Dr. Troy Abel describes how he learned about environmental injustice in the midst of his own education and how these experiences lend to how he focuses on these issues in his research and teaching.

Dr. Troy Abel brings to his classes the viewpoints of community-centered environmental issues, environmental racism, and cumulative risk impact on communities-and he explores the rewards of working through these challenges with his students.

Dr. Troy Abel brings a focus on shared leadership of community engagement to his classes and research, especially as this pertains to noise pollution in South Seattle and to how essential it is to listen to members of the community.

Dr. Troy Abel discusses the connections between basic human values and environmental behaviors such as recycling, environmental policy support, etc. via an attribution of responsibility-and how this connection can be achieved with his students via their community-based work.

Dr. Troy Abel discusses being a part of the institutional systems that lead to the ongoing environmental disparities in society, and his process for working with mentors and interrogating his own history to come to this understanding.