Ellis Adams Named to Notre Dame's 2024 All-Faculty Team
Notre Dame has a long history of outstanding student-athletes being named to All-America teams. The University also has a tradition of honoring exceptional faculty on the football field each fall.
At every home game, Provost John T. McGreevy honors a distinguished member of the faculty as part of the All-Faculty Team. On September 7 during the Northern Illinois game, Ellis Adams, Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Policy within the Keough School of Global Affairs and Core Affiliated Faculty in the Pulte institute, was honored during an on-field ceremony. Last season, William J. Pulte Director Tracy Kijewski-Correa was also selected to the All-Faculty Team.
Adams’ work examines the social, political, institutional, and governance dimensions of environmental and natural resources, particularly water. Trained as a human environmental geographer with expertise bridging the natural and social sciences, he is broadly interested in nature-society relations. His research to date has primarily focused on understanding human-water interactions in different urban contexts in the Global South.
"It is unconscionable that billions sacrifice their lives, dignity, health, and voice because they cannot access safe water and a healthy environment," he said. "It has been immensely satisfying to work with students, faculty, and staff using their passions to help Notre Dame rise to the most urgent environmental challenges of today. It is only by joining forces together that we can make the world a better place one research question at a time and help Notre Dame to take leadership in the environment and sustainability space."
Learn more about the All-Faculty Team
Originally published by pulte.nd.edu on September 13, 2024.
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