Environmental & Social Justice

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Karina Garbesi

1992 Fellow
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...
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Carlos Plazola

1994 Fellow
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...
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Joseph Bryan

2003 Fellow
Joseph Bryan is a doctoral candidate in Geography at UC Berkeley. His research examines the role of international human rights standards in shaping the formulation and recognition of indigenous land rights in eastern Nicaragua's Miskito...
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Martha Matsuoka

2001 Fellow
Martha Matsuoka is Associate Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Executive Director of the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental College. Her teaching focuses on environmental justice, community organizing, urban...
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Alexa Engelman

2009 Fellow
A 2009 Switzer Fellow, Alexa graduated from a joint law and public policy degree program at UCLA's Law School and School of Public Affairs in 2011. She focused her studies on environmental law and policy, especially as it is applied to...
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Ariane de Bremond

2000 Fellow
Ariane de Bremond is Executive Director of the Global Land Programme (www.glp.earth), and Research Associate Professor in Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park. Motivated by her time as a development practitioner...
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Nicole Gross-Camp

2007 Fellow
Nicole is an interdisciplinary environmental social scientist whose work focuses on the intersections of biodiversity conservation, governance, and human wellbeing. She focuses particularly on East African conservation with an emphasis on...
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Ann Lopez

1997 Fellow
Ann is the senior member of the biology department at San Jose City College, an inner city college with a predominantly minority student population. She received her B.A. in biology from UC/Riverside, and her Masters in Environmental...
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Amy Clipp

2009 Fellow
I’m a New Orleans based writer who helps experts share ideas with the world. I write the documents my clients don't have time to write, and I serve as a coach when clients and their teams want to take charge of the wordsmithing themselves...
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Alfred Gonzalez

1995 Fellow
Tenured biology instructor at Evergreen Valley College (SJ,CA). My focus has shifted to improving science curricula and facilitating educational achievement for Chicano/Latino and Native American students. Other areas of focus include...