Rebecca Watts Hull
Academic Professional
- School of History and Sociology
Overview
Rebecca is an Academic Professional - Service Learning and Partnerships Specialist in Georgia Tech's Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain. Rebecca recently earned a PhD in History and Sociology of Technology and Science at Georgia Tech, where she taught several courses including Social Movements and American Environmental History. She is interested in the relationships between student activism and sustainability leadership on college campuses and broader social movements. Her dissertation examined food justice and sustainability activism on college campuses in the U.S. Before returning to academia to pursue a PhD, she served as Executive Director of Mothers & Others for Clean Air, a nonprofit partnership advocating clean air policies and smog safety in Georgia. Earlier in her career, Rebecca worked as a science and environmental education curriculum consultant on a number of projects including California’s Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI), and she served as Curriculum Director for an independent school in Atlanta, designing an integrated science and social studies curriculum framework. Rebecca also has worked in environmental project management in East Africa with the U.S. Peace Corps and in Washington, DC with the World Wildlife Fund and other nonprofit organizations. She holds Master of Science degrees from Georgia Tech (History and Sociology of Technology & Science) and University of Michigan (Natural Resources & Environment) and a BA from Bucknell University.
- PhD History and Sociology of Technology and Science, Georgia Tech, 2018
- MS History and Sociology of Technology and Science, Georgia Tech, 2015
- MS Natural Resources & Environment, University of Michigan, 1995
- BA Psychology (Environmental Science), Bucknell University, 1987
Distinctions:
- Most Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, HSOC, Georgia Tech, 2018
- Tech to Teaching Certificate, Georgia Tech, 2017
- Homer Rice Award for Leadership, Georgia Tech, 2015
- Ivan Allen College Paper Competition Winner, Georgia Tech, 2015
- Samuel Trask Dana Award, University of Michigan, 1995
- Behavior & Environment Award, University of Michigan, 1995
Interests
- Agriculture, Health, and the Environment
- Energy, Climate and Environmental Policy
- U.S. Society and Politics/Policy Perspectives
Focuses:
- United States
- Environment
- Community engagement
- Environmental Performance
- Food Systems
- Institution-Building
- Regulation
- Social Movements
- Sustainability
Courses
- HTS-3005: Amer Environmental Hist
- HTS-3068: Social Movements
- HTS-3801: Special Topics
Publications
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
- Finding Marx in the Occupy Wall Street Movement
In: Social Forces [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2019
- Phenology of a Vegetation Barrier and Resulting Impacts on Near-Highway Particle Number and Black Carbon Concentrations on a School Campus
In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2017
- Breaking the cycle through better school siting: a collaborative project to facilitate the effective use of EPA’s guidelines with Georgia’s educational leaders
Date: November 2013
- Donor-initiated common pool resource institutions: The case of the Yanesha Forestry Cooperative
Date: October 1996
- From gridlock to global warming
All Publications
Journal Articles
- Finding Marx in the Occupy Wall Street Movement
In: Social Forces [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2019
- Phenology of a Vegetation Barrier and Resulting Impacts on Near-Highway Particle Number and Black Carbon Concentrations on a School Campus
In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2017
- Breaking the cycle through better school siting: a collaborative project to facilitate the effective use of EPA’s guidelines with Georgia’s educational leaders
Date: November 2013
- Donor-initiated common pool resource institutions: The case of the Yanesha Forestry Cooperative
Date: October 1996
- From gridlock to global warming
- Teaching about Climate Change: Cool Schools Tackle Global Warming