Sasha Adkins

Sasha Adkins

Senior Lecturer in Environmental Health Sciences

Focus on endocrine disruption, plastics.

Location

Goessmann Building

686 North Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01003
United States

240E Goessmann

In my doctoral research, I tested the adsorption of mercury to plastic marine debris. I learned that styrene-butadiene block copolymer is very good at pulling mercury out of sea water. Frustrated that we aren’t acting on the data we already have, I moved into applied research. 

Education

  • PhD, Environmental Studies, Antioch University, Keene, NH
  • MPH, International Health, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
  • Bachelor of International Studies, World Issues Program, School for International Training, Brattleboro, VT

Key Publications

Adkins, S. “Slow Violence: The Erosion of Plastic Marine Debris and of Human Health” in Plastic Legacies, Eds. Trisia Farrelly, Sy Taffel, and Ian Shaw: Athabasca University Press, 2021. 41-57

Friedman, E.J., Adkins, S., Guidotti, T.L. “Foundational health content in environmental studies, sciences, and sustainability education: report of a workshop” Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences (2020)

Adkins, S. “From Disposable Culture to Disposable People: The Unintended Consequences of Plastic,” Wipf and Stock (2018)

Adkins, S. "Plastics: A Spiritual Crisis" in Watershed Discipleship: Reinhabiting Bioregional Faith and Practice. Ed. Ched Myers. Portland, Oregon: Wipf and Stock (2016)