ABOUT

Our Team

The Bullard Center’s Core Team includes interdisciplinary scholars, scientists, researchers, and practitioners pulled from the programs within the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University.

The Core Team members are faculty and staff members who have a history and track records collaborating, engagement in joint scholarship, and adhering to the Principles of Environmental Justice and the Jemez Principle of Democratic Organizing, community based participatory research, community-university partnerships, citizen science and racial justice and equity framing.

our leadership

Robert D. Bullard, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Denae W. King, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Glenn Johnson, Ph.D.
Faculty Associate

our team

Alba Sereno, MSSW
Program Manager for Outreach and Community Engagement (TCGP)
Bertina Carter
Program Coordinator of the Environmental Career Worker Training Program
Candace Richard, DHA
Administrative Manager
David A. Castillo
External Communications Manager
Destiny Anaele
Program Coordinator for Outreach and Community Engagement (TCGP)
Eddie Bebley
Outreach Coordinator for Outreach and Community Engagement (TCGP)
Jennifer R. Blanks, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator for Outreach and Community Engagement (TCGP)
Juan Antonio Sorto, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Kim Anderson
Office Administrator
Kirk Lindsey
Web Manager
Liza T. Powers, Ph.D.
Data Scientist
Naomi Yoder
GIS Manager
Paulette Lynch
Program Manager of the Environmental Career Worker Training Program
Sasidhar Parasa
Graduate Research Assistant
Stephen Pinkney, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Steven Washington, MUPEP
Assistant Director Community Engagement
Vonda Lackey, M.A.
Youth Development Coordinator

Graduate Research Assistants

Edward D. Pettitt II, MPH
Graduate Research Assistant
Olajumoke Ogbebor
Graduate Research Assistant

Faculty Mentors

Bumseok Chun, Ph.D.
Faculty Associate
Hyun-Min Hwang, Ph.D.
Faculty Associate
Oluponmile Olonilua, Ph.D.
Faculty Asscociate
Sarmistha Majumdar, Ph.D.
Faculty Associate