Gabriel I. Gadsden – Office: +1 203-432-0780 – E-mail: gabriel.gadsden@yale.edu
Education
2021 – Ph.D. Student Environmental Science, School of the Environment, Yale University (New Haven, CT)
2019 – 2021 M.S. Environmental Justice, School for Environment and Sustainability, *Dual advised by University of Michigan Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
2016 – 2018 B.A. Middle Grades Education, School of Education, North Carolina Central University (Durham, NC)
2012 – 2016 B.A. Biology, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC) Minor in African and African American Studies
Grants and Fellowships
2024 Yale Institute for Biosphere Studies Late Dissertation Grant $4,500 *Funded post-candidacy project Philadelphia Neighborhood Influences on Predator Assemblages as Integrated Pest Management
2024 Enders Fellowship $900
2023 Yale Institute for Biosphere Studies Early Dissertation Grant $3,000 *Funded pre-candidacy project Drivers of neighborhood rodent communities and their zoonotic pathogens in Philadelphia
2022 Agents of Change in Environmental Justice $1,500
2022 Environmental Justice Health Fellowship $1,262
2022 Hixon Urban Fellowship $6,223
2021 Global Sustainability Scholars Fellowship $16,000
2021 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program ~ Honorable Mention
2020 SEAS Master’s Thesis Grant $1,000
Academic Awards and Certifications
2024 San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Academy Chemical Immobilization
2024 American Institute of Biological Science Congressional Visits Day
2023 F. Herbert Bormann Prize for Doctoral Interdisciplinary Scholarship
2022 Center for Wildlife Studies Wildlife Capture & Chemical Immobilization
Peer-reviewed Publications
1) Gadsden GI, Forrest DL, Estien C. (In Prep). Environmental justice and human-wildlife interactions - an overview and look ahead.
2) Gadsden, G. I., Ferraro, K. M., & Harris, N. C. (2024). Energy Efficient Homes for Rodent Control across cityscapes. Environmental Research Letters, 19(8), 084027. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad5ab5
3) Gadsden GI, Golden N, Harris NC. (2022). *Editor’s Choice. Place-Based Bias in Environmental Scholarship Derived from Social–Ecological Landscapes of Fear. BioScience. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biac095
4) Gadsden GI, Dajka JC, Peters K. (2022). Academic Engagement with Wadden Sea Stakeholders: A Review of Past Foci and Possible Futures. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.816609/full
5) Harris NC, Gámez S, Gadsden GI, Malhotra R. (2022). Textured species range maps enhance interdisciplinary science capacity across scales. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/fee.2474
6) Gadsden GI, Malhotra R, Schell J, Carey T, Harris NC. (2021). Michigan ZoomIN: validating crowd-sourcing to identify mammals from camera surveys. Wildlife Society Bulletin. https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/wsb.1175
7) Colborn AS, Kuntze CC, Gadsden GI, Harris NC. (2020). Spatial variation in diet–microbe associations across populations of a generalist North American carnivore. Journal of Animal Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13266
Non-reviewed Publications and Podcast
1) Gadsden, GI, Ramírez C. (2023). A couple must-read environmental justice books. Environmental Health News. https://agentsofchangeinej.org/podcast/a-couple-must-read-environmental-justice-books/
2) Gadsden, GI. (2023). When a home is not a sanctuary but a sickening, expensive trap. Environmental Health News. https://www.ehn.org/energy-justice-rodents-2659336015.html
3) Gadsden, GI. (2023). Op-Ed: Durham Residents and Leaders Should Demand the Redesign of NC Highway 55. https://indyweek.com/news/opinions/durham-residents-demand-hwy-55-expansion/
4) Gadsden, GI. (2023). Gabriel Gadsden on the Rodent Infestation and Energy Justice connection. https://agentsofchangeinej.org/podcast/gabriel-gadsden-on-the-rodent-infestation-and-energy-justice-connection/
5) Gadsden, GI. (2021). Exploring Generational Differences in Black Perceptions of Indoor Plants. https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/167366
6) Gadsden, GI. (2021). The Wadden Sea Stakeholder Research Synopsis. https://hifmb.de/the-wadden-sea-stakeholder-research-synopsis/
Conference Presentations
2023 Gadsden GI Harris NC. Symposium Speaker, Ecological Society of America – Urban rodent ecology: A means to illuminate and mitigate energy injustice
2022 Gadsden GI, Harris NC. Symposium Speaker, North American Conference for Conservation Biology –
Landscapes of Fear: Overcoming Place Based Bias in Environmental Scholarship
2022 Gadsden GI, Harris NC. Symposium Speaker, Ecological Society of America – Rethinking Environmental Covariates How issues of Environmental Justice Shape Ecological Phenomena
2022 Gadsden GI, Harris NC. Symposium Speaker, Yale Research Day (Oral)
2021 Gadsden GI, Harris NC. Symposium Speaker, International Urban Wildlife Conference (Virtual)
– Influence of Housing Characteristics and City Parks on Urban Wildlife Movement
2019 Gadsden GI, Malhotra R, Harris NC. Michigan ZoomIN: integrating public engagement in
carnivore research, Citizen Science Association. Raleigh, N.C. (Poster)
2019 Gadsden GI, Malhotra R, Harris, NC. Intraguild interactions within carnivores in Detroit Metro Parks.
International Urban Wildlife. Portland, O.R. (Poster)
Work Experience
2021 – Yale University – Graduate Researcher
2019 – 2021 University of Michigan Urban Energy Justice Lab – Graduate Research Assistant Execute designated experiments; participate in the design and development of data analysis procedures; perform mathematical computations and computer set-up tasks; design questionnaires, lead and edit the writing of manuscripts; employ temperature and air quality monitors; analyze the validity of test data; prepare reports or data presentations to the lab; mentor undergraduate students.
2018 – 2019 University of Michigan Applied Wildlife Ecology Lab – Research Technician Led fieldwork team of multi-season camera surveys across Michigan; launched citizen science program Michigan ZoomIn Season II; led undergraduate students in stable isotope processing of scat samples for data analysis; presented research findings at interdisciplinary conferences; perform statistical computations using R and computer set-up tasks; utilize ArcGIS for camera mapping
2017 – 2018 University of Michigan Applied Wildlife Ecology Lab – Field Intern Stable isotope processing of scat samples for data analysis; sort image data, conduct fieldwork in Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, brainstorm research ideas
2010 – 2018 Durham Park and Recreation – Senior Lifeguard/ Aquatics Manager Duties included remaining current to Red Cross Lifeguard and First-Aid certifications; conducting swim lessons (infant to senior); handling petty cash; managing in-service training; teaching lifeguard classes
Teaching Experience
2024 Teaching Fellow – Climate Change and Public Health EHS 547 (Lead Instructor Dr. Daniel Carrion)
2023 Teaching Fellow – Global Human-wildlife Interactions EVST 335 (Lead Instructor Dr. Nyeema Harris)
2022 Teaching Fellow – Urban Ecology ENV 573 (Lead Instructor Morgan Grove PhD)
2021 Guest Lecturer – Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity Working Group
2021 Academic Tutor – Comprehensive Studies Program Environmental Politics & Justice
2019 Guest Lecturer – Animal Responses to Climate Change, University of Michigan
2019 Guest Lecturer – Mackinac Straits Chapter Audubon Society, Pellston, MI
2019 Guest Lecturer – Palmer Park, Detroit, MI
2018 Assistant Teacher – Duke Tip, Meredith College, Raleigh, N.C.
2018 Smith Middle School – Student Teacher, Chapel Hill, N.C
Public Speaking Engagements
2024 Panelist – Yale University Dean’s Office Transitioning from an HBCU to an Ivy
2024 Panelist – Yale School of the Environment Being Black at Yale
2024 Guest Speaker – Ramp-Up Tropical Biodiversity Fellows
2021 Oral Presentation – Global Sustainability Fellows Research Symposium
2021 Oral Presentation – Master Thesis Defense – Indoor Plants and Perceptions of Well-being in the Black Communities
2020 Guest Speaker – Epsilon Eta Environmental Fraternity, University of Michigan
2019 Guest Speaker – Center for Educational Outreach Wolverine Express, Western International High School, Detroit, MI
2018 Guest Speaker – Center for Educational Outreach Wolverine Express, River Rouge High School, River Rouge, MI
Relevant Coursework
Fall 2023 EEB 712 Yale University – Foundations of Ecology
Spring 2022 ENV 573 Yale University – Urban Ecology
Fall 2021 ENV 738 Yale University – Wildlife Movement
Fall 2020 EAS 525 University of Michigan – Energy Justice
Winter 2020 EAS 503 University of Michigan – Sustainable Sites and Historical Precedents
Winter 2020 EAS 531 University of Michigan – Principles of GIS
Winter 2020 EAS 559 University of Michigan – Interview Methods
Fall 2019 EAS 538 University of Michigan – Natural Resource Statistics
Fall 2019 EAS 501 University of Michigan – Conservation and Development
Spring 2017 EDU 3540 North Carolina Central University – Integrated Science and Mathematics
Fall 2016 EDU 3030 North Carolina Central University – Diversity, Pedagogy, and Social Change
Synergistic Activities
2021 – 2024 BIOMES Seminar Series – Co-chair Committee Member
2021 Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress – Future Leaders Workshop co-facilitator
2021 Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress – Healthy and Resilient Oceans co-lead facilitator
2021 International Urban Wildlife Ecology Explorer – Mentor/Mentee
2019 Bio-Blitz – Participatory Science Leader
2018 Research Education and Activities for Classroom Teachers – Ecology Track Lead
2018 Smith Middle School – Assistant Ultimate Frisbee Coach
2017 Shepard Middle School – Afterschool Fitness Instructor
Research Highlights
1) https://agentsofchangeinej.org/fellows/gabriel-i-gadsden/
2) https://ycej.yale.edu/en/people/gabriel-i-gadsden
4) https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/01/230109191605.htm
5) https://phys.org/news/2022-11-bolstering-ecology-social-ecological-landscapes.html
6) https://environment.yale.edu/news/article/does-fear-drive-bias-environmental-scholarship
7) https://ehfellows.sph.harvard.edu/people/gabriel-gadsden/