Ryan Emanuel is a Lumbee scientist, community-engaged scholar, and author from North Carolina. He is a tenured faculty member at Duke University who specializes in the science of water and ecosystems as well as policies on environmental justice and Indigenous Rights. At Duke, he leads a research group that studies how humans and our non-human relatives affect (and are affected by) water and environmental processes. Ryan has written or coauthored more than 70 scientific articles, and he is the author of On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice, a 2024 book from UNC Press. (more)