Environmental & Social Justice

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Gutierrez authors paper on the Ethnography of Environmental Justice

A new paper by Grant Gutierrez, The Double Force of Vulnerability, reviews ethnographic literature of environmental justice (EJ).
September 16, 2021
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Patterson recruited as UCLA Samueli Mentor Professor

Regan Patterson has been recruited as one of three inaugural professors in UCLA Samueli's Mentor Professor Program. The program is a new initiative "designed to hire faculty with a demonstrated record of, or who show exceptional promise for, mentorship of students from underrepresented and underserved populations."
August 12, 2021
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Cronin and Zavaleta publish toolkit for addressing departmental equity shortcomings

Melissa Cronin and Erika Zavaleta led an effort at UC Santa Cruz to compile a toolkit of resources for academic departments to use in addressing issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
August 12, 2021
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Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast interviews Patterson on transportation justice

Dr. Regan Patterson discusses her research and advocacy for transportation reparations and justice. "You're starting to see this explicit link being made between state-sanctioned violence and transportation equity."
June 30, 2021
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Ángel Ibañez

2021 Fellow
Ángel is an MBA and MPP candidate at MIT's Sloan School of Management and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, where he is a Bacon Environmental Fellow through the Center for Public Leadership. His work focuses on expanding clean energy...
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Alicia Arrington

2021 Fellow
Alicia Arrington received her J.D. at the University of California at Berkeley Law School, where she pursued her interests at the intersections of land, housing, and environmental justice. She was the founder of the Free the Land Project as...
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Aaron Maruzzo

2021 Fellow
Aaron Maruzzo is a MPH graduate from the Environmental Health Sciences department at UC Berkeley School of Public Health. He joined UC Berkeley after three years of working as the Water Lab Analyst for the municipal water company in the U.S...
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Josh Greene

2021 Fellow
Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Josh studied Architecture at Arizona State University which laid a foundation of utilizing local materials, and imprinted the importance of designing for social impact. In 2017, Josh joined MASS Design...
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Timnit Kefela

2021 Fellow
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...
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Clara Fang

2021 Fellow
Clara Fang works to empower traditionally marginalized people in climate advocacy, including people of color and young people. She is the founder of Green Tara Consulting, an organization that supports individuals and organizations working...