Cameron T. Whitley, (he/they) Ph.D. is the PI on this project. They are an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Western Washington University with expertise in environmental sociology, human-animal studies, and sex and gender.
Their research is guided by a central question: how do our relationships with others inform our attitudes and behaviors? Substantively, he studies issues concerning the environment (climate change, new energy development, sustainability), science and technology (geoengineering, hydraulic fracturing debates), human-animal relationships (conservation approaches, animal imagery, etc.), and gender and sexuality (LGBTQ+ environmentalism).
He has over four dozen publications featured in places like the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Sociological Inquiry, Academic Emergency Medicine, Sociological Perspectives, Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, and Clinical Chemistry.