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Robin Morris Collin, the Norma Paulus Professor of Law at Willamette University’s College of Law, was the first U.S. law professor to teach sustainability courses in a U.S. law school. She discusses the importance of foregrounding environmental justice when working toward sustainability. Morris Collin was a professor at University of Oregon's Law School 1993 to 2003. She cofounded UO's Coalition Against Environmental Racism’s Environmental Justice conference and the Sustainable Business Symposium, both of which continue into their second decade.

On December 8th, 2020 Morris Collin will give a virtual lecture “The Geography of Injustice and the Ecology of Reparations” as the Oregon Humanities Center’s 2020-2021 Colin Ruagh O'Fallon Memorial Lecturer. Her talk is part of this year’s Climate Justice series. Register at ohc.uoregon.edu