Meredith C.F. Powers

Dr. Meredith C.F. Powers is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work at the University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNC Greensboro). She holds a Ph.D. and MSW. Her roles include Sustainability Faculty Fellow, Social Work faculty liaison for the International Programs Center, and committee member for internationalizing the School of Health and Human Sciences' curriculum.

Her research focuses on climate justice, environmental justice, and eco-therapeutic practices. She has co-authored/co-edited significant works in these areas and presented globally, including a keynote at the United Nations for World Social Work Day (2018). She founded the International Federation of Social Workers' Climate Justice Program and co-administers the Green/Environmental Social Work Collaborative Network.

Nationally, she serves on the Council on Social Work Education's Environmental Justice Committee and the Grand Challenges committee for environmental social responses. Locally, she co-founded the IDEAL League to promote inclusive literacy for youth and led community projects like 'Climates of Inequality,' 'Parks for All People,' and the SBC Garden memorial project.