“The Settler Sea: California’s Salton Sea and the Consequences of Colonialism”

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As part of the Sustainable Futures Speaker Series, Dr. Traci Brynne Voyles will present a webinar on “The Settler Sea: California’s Salton Sea and the Consequences of Colonialism” on Thursday, December 2, from 5:30-7 p.m. 

Traci Brynne Voyles is an associate professor and chair of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Oklahoma. She works in the fields of environmental history, environmental justice, Indigenous studies, feminist theory, and critical race studies.

She is the author of "The Settler Sea: California’s Salton Sea and the Consequences of Colonialism" (University of Nebraska Press, Many Wests series, 2021) and "Wastelanding: Legacies of Uranium Mining in Navajo Country" (University of Minnesota Press, 2015), and is currently writing an environmental history of childbirth in the 20th century United States.

The Sustainable Futures speaker series stimulates interdisciplinary collaboration around issues related to energy, the environment, and society. These lectures are sponsored by the Schatz Energy Research Center, the Environment & Community graduate program, and the College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences at Humboldt State. All events are free and open to the public, and live captioning is provided for all talks. To request additional support, please contact schatzenergy@humboldt.edu or call 707-826-4345. Visit http://schatzcenter.org/speakers for the full season lineup!