Timnit Kefela
she/they
2021 Fellow
Current Position
Assistant Professor in Environmental Science and Resource Management,
California State University-Channel Islands
Academic Background
UC Santa Barbara, Ph.D., Environmental Science and Management
Sector(s)
Academia
Region(s)
California
About Timnit's Work
Timnit Kefela is an environmental scientist, organizer and educator who seeks to better understand (micro)plastic pathways, fates and impacts in effort to inform and design liberatory infrastructural solutions for pollution mitigation and waste management. She holds a BSc and MSc in Biology from Rutgers University-Camden and was the first Black woman to receive her PhD in Environmental Science and Management from the Bren School at UC Santa Barbara. Timnit is currently an assistant professor in environmental science and resource management with a special focus on environmental justice at California State University-Channel Islands.
