Cielo earned her Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research is focused on hydrodynamic modeling, spatial analysis, and risk assessment tools to study exposure and adaptation to...
Abby Cunniff studies the intersection of prison labor and climate change adaptation work, looking at the recent history of California-based programs and interventions made by prison abolitionists.
California’s Transformative Climate Communities Program (TCC) funds the development and implementation of neighborhood-level transformative plans that include multiple projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to fighting...
Dustin Mulvaney was featured in a May 2023 KSQD Sustainability Now! episode on the social and ecological impacts of large solar farms in the desert and whether they can contribute to a “just energy transition”. Listen here
Abstract: Predicted increases in extreme droughts will likely cause major shifts in carbon sequestration and forest composition. Although growth declines during drought are widely documented, an increasing number of studies have reported...
Read up on the latest titles released by fellows in our Switzer Fellows Book List. This running list includes titles ranging from young adult fiction to socio-environmental research, and from the wildlife of the Northeast to the wildflowers...
Kerry is committed to making good on the promises of California for all of its residents and supporting historically marginalized communities to advocate for themselves and succeed in their own futures’ creation. Their work focuses on environmental justice, drinking water and a Just Transition.
