Graduate Students
Meet the graduate students in our 2023 cohort!
![Julia Dunn Julia Dunn](https://envcomm.humboldt.edu/sites/default/files/styles/kalapicture_12/public/dunn_julia.jpg?itok=gLVsoC72)
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](https://envcomm.humboldt.edu/sites/default/files/styles/kalapicture_12/public/harp_dillon.jpg?itok=9oHnJ47l)
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](https://envcomm.humboldt.edu/sites/default/files/styles/kalapicture_12/public/mcconnell_tori.jpeg?itok=zkehZG4O)
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](https://envcomm.humboldt.edu/sites/default/files/styles/kalapicture_12/public/oram_meridith.jpg?itok=h8OZy-cb)
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](https://envcomm.humboldt.edu/sites/default/files/styles/kalapicture_12/public/pena_armando.jpg?itok=QQt3v2Dw)
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](https://envcomm.humboldt.edu/sites/default/files/styles/kalapicture_12/public/rios_gomez_chelsea.jpg?itok=hNm4uzaI)
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](https://envcomm.humboldt.edu/sites/default/files/styles/kalapicture_12/public/sarkar_sangeeta.jpg?itok=ooMkR9Q0)
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](https://envcomm.humboldt.edu/sites/default/files/styles/kalapicture_12/public/schroeder-echavarria_delaney.jpg?itok=GP-QQH2k)
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 Moszkowicz Rachel Wynne Moszkowicz](https://envcomm.humboldt.edu/sites/default/files/styles/kalapicture_12/public/moszkowicz_rachel.jpeg?itok=YUgaXPat)
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