Environmental & Social Justice

Ruth is an professor and Director of the Center for Health and the Built Environment in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning Department and an affiliate faculty in the Transportation Research Center and the School of Natural...

Karina Garbesi is an Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at the California State University at Hayward. Her educational achievements include a BA in physics from UC Berkeley (with high honors), and a Masters and PhD...

Founding Partner at Alluvial Network, providing climate adaptation services to frontline communities. Also serve as Strategic Partnership Specialist for 4ocean-- improving the ocean one million pieces of trash at a time. My work history...

Carlos Plazola, 1994 Switzer Fellow, began as an environmental justice organizer in 1994. Since then, he has studied and participated in models of enabling social innovation, power redistribution, and grassroots activation through his roles...

While completing a Master's at UCLA, Cynthia served as principal investigator researching the effects of organophosphate exposure on the reproductive outcomes of farm workers. After completing a second Master's in International Relations...

Justin is the Organizing Director for the national progressive grassroots group MoveOn.org. He is responsible for the work MoveOn does to identify and train local grassroots leaders, and helped coordinate Leave No Voter Behind, MoveOn's...

Thu Quach received her Ph.D. in Epidemiology at the University of California, Berkeley. Her dissertation topic was focused on the health of nail salon workers; she has dedicated over six years of her career focusing on the health and safety...

Cathy Ross is an independent consultant with extensive experience leading programs and operations in organizations dedicated to human rights, community development, environmental sustainability, and democratic governance. She previously...

Holly Welles is the Communications and Outreach Manager for the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) at Princeton University. The Institute is the interdisciplinary center of environmental research, education and outreach at Princeton...