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Claudia J. Ford

Claudia J. Ford is a professor and chair of the Department of Environmental Studies at State University of New York Potsdam, a fellow of the Panel on Planetary Thinking at Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, and a distinguished visiting faculty at the University at Buffalo. Ford is also a midwife and ethnobotanist, who teaches, conducts research and writes about traditional ecological knowledge, spiritual ecology, entheogenic plant medicine, women’s reproductive health, and sustainable agriculture. 

Publications relevant to the Planetary

Peer reviewed publications and exhibits

  • Ford, C. J.: Mercy, Mercy, Me. Art Review Oxford, Issue 8, Special Issue on Ecological Grief, Spring 2024.
  • Ford, C. J.: Matthew J. LaVine, Popović, M. J.: Climate Justice and Global Development. Outlining a New Framework from the Work of Achille Mbembe and Charles Mills. Journal of Global Ethics Special Issue, expected Winter 2024.
  • Ford, C. J.: Recipes for Resistance. Black Women Leading Food and Agricultural Justice on Farms, in McCutchen et al. (eds.): Beyond the Kitchen Table. Exploring the Role of Black Women in Global Food Systems. University of North Carolina Press, 2023.
  • Ford, C. J., and LaVine, M. J.: Environmental Radicalism. Talking About a Revolution. Journal for the Study of Radicalism, Special Issue: Radical Environmentalism 17, no. 2 (2023): 111-148.
  • Ford, C. J.: Gaia, Origin Stories, and Climate Grief, Lougheed Learning Commons. Sabbatical Research Presentation and Exhibit, SUNY Potsdam, March 21-30, 2023.

Invited keynotes and lectures

  • Ford, C. J.: Food, Farm, and Agricultural Justice. Invited Lecture EVS 327, Sustainable Agriculture, University at Buffalo Environment and Sustainability, November 30, 2023.
  • Ford, C. J.: Planetary Thinking and Grandmother Wisdom. Cosmos and Ethos. Bold Brave TV Episode, November 10, 2023.
  • Ford, C. J.: Open Science and Agronomic Humanities. Regeneration, Repair, Reciprocity. Keynote and CSSA Plenary, Betty Klepper Endowed Lectureship, Agronomic Science Foundation 2023 ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, “Open Science Inspires,” St. Louis, Missouri, October 30, 2023.
  • Ford, C. J.: Preserving Herbal Legacies. Sources, Silences, Challenges. Keynote, 34th Annual Symposium, American Herbalists Guild, Granby, Colorado, October 13, 2023.
  • Ford, C. J.: Transdisciplinary Environmental Scholarship and Activism. Department of Environment and Sustainability, College of Arts and Sciences, University at Buffalo, September 15, 2023.
  • Ford, C. J.: Plant Medicine for Planetary Social Justice. Guest Lecture. Heartwood Education Herbal Medicine Course, February 22, 2023.
  • Ford, C. J.: Writing Nature. Justice, Identity, and Environmentalisms in American Multicultural Literature. Guest Lecture. Department of English, Universität Klagenfurt, Austria, November 23, 2022.
  • Ford, C. J.: Pollution in Perpetuity. African American History, Residential Segregation, and the Legacy of Environmental (In)Justice. Guest Lecture. Department of English, Universität Klagenfurt, Austria, November 23, 2022.