Marccus Hendricks

Marccus D. Hendricks is an associate professor of Environmental Planning and the director of the Stormwater Infrastructure Resilience and Justice Lab at the University of Maryland (UMD). His role by affiliation extends into the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health. In 2023, Hendricks served in the Biden-Harris Administration as a Senior Advisor in the Office of Environmental Justice at the White House Council on Environmental Quality in the Executive Office of the President.

Hendricks’ environmental justice portfolio spans over 15 years working on the ground with communities from Texas, through the Carolinas, and into Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. To date, he has primarily worked to understand how social processes and development patterns result in hazardous human-built environments, vulnerable infrastructure, and the related risks and promising adaptation strategies related to urban stormwater management.

While at UMD, Hendricks has received two early-career awards and several other research accolades. His work has been covered by or quoted in the Associated Press, Cable News Network, National Public Radio, USA Today, and Scientific American, to name a few. Hendricks has a TEDx talk titled “Citizen Participation in Rising Waters,” was selected as a “Fixer” in the 2021 Grist 50; served on the U.S. EPA’s Science Advisory Board; and is an author on the Social Systems and Justice chapter of the U.S. Fifth National Climate Assessment. He has a PhD in urban and regional science and a Master of Public Health, both from Texas A&M University.