Rebecca Watts Hull

Rebecca is an Academic Professional - Service Learning and Partnerships Specialist in Georgia Tech's Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain. Rebecca recently earned a PhD in History and Sociology of Technology and Science at Georgia Tech, where she taught several courses including Social Movements and American Environmental History. She is interested in the relationships between student activism and sustainability leadership on college campuses and broader social movements. Her dissertation examined food justice and sustainability activism on college campuses in the U.S. Before returning to academia to pursue a PhD, she served as Executive Director of Mothers & Others for Clean Air, a nonprofit partnership advocating clean air policies and smog safety in Georgia. Earlier in her career, Rebecca worked as a science and environmental education curriculum consultant on a number of projects including California’s Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI), and she served as Curriculum Director for an independent school in Atlanta, designing an integrated science and social studies curriculum framework. Rebecca also has worked in environmental project management in East Africa with the U.S. Peace Corps and in Washington, DC with the World Wildlife Fund and other nonprofit organizations. She holds Master of Science degrees from Georgia Tech (History and Sociology of Technology & Science) and University of Michigan (Natural Resources & Environment) and a BA from Bucknell University.