PROGRAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Shelby Hatch (she/her/hers) is a scientist focused on the intersections of chemistry, sustainability, and social justice. Shelby is a Weinberg College Adviser and an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Chemistry. Her research involves environmental justice and Youth Participatory Science, which centers and involves students in the entire research process, from creation of a hypothesis through disseminating results once data has been collected and analyzed. Shelby studies the distribution of heavy metal contamination in Chicago in relation to where low socio-economic status and communities of color are located. Shelby is also very passionate about teaching in the Northwestern Prison Education Program (NPEP). She received her BA from The College of Wooster and her PhD from The University of Rochester.