The UW Center for Environmental Politics' Duck Family Colloquium Series welcomes Trina Hamilton, Professor in the Department of Geography at State University of New York (Buffalo). Professor Hamilton will be presenting a talk titled, “Sustainable cities need more than parks, cafes and a riverwalk: Environmental cleanup and industrial retention in Greenpoint, Brooklyn” on Friday, February 7, 2020 from 12:00 to 1:30 in Gowen 1A.

Trina Hamilton is an Associate Professor of Geography at the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB). She is a human geographer with expertise on governance networks, urban sustainability politics, corporate social and environmental responsibility, and ethical markets. Trina serves as co-director of the Center for Trade, Environment and Development (CTED), and is actively involved in UB’s Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy, as well as several UB sustainability initiatives. She recently published Just Green Enough: Urban Development and Environmental Gentrification (co-edited with Winifred Curran for Routledge’s Equity, Justice and the Sustainable City Series). She is also currently working on a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded research project on the ethical diamond trade. Trina’s research and commentary has been featured in the popular press, including Fast Company, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, and The Washington Post.