Publications & Highlights of Achievements in Leadership
​​& Service
​

" The Indigenous peoples never had, and still do not have, the place that they should have occupied in the progress and benefits of science and technology, although they represented an important basis for this development. "​ translated from Spanish to English.  

-Rigoberta Menchu (K'iche')

>>---> Dissertation Proposal: April, 12th from 4-6 PM successfully passed and completed >>--->

---

>>---> Native American Association of Indigenous Studies: Presentation-Indigenizing Environmental Justice: Case Studies from the Pacific Northwest >>--->

>>---> Native American Association of Indigenous Studies:  Panel-​Making Waves: Empow(her)ed Native Women Indigenizing Environmental and Food Justice in the Pacific Northwest >>--->

---

>>---> NOIS: 17th Annual Symposium of Native & Indigenous Scholarship >>---> 

>>---> The Living Breath of wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ: 6th Annual Symposium of Indigenous Foods and Ecological Knowledge >>---> 

---

>>---> SACNAS: Indigenizing the Environmental Discourse: Inspiring our Future Environmental and ​Social Activists​ >>---> 

>>---> UW Graduate School: Jessica Hernandez: Climate change, Indigenous communities, and “taking back” 
Thanksgiving ​ >>---> 

---

>>---> UW Alumni magazine: Decolonizing the Environmental Discourse Q & A with Jessica Hernandez >>---> 

>>---> UW College of the Environment: Jessica was awarded the Outstanding Diversity Commitment Award for 2016-2017 >>--->

---

>>---> School of Marine & Environmental Affairs: Hernandez Featured on Race & Equity Initiative Blog >>--->

>>---> The Daily Article: Symposium brings together Native voices and stories of indigenous struggle>>--->

---

>>---> UW Race & Equity Initiative: New Course Shines Light on Environmental (In)Justice >>---> 

>>---> School of Marine & Environmental Affairs: Hernandez selected as one of the
​Husky 100 >>--->

---

>>---> May 17, 2017 4:30-8:30: The 16th Annual Symposium of Native and Indigenous Scholarship at the University of Washington, Seattle >>--->

>>---> UW College of the Environment: Students from UW Environment honored in the 2017 Husky 100 >>--->

---

>>---> School of Marine & Environmental Affairs: 2 SMEA Students win NSF Research Fellowships >>--->

>>---> National Science Graduate Research Fellowship Program: Jessica was awarded the 2017 NSF Fellowship for her doctorate work in 'environmental justice' >>--->

---

>>---> University of Washington: Hernandez selected as 2017 Husky 100 Recipient >>--->

>>---> March 6th and 8th:  Environmental (IN) Justice Showcase Symposium >>--->

---

>>---> The Daily Article: New UW Course Aims to Tackle Environmental Issues with a Decolonizing Lens  ​​>>--->

>>---> May 5th and 6th: ​The Living Breath of wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ: Indigenous Foods and Ecological Knowledge
​Symposium >>--->

---

>>---> School of Marine and Environmental Affairs: UW School of Marine and Environmental Affairs Q & A with
Jessica Hernandez  >>--->

>>---> Guest: Native America Calling, Where Environmental and Indigenous Goals Part >>--->​

---

>>---> The Daily Article: New Study Abroad Set in UW'S Backyard: The Puget Sound and British Columbia  >>--->

>>---> The Daily Article: Making NOIS-e for Standing Rock Fundraises $2046 for Oceti Sakowin Medics Team  >>---> ​

---

>>---> Episode 2: Jessica, Cycles: Climate Change & Indigenous Women  >>--->

>>---> The Daily Article: Listening to the Unheard Native Perspective  >>--->

---

>>---> The Daily Article: "Indigenous Students's Work Featured in the 15th Annual Research Symposium  >>--->

>>---> School of Marine and Environmental Affairs: Mentoring our Future STEM Students >>---> 

---

>>---> ​Video: American Indian Science and Engineering Society Regional 2 Conference >>--->

>>---> Marina Lab:  Jessica Hernandez Awarded the Linda Maxson Endowment Marine Policy Award  >>--->

---

>>---> School of Marine and Environmental Affairs: Hernandez Teams Up with University Partners to Host Immersion
​Day  >>--->

>>---> School of Marine and Environmental Affairs: Hernandez Selected as a Latino/a Scholars Graduate School Fellowship
​Awardee  >>--->

"Food for us comes from our relatives, whether they have wings or fins or roots. That is how we consider food. Food has a culture. It has a history. It has a story. It has relationships."

-Winona Laduke