Dr. Jennifer Hirsch is an applied cultural anthropologist recognized internationally for fostering university and community engagement in sustainability and climate action. Since August 2015, she has served as the inaugural Director of the Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain (SLS) at the Georgia Institute of Technology. SLS is a campus-wide academic initiative preparing students to use their disciplinary expertise to “create sustainable communities” in partnership with community, nonprofit, business, and academic stakeholders. Jenny’s research and teaching interests focus on equity in the sustainable built environment, grassroots sustainability innovation, and sustainability in cross-cultural perspective.