rbullard23@nul.org

Dr. Robert D. Bullard is a distinguished professor of urban planning and environmental policy and founding director of the Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University.  He is also co-founder of the HBCU Climate Change Consortium and the National Black Environmental Justice Network.  He received his Ph.D. degree from Iowa State University. Professor Bullard is often called the “father of environmental justice.” He is the author of 18 books. His latest book is The Wrong Complexion for Protection: How the Government Response to Disaster Endangers African American Communities (2012). In 2008, Newsweek named him one of “13 Environmental Leaders of the Century.” In 2019, Apolitical named him one of the world’s 100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy, and Climate One presented him the Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication. In 2020, WebMD gave him its Health Heroes Trailblazer Award and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) honored him with its Champions of the Earth Lifetime Achievement Award.  In 2021, he was appointed by President Biden to serve on the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. In 2022, he was awarded honorary doctorate degrees from Georgetown University and the University of Johannesburg.  That same year he received the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Lifetime Achievement Award and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Most recently, Dr. Bullard received the Harvard Law School Environmental Law Society’s Horizon Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to environmental law and policy.