Graduate Students

Meet the graduate students in our 2023 cohort!

Julia Dunn

Julia Dunn
Pronouns: they/she. Hometown: Mount Vernon, NY. Undergrad: Bates College, Environmental Studies and Teacher Certification Program

Area of Interest: Restorative Justice, Restoration Ecology, Disability Justice, Ocean Stewardship


Dillon Harp

Dillon Harp
Hometown: Galveston, Texas.  Undergrad: Cal Poly Humboldt, B.A. in Ethnic Studies.

Area of Interest: Afro-Descendant/Afro-Indigenous Ethno-Cultural Studies, Afro-Sovereignty Movements, Afro-Agricultural Systems and Ecological Knowledges


Tori McConnell

Tori McConnell
Hometown: Eureka, CA. Undergrad: Bachelor of Arts in Native American Studies from University of California, Davis.

Area of Interest: Revitalization of Traditional Indigenous Tattooing Methods


Meridith Oram

Meridith Oram
Pronouns: she/her. Hometown: North Brunswick, NJ. Undergrad: Penn State University, BS in Nutrition and BS in Spanish; Middlebury College, BA in Spanish. 

Area of Interest: Exploring roles for white settlers to support the decolonization and indigenization of systems and spaces


Armando Pena

Armando Pena
Hometown: South Central Los Angeles. Undergrad: Humboldt State University, B.A. in Ehtnic Studies.

Area of Interest: Justice, Community Power, Indigenous Sovereignty, Human LIberation and Neuro-Decolonization


Chelsea Rios Gomez

Chelsea Rios Gomez
Hometown: (so called) Pixley, CA. Undergrad: Cal Poly Humboldt, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. 

Area of Interest: traditional ecological knowledge, Mexican and Central American migration, critical race theory, social justice


Sangeeta Sarkar

Sangeeta Sarkar
Hometown: Leonardtown, MD. Undergrad: BSE in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

Area of Interest: collaborative natural resource stewardship


Delaney Schroeder-Echavarria

Delaney Schroeder-Echavarria
Pronouns: she/they. Hometown: Fullerton, CA. Undergrad: Cal Poly Humboldt (Major: Environmental Studies, Minor: Environmental Policy).

Area of Interest: Indigenous Food Sovereignty, Food politics, Traditional Ecological Knowledges, and Justice Oriented Food Systems


Rachel Wynne Moszkowicz

Rachel Wynne Moszkowicz
Hometown: Los Angeles, California. Undergrad: Pitzer College, combined major in Anthropology and Environmental Studies. 

Area of Interest: climate justice, climate emotions & embodiment, environmental education 


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