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Mary Christina Wood Philip H. Knight Professor Faculty Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center University of Oregon School of Law Eugene, OR 97403-1221 [email protected] Mary Christina Wood is a Philip H. Knight Professor of Law at University of Oregon and Faculty Director of the law school’s nationally acclaimed Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program, ranked among the nation’s top ten programs. Her research focuses on a fundamental rights approach to ecological restoration and access to resources. She is one of the foremost authorities in the world on the public trust principle and is widely credited with originating the approach used in youth-led litigation across the U.S. and in other countries around the world invoking the principle to challenge government’s promotion of the fossil fuel energy system. She is a frequent speaker on climate issues and has received national and international attention for her sovereign trust approach to global climate policy. Her work has been featured in national and international media outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, National Geographic, CNN, CBS News, the Bill Moyers Show, and many others. Professor Wood has authored Nature’s Trust: Environmental Law for a New Ecological Age (Cambridge University Press), as well as textbooks, book chapters, monographs, and articles spanning environmental and natural resources law, tribal sovereignty, and climate crisis. ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, OR, 1992-present Professor of Law, 2002-present Faculty Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center, 2009-present Founding Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center, 2003 Associate Professor, 1996-2002 Assistant Professor, 1992-1995 Visiting Professor, 1991 Cour Courses Taught: Property Law, Hazardous Waste Law, Public Lands Law, Wildlife Law, Indian Law, Natural Resources Law, Public Trust Law, Undergraduate Environmental Law and Policy U.S. Department of Interior, Office of the Solicitor, Portland, Oregon, 1991 Assistant Special Counsel to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for Endangered Species Act “God Squad” exemption proceedings involving the Northern Spotted Owl Perkins Coie, Seattle, WA and Portland, Oregon, 1988-1991 Attorney in environmental department of both the Seattle and Portland offices U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1987-1988 Judicial clerkship with Judge Procter Hug, Jr. EDUCATION Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, CA J.D., 1987 Journal: Environmental Law Journal, Project Editor Societies: Environmental Law Society, Executive Vice-President Class Secretary and Correspondent University of Washington, Seattle, WA B.A. Political Science, summa cum laude, 1984 Honors: Phi Beta Kappa Phi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honor Society) U of W Certificate of High Scholarship Alpha Chi Omega Outstanding Scholarship Award BAR ADMISSION Admitted to practice in Oregon and Washington. GRANTS & AWARDS • University of Oregon Sustainability Innovation Award, 2019 • National Science Foundation NSF Convergence Accelerator “Big Idea” Grant ($80,000), 2019, funding Landscape Carbon Sequestration for Atmospheric Recovery (co-PI) (one of six chosen nationally) • Law School Pillar of the Community Award, 2016 • David Brower Lifetime Achievement Award, 2015 • Research Innovation Award, 2010 • Summer Research Grant Awards, 2005-2014 • Luvaas Faculty Fellow, 2007-2008 • Morse Center for Law and Politics Resident Scholar, 2006-2007 • Dean’s Distinguished Faculty Fellow 2005-2006 • Morse Center for Law and Politics Project Grant, 2005 • Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Partnership Award (shared), 2005 • Clark County Sammy Award for Conservation (shared), 2005 • Love, Moore, Banks and Grebe Faculty Fellow, 2004-2005 • External Pilot Program Award, 2004 • Alfred T. Goodwin Faculty Fellowship Award, 2003 • Orlando J. Hollis Award for Distinguished Teaching, 2002 • University of Oregon Appropriate Dispute Resolution Scholarship Grant, 2001 • University of Oregon Appropriate Dispute Resolution Teaching Grant, 2001 • University of Oregon Summer Research Award, 2001 • John L. Luvaas Summer Research Fellowship, 1996 2 • University Ersted Distinguished Teaching Award, 1994 • University of Oregon Summer Research Grant, 1994 PUBLICATIONS Books and Book Chapters THE PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW, THIRD EDITION (Textbook) (with Michael C. Blumm) (Carolina Academic Press, 2020). TEACHER’S MANUAL, THE PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW, THIRD EDITION (Textbook) (with Michael C. Blumm) (forthcoming, Carolina Academic Press, 2021). Restoring Democracy: Nature’s Trust, Human Survival, and Constitutional Fiduciary Governance, chapter in DEMOCRACY UNCHAINED: HOW TO REBUILD GOVERNMENT FOR THE PEOPLE (David Orr, Bill Becker eds.) (The New Press, 2020). Atmospheric Recovery Litigation Around the World: Gaining Natural Resource Damage Awards Against Carbon Majors to Fund a Sky Cleanup for Climate Restoration, chapter in HANDBOOK ON LOSS AND DAMAGE (Edward Elgar, 2020). Joseph Sax: The Public Trust in Environmental Law, chapter in PIONEERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (with Gerald Torres) (Twelve Table Press, 2020). Atmospheric Recovery Litigation: Making the Fossil Fuel Companies Pay for Cleaning up the Atmosphere, chapter in BEARING WITNESS: THE HUMAN RIGHTS CASE AGAINST FRACKING AND CLIMATE CHANGE (Kathleen Dean Moore, Tom Kern, eds.) (Oregon State University Press, 2021). Foreword, EARTH LAW: A PRACTITIONER'S GUIDE (Wolters Kluwer, 2020). The Public Trust Paradigm for a New Economy, chapter in LAW AND POLICY FOR A NEW ECONOMY (Edgar Elgar Publishing, 2017). Nature’s Trust: A Legal and Sacred Covenant to Protect Earth’s Climate System for Future Generations, chapter in THE URGENCY OF CLIMATE CHANGE: INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017). The Public Trust Doctrine in Environmental Decision-Making, chapter in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (with Gordon Levitt) (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016). Foreword, IMPLEMENTING ADAPTATION STRATEGIES BY LEGAL, ECONOMIC AND PLANNING INSTRUMENTS ON CLIMATE CHANGE (Springer Publishing, 2016). THE PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW, SECOND EDITION (Textbook) (with Michael C. Blumm) (Carolina Academic Press, 2015). 3 TEACHER’S MANUAL, THE PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW, SECOND EDITION (Textbook) (with Michael C. Blumm) (Carolina Academic Press, 2015). NATURE’S TRUST: ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FOR A NEW ECOLOGICAL AGE (Cambridge University Press, 2013). Book review, Hon. Alfred Goodwin (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals), A Wake up Call for Judges, 2015 Wisconsin Law Review 785 (2015). THE PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW, FIRST EDITION (Textbook) (with Michael C. Blumm) (Carolina Academic Press, 2013). TEACHER’S MANUAL, THE PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW, FIRST EDITION (with Michael C. Blumm) (Carolina Academic Press, 2013). TEACHER’S MANUAL, NATURAL RESOURCES LAW, SECOND EDITION (with Jan Laitos and Sandi Zellmer) (West Publishing, 2013). Using the Public Trust Doctrine to Achieve Ocean Stewardship, chapter in RULE OF LAW FOR NATURE (with Mary Turnipseed et al.) (Cambridge University Press, 2013). Securing Planetary Life Sources for Future Generations: Legal Actions Deriving from the Ancient Sovereign Trust Obligation, chapter in THREATENED ISLAND NATIONS (with Stephen Leonard, Daniel Bartz, and Nicola Peart) (Cambridge University Press, 2012). NATURAL RESOURCES LAW, SECOND EDITION (with Jan Laitos and Sandi Zellmer) (West Publishing, 2012). Atmospheric Trust Litigation Around the World, chapter in FIDUCIARY DUTY AND THE ATMOSPHERIC TRUST (Ashgate Publishing, 2012). Atmospheric Trust Litigation, chapter in CLIMATE CHANGE READER (Carolina Academic Press, 2011). Atmospheric Trust Litigation, chapter in ADJUDICATING CLIMATE CHANGE: SUB-NATIONAL, NATIONAL, AND SUPRA-NATIONAL APPROACHES (Cambridge University Press, 2009). TEACHER’S MANUAL, NATURAL RESOURCES LAW, FIRST EDITION (with Jan Laitos, Sandi Zellmer, and Dan Cole) (West Publishing, 2007). NATURAL RESOURCES LAW, FIRST EDITION (with Jan Laitos, Sandi Zellmer, and Dan Cole) (West Publishing, 2006). TREATISE ON PUBLIC TRUST LAW (work in progress with Professor Michael Blumm). THE DAWN OF PLANETARY PATRIOTISM: A CITIZENS’ CALL TO CLIMATE DEFENSE (work in progress with Heather A. Brinton). 4 Law Reviews and Other Scholarship The Public Trust Principle and Constitutional Approaches Worldwide, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REVIEW OF SOUTH KOREA (forthcoming 2021) (with Anne Wolke). “On the Eve of Destruction”: Courts Confronting the Climate Emergency, INDIANA LAW JOURNAL (forthcoming 2021). A Perspective on Interdisciplinary Convergence to Accelerate Natural Climate Solutions (work- in-progress with Lucas Silva et. al.), NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE (draft submitted for consideration August, 2020). A Framework for Sky Carbon Cleanup and Climate Restoration, Part I: Devising Regional Atmospheric Recovery Plans (with Rob Mellinger) (work in progress). A Framework for Sky Carbon Cleanup and Climate Restoration, Part II: Securing Natural Resource Damage Awards Against Carbon Majors (with Callan Elizabeth Barrett and Zachary Griffith) (work in progress). Landscape Carbon Sequestration for Atmospheric Recovery White Paper: A Perspective on Convergence to Accelerate Carbon Dioxide Drawdown, submitted to National Science Foundation