UC Davis

Vida dreams of self-determined Black, Indigenous, and/or migrant farmworker communities providing the human right to safe and affordable access to clean water, air, food, and shelter for all in California’s Central Valley and beyond.

Peter studies the relationship between immigrant and refugee migration, disaster resilience, climate change adaptation, and environmental and climate justice. Grounded in public and community-engaged scholarship, his current research focuses on the Vietnamese community in New Orleans, LA.

Melinda (N’dee, San Carlos Apache) examines plant and soil biochemical responses to cultural burns using Traditional Ecological Knowledge with Tribal partners. Her research intersects environmental policy and science, and is rooted in Native ways of knowing and being.

Natalia Pinzón Jiménez is a PhD Candidate in the Geography Graduate Group at the University of California at Davis. Natalia specializes in agroecology as a means to reduce on-farm and global climate risk. Her doctoral research focuses on...

Deniss is a PhD candidate in the Graduate Group in Ecology at UC Davis. The purpose of her dissertation is to find strategies for California Native communities and their collaborators to create governance and collaborative mechanisms that...

Kristin (she/her/hers) is an Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at UC Berkeley focused on water justice policy and planning in California.

Brittani R. Orona is an enrolled member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe and received her Ph.D. in Native American Studies with a Designated Emphasis in Human Rights at UC Davis in Spring 2022. She is currently an Assistant Professor of American...

Lauren received a Master of Science in International Agricultural Development (IAD) at the University of California, Davis, where she was able to combine her passions for sustainable food systems and social justice with an international...

Erik Grijalva completed his PhD in restoration ecology at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), where his research revolved around understanding restoration and conservation approaches within highly modified ecosystems. His...