Jacob Gedetsis coordinates SUNY ESF’s Writing Resource Center and teaches environmental writing and research courses in its Writing, Rhetoric, and Communications program. Gedetsis is the co-founder and director of Write Out, a community writing collective that partners local writers, artists, and university students with youth-focused after-school programs in Syracuse.  Write Out holds weekly, year-round writing and storytelling workshops with students from the ages of 6-18. His work centers on community-engaged scholarship and creative work that uses participatory, action-based methodologies for humanities research, coalition building, and collective action. He is particularly interested in how public arts and environmental humanities projects generate a more inclusive and connected community through creative expression.