The College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) is the academic home to six of this year’s summer Sustainability Research Fellows, sponsored by Mason's Institute for a Sustainable Earth (ISE) and the Graduate Division. Unique among summer research opportunities, this fellowship pairs Mason doctoral or master's students with organizations engaged in applied and impactful research on a host of sustainability, resilience, and environmental justice initiatives. In Summer 2024, students from a wide array of programs and backgrounds will co-create and conduct research activities with partner organizations that are making a positive impact on our world.
- Patrick Ansah, PhD student in communication, will coordinate research on community perceptions of climate and infrastructure investment in rural Virginia and West Virginia in partnership with Appalachian Voices.
- Doran Tucker, PhD student in sociology, will work with the Environmental Defense Fund to study attitudes and policies related to alternative energy production in rural communities.
- Jewels Juhee Park, PhD student in sociology, will assess the social and environmental impacts of the data center industry throughout Virginia in partnership with the Sierra Club of Virginia.
- Neha Gour, PhD student in communication, will lend her expertise in health policy and patient advocacy to the engaged research projects pursued by the Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action.
- Benjamin Adjei, PhD student in sociology, will expand his research on environmental peacebuilding in the Sahel region of Africa while a Fellow with the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program.
- Urszula Horoszko, PhD student in communication, will develop a research program focused on migration and asylum in Eastern Europe in partnership with the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program.
April 12, 2024