Abigail York

School of Human Evolution and Social Change

Arizona State University

abigail.york@asu.edu

Tempe , Arizona 85282

York is a Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University, with a PhD in Public Policy from Indiana University and BA in Economics from Knox College. She is a settler originally from Wisconsin who works on environmental governance and justice in the Arctic, and beyond. She co-directs Earth Systems Science for the Anthropocene (ESSA) initiative at ASU, which is motivated by the understanding that transdisciplinary scholarship embedded in partnerships with real-world practitioners, communities, and publics in meaningful ways is absolutely essential to inform actionable science that advances societal impact and social justice