Kyle Whyte, University of Michigan environmental justice expert and Affiliate Professor of Philosophy, is one of seven distinguished scientists in the country named by the U.S Science Envoys by the Department of State.
The Science Envoy Program allows eminent U.S. scientists and engineers travel to foreign countries as private citizens, leveraging their expertise and networks to forge connections and identify opportunities for sustained international cooperation.
Whyte, the George Willis Pack Professor at the School for Environment and Sustainability, is the first U-M faculty member to receive this honor, according to the State Department.
“I’m inspired by what all my colleagues are doing at SEAS—there’s really no place like it—and I’m thrilled to carry over that inspiration to my endeavors as the first U.S. Science Envoy hailing from our campus,” said Whyte, an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation whose research focuses on Indigenous peoples’ rights and knowledge in climate change and conservation planning, education and policy.
Read the full story here from the School for Enivronment and Sustainability.
