Fighting for Ocean Justice

Dr. Roxane Gay, the Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers, will be joined by Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson for a conversation on the role of the ocean in climate solutions and how we can advance “ocean justice.”

Dr. Johnson’s books will be available for purchase at the event.

Speaker Bios

Dr. Roxane Gay, the Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies, is an author, professor, editor, social commentator, and contributing writer for the New York Times. She is the author of best sellers Hunger, Bad Feminist, and Difficult Women, and has a newsletter, The Audacity, and a podcast, The Roxane Gay Agenda.

Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, policy expert, and writer. She is co-founder of the non-profit think tank Urban Ocean Lab, co-editor of the bestselling climate anthology All We Can Save, and author of the forthcoming book What If We Get it Right?