Awards
Here is a compilation of the awards earned by Dr. David Padgett over decades of dedicated service in the field of environmental justice.
The robert bullard environmental justice award
(2024)
Dr. David Padgett, receiving the Robert Bullard Environmental Justice Award this year (August 2024) for his work showing how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping can be applied to help low-income communities address environmental justice issues.
THE yOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE MEDAL
(2020)
David A. Padgett, Associate Professor of Geography and Director of the Geographic and Information Sciences Laboratory at Tennessee State University, is the winner of its sixth annual Youth Environmental Science (YES) Medal.
​February 2020 - Padgett was named the 2020 Youth Learning as Citizen Environmental Scientists (YLACES), Inc., Youth Environmental Science (YES) Medalist, accompanied by a $10,000 “re-grant” to organizations that involve youth in environmental science
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September 2019 - Padgett was named an EthicalGEO Fellow by the American Geographical Society in support of his project “Democratizing Geospatial Technology: A Model for Providing Technical Assistance in Community Based Participatory Mapping to Environmental Justice Stakeholder Communities.”
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​​April 2019 - Padgett was awarded the American Association of Geographers Presidential Achievement Award for “significant contributions in advancing geography, GIS, and STEM education within the Historically Black College and University.”
