Perl Egendorf

Perl Egendorf

Assistant Professor
Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Environmental Studies NYC

Perl Egendorf

Biography

Faculty Bio

Dr. S. Perl Egendorf (they/them or she/her) studies urban soils and their intersections with food justice, environmental justice, and climate justice. Perl conducts participatory research in collaboration with urban gardeners, farmers, composters, artists, youth, and elders to investigate the viability of constructed soils for growing food in cities, limiting exposure to legacy and emerging contaminants, and mitigating the effects of climate change.

Awards and Honors

  • The Story Exchange, 2023, Women in Science Incentive Prize

Education

PhD, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY, 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences

MS, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, 2016
Earth and Environmental Sciences

MA, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2012
Teaching

BA, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 2007
Education Studies

Research and Creative Works

Research Interest

Earth systems science, urban soil science, urban agriculture, compost science, food justice, environmental justice, climate justice, critical geography, participatory action research, anti-colonial research, critical pedagogy, art/science collaboration

Courses Taught

Past Courses

ENS 202: Fund. of Environmental Science
ENV 100: Water, Wildlife and Windmills