Associate Professor
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of North Florida, Fulbright Scholar to Sri Lanka, Research Fellow of the Earth System Governance Project, and Core Team Member of the Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment. At UNF, I received the 2016-17 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award and 2018-19 Outstanding International Leadership Award. In 2020, I was named the Green Teacher of the Year (Higher Education) by the U.S. Green Building Council Florida, Northeast Florida Region. My research, which focuses on environmental politics, rights, and technology, has been published in a number of peer-reviewed journals and cited in several UN reports: UNDP (2014), UNDP (2015), UNEP (2017), UNGA (2018), UNEP (2019), UNESCAP (2019), and UN (2019). I am the author of The Global Emergence of Constitutional Environmental Rights (Routledge 2017) and Rights for Robots: Artificial Intelligence, Animal and Environmental Law (Routledge 2020). I hold a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Florida, an M.A. in Climate and Society from Columbia University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from UC Irvine. I run Enviro Rights Map, a Google Maps-based catalogue of environmental rights around the world.
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About Joshua Gellers
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of North Florida, Fulbright Scholar to Sri Lanka, Research Fellow of the Earth System Governance Project, and Core Team Member of the Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment. At UNF, I received the 2016-17 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award and 2018-19 Outstanding International Leadership Award. In 2020, I was named the Green Teacher of the Year (Higher Education) by the U.S. Green Building Council Florida, Northeast Florida Region. My research, which focuses on environmental politics, rights, and technology, has been published in a number of peer-reviewed journals and cited in several UN reports: UNDP (2014), UNDP (2015), UNEP (2017), UNGA (2018), UNEP (2019), UNESCAP (2019), and UN (2019). I am the author of The Global Emergence of Constitutional Environmental Rights (Routledge 2017) and Rights for Robots: Artificial Intelligence, Animal and Environmental Law (Routledge 2020). I hold a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Florida, an M.A. in Climate and Society from Columbia University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from UC Irvine. I run Enviro Rights Map, a Google Maps-based catalogue of environmental rights around the world.
| 2018 - Present | Associate Professor, University of North Florida | |
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| August 2014 - 2018 | Assistant Professor, University of North Florida | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2017 - 2017 | Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar to Sri Lanka |
| Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, US Government |
Honors and Awards
- Research Fellow, Earth System Governance Project, Lund University, 2015
- Honorary Fellow, Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2012
- Short-Term Research Scholar, Shaanzi Normal University, 2016
- Visiting Scholar-in-Residence in Global Environmental Sonctitutionalism, Widener University Delaware Law School, 2015
- Travel Grant, International Studies Association, 2016
- Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar Award to Sri Lanka, U.S. Department of State (IIE), 2016
- Graduate Student Paper Award, Environmental Studies Section, International Studies Association, 2013
- U.S. Evnironmental Protection Agency P3 Grant, 2011
- Research Enhancement Award, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Florida, 2015
- Center in Law, Society, & Culture Collaborfative Travel Grant, 2013
- Human Security Fellowship, Center for Unconventional Security Affairs, 2013
- Political Science Department Research Award, UC Irvine, 2013
- UCI Public Impact Fellowship, 2013
- Associate Dean's Fellowship, UC Irvine, 2012
- Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies Graduate Student Grant, 2012
- Political Science Department Research Award, UC Irvine, 2009, 2011-2012
- Sustainability Science Team Fellowship, Environment Insitute, UC Irvine, 2011
- 2020-2021 Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award
Courses
| 2014 | Ph.D., Political Science, University of California, Irvine | |
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| 2009 | M.A., Political Science, University of California, Irvine | |
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| 2007 | M.A., Climate and Society, Columbia University | |
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| 2005 | B.A., Political Science, University of Florida | |
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Links
Contact Information
University of North Florida
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Political Science and Public Administration
1 UNF Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32224
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