Academic Panel Presentation

Overview

In 2023, Burning Too Close to Home was selected as part of the Dean’s Honor Symposium at Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, an annual event highlighting outstanding student research and creative work.

Building on earlier data-driven research, the project was presented in the panel “Is Nature Cultural?” which examined how environmental phenomena are shaped by social, political, and cultural forces. Within this context, Burning Too Close to Home reframes wildfire not solely as a natural disaster but as an outcome influenced by land use, policy decisions, media narratives, and unequal access to resources.

This presentation marked a transition from analytical exploration to narrative synthesis, shaping the direction of later reporting, writing, and design.

View the Dean’s Honor Symposium event page:
https://event.newschool.edu/langdhs2023