Youth Geographies | Climate Justice | Storytelling | Social Movements
Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow & Incoming Assistant Professor of Geography at the Pennsylvania State University
Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow & Incoming Assistant Professor of Geography at the Pennsylvania State University
I am currently a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Geography at The Pennsylvania State University (PSU), where I am working on research surrounding transnational youth climate justice activism. Across Penn State, I am an Affiliate of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI), Penn State Sustainability, the Alliance for Education, Science, Engineering and Design with Africa (AESEDA), and the Consortium for Social Movements, Education Research, and Practice.
I will also be a Co-Funded faculty member within the Institute of Energy and the Environment and the Social Science Research Institute at Penn State. In this role, I will teach undergraduate and graduate courses focused on climate justice and youth geographies, advise students in these areas, and continue to build the Global Youth Storytelling and Research Lab (The GYSRL) at PSU to bridge youth-centered research, education, storytelling, and policy advocacy. Please feel free to get in touch if you might be interested in working with me as a student.
In addition to research, writing, and teaching, I am deeply engaged in climate policy and advocacy work. I currently serve as a Leadership Team and Board Member for the North Carolina Climate Justice Collective, and have previously been a project-lead for the global youth ‘think-and-do-tank’ CliMates and a several time delegate to the United Nations’ International Climate Negotiations. Recently, I was a 2023 Emerging Leader for Climate Action through the organization Globally and part of the inaugural Elevate the Discipline cohort through the American Association of Geographers in 2023. I am currently one of twelve researchers involved in the Youth Democracy Cohort's Young Researchers' Network.
Video of the 2023 AAG Elevate the Discipline Cohort
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