Learning During a Pandemic and reflects his interests in how the disruptions of our times, such as the pandemic or climate change affect our students’ experiences and relationships with writing, place, technology, and education.
He has worked on several global climate change education projects and is particularly interested in exploring how people can use narrative, art, digital media, and other approaches to writing and communication to find new ways to make meaning of their experiences and ideas about climate change and sustainability – and then communicate those ideas across cultures. He believes that learning and action are best grounded in local knowledge, languages, and cultures. He is also engaged in community writing projects and writing center research. More information can be found on his website.
Steering Committee
At Ripple Effects International we are committed to being collaborative and inclusive. We want a range of diverse perspectives from different backgrounds, locations, and areas of expertise to join us in shaping the policies, goals, and outreach of this initiative. We are in the process of developing an international steering committee to help us continue to spread Ripple Effects across the globe.
Website designed by Sophia Lyons.
Sophia became connected with Ripple Effects International during her time in the Master’s program at the University of Louisville when Bronwyn Williams conducted the first multi-national Ripple Effects project with universities in Finland and South Africa. Before continuing her academic career to pursue a PhD and eventually teach in Rhetoric and Composition, Sophia spent four years in industry as a marketing professional and got to utilize her background in web design and copywriting when Bronwyn mentioned an initiative to update the Ripple Effects website.
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