Karen Andrade co-authored a paper asking why even the best-intentioned and well-supported researchers and research organizations may struggle to design, implement, and sustain successful community engagement strategies in the health sciences.
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...
Senate Candidate. Seamstress. Park Ranger. Gardener. Activist. Filmmaker. Law Enforcement Officer. Reverend. Switzer Fellow Michelle Estelle Lewis ties together these seemingly disparate identities with the threads of faith, justice and environmental stewardship.
How can we plan for urban climate adaptation in ways that improve sustainability and social justice? Switzer Fellow Linda Shi studies the land governance institutions that make cities and disadvantaged groups vulnerable to climate impacts...
Lara Cushing is the lead author of a December 2022 study finding that historical red-lining is associated with fossil fuel power plant siting and present-day inequalities in air pollutant emissions. Read the open-access article in Nature Energy and a summary in Axios.
Deniss Martinez and Karly Hampshire were honored as recipients of the 13th annual University of California President’s Award for Outstanding Student Leadership.
"Does everybody else here feel sick too?" Dr. Jessica Trowbridge’s curiosity about the impact of exposure to environmental chemicals on health came out of her experience living binationally and experiencing the environmental burdens of pollution in her communities in central Mexico and Richmond, California.
The study found 132 wind-related incidents from 2000-2021 that resulted in at least 479 injuries and 28 deaths, many occurring at wind speeds not considered hazardous.
