WORKING GROUPS

Collaborations between different disciplines are needed to find innovative solutions to environmental problems. DENIN working groups provide a platform for integrated research and solutions by bringing together individuals with different expertise and interests. These groups receive initial funding and administrative support from DENIN to kickstart research efforts.

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There are currently three DENIN working groups:

High Water

Salinization & Infrastructure

Chair: Jennifer McConnell
This working group seeks to better understand and mitigate the impacts of sea-level rise and its accompanying salinization on coastal infrastructures, including buildings, roads, bridges, drainage and water systems, and emergency services.

    DNREC and Inland Bays

    Environmental Justice

    Chair: Mckay Jenkins
    The major goals of the environmental justice (EJ) working group are to develop curriculum/a certificate program related to EJ, to collaborate in pursuing funding opportunities related to EJ, to establish a working model for conducting community engagement research and activities, to establish a master list of other EJ activities on campus, and to encourage interdisciplinary activity, research, scholarship, and engagement around EJ.

    Fashion and Apparel

    Sustainable Fiber & Apparel

    Co-Chairs: Kedron Thomas & Kelly Cobb

    This working group seeks to understand what a truly sustainable fashion system would look like and how that system could be realized. Their principal aim is to develop an interdisciplinary research program that will yield an evidence-based evaluation of the changes that are needed in order to make apparel production and consumption an environmentally sustainable endeavor. Research from this working group is currently being funded by the NSF Convergence Accelerator.