Award: Established Faculty Service and Leadership in Social Work Education Award
Dr. Mason is a social worker, scholar, educator, and advocate for climate justice. She finds purpose and passion in engaging social work in confronting the climate crisis to create a thriving and regenerative world for all.At the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Social Work, Dr. Mason co-created a Master’s in Social Work concentration in Ecological Justice and served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Interim Dean.
Nationally and internationally recognized for her climate justice work, Dr. Mason co-edited the book People and Climate Change: Vulnerability, Adaptation, and Social Justice, a collection of lived experiences and case studies in climate injustice from the Global South and North.
She also served as co-lead of Social Work’s Grand Challenge to Create Social Responses to a Changing Environment for 5 years, and she served the City and County of Denver as an inaugural member of its sustainability advisory council.