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Ejaaz A. Mason is a Lecturer in Earth Systems at Stanford University teaching courses about community-engaged multimedia environmental storytelling. He is also the Co-Founder of Lede New Orleans, a nonprofit fostering community engagement and young adult media production training. A filmmaker, educator, and community engagement specialist, Mason was a member of the 2023-2024 John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford. From 2015 to 2020, he taught film and digital media in New Orleans public high schools, founding an award-winning film program at New Orleans Charter Math & Science High School. Mason has received numerous awards for his work in youth education. He was a cinematographer for the 2022 HBO/Time Studios documentary Katrina Babies and is the Story and Impact Producer for the 2025 documentary The River. He is also directing two documentary films: Black Suit: Sewing [Her]story, which highlights the importance of Black women in New Orleansâ Black Masking Indian culture and an untitled film about environmental and societal challenges facing residents of the Bayview Hunter's Point neighborhood in San Francisco. Currently teaching
EARTHSYS 293: Environmental Communication Practicum
(Autumn, Winter, Spring)
COMM 277G: Multimedia Environmental Communication (Autumn, Spring) EARTHSYS 192: Multimedia Environmental Communication (Autumn, Spring) EARTHSYS 140C: Critical Analysis of Environmental Media (Autumn) EARTHSYS 40: Critical Analysis of Environmental Media (Autumn) COMM 177G: Multimedia Environmental Communication (Autumn, Spring) EARTHSYS 292: Multimedia Environmental Communication (Autumn, Spring) COMM 177M: Environmental Storytelling (Winter) EARTHSYS 277M: Environmental Storytelling (Winter) COMM 277M: Environmental Storytelling (Winter) EARTHSYS 285: Community-Engaged Multimedia Environmental Communication (Winter) EARTHSYS 177M: Environmental Storytelling (Winter) EARTHSYS 295: Environmental Communication Seminar (Spring) |