Dr. Celeste Greene

Dr. Murphy-Greene serves as Executive Director of the Center for Environmental Justice and Resilience, a non-profit organization focused on education, research, and consulting.  Dr. Murphy-Greene has over 25 years of experience in higher education, working as a professor of Public Administration at several universities including Florida Gulf Coast University, San Diego State University, and University of Virginia, where she served as the Founding Faculty Member and Program Coordinator of the Graduate Certificates in Public Administration and Leadership.  Her research focuses on environmental justice, local government financial management, and community resiliency issues.  Dr. Murphy-Greene has written many peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Her most recent project is a book published in 2022 titled Environmental Justice and Resiliency in an Age of Uncertainty, where she serves as editor and lead author.  Her work has appeared in Public Administration Review, International Journal of Public Administration, Public Administration Quarterly, Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, Review of Policy Research, Journal of Business and Public Affairs, and Journal of Emergency Management. Prior to her career in academia, Dr. Murphy-Greene worked at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as an Environmental Protection Specialist and served as a Legislative Aide to former Congressman Leon Panetta.  Dr. Murphy- Greene graduated from UCLA with a BA in History.  She earned her Master of Public Administration (MPA) from The George Washington University, where she focused on Environmental Policy and Urban Economic Development.  She earned her Ph.D. in Public Administration from Florida Atlantic University where her dissertation focused on the issue of environmental justice and migrant farmworkers.  For more information, visit www.celestemurphygreene.com.

The 2015 Paris Agreement established a UN-sponsored framework for negotiations on climate change and global warming. In subsequent COP meetings, experts and political leaders have come together seeking common cause for this growing global crisis. What is the future of these efforts, and what have they yielded? What is the U.S. role in fostering cooperation on climate change? In a divided country, what are the possible futures for American policy leadership?