Environmental Justice Community Fellows

Anchored by a growing team of renowned scholars and activists, the Yale Center for Environmental Justice addresses multiple existential threats whose roots lie in environmental and social injustice.  We work with over 30 faculty and centers across Yale as well as in communities around the world to remedy the key drivers of injustice while co-creating generative solutions for a more just and sustainable world.  

The Center is ramping up significantly this year to lead a global conference on Environmental Joy, offer an online certificate program to move significant resources for clean energy projects into EJ communities, expand EJ research and education across Yale, and continue to offer courses in Tribal Resources and Sovereignty and Energy Justice. We are looking for passionate, talented students to join our team! 

As a Fellow with YCEJ, you will gain experience doing cutting edge research and program development in environmental justice and get the chance to work with leaders in diverse domestic and international contexts.  Fellows will be directly mentored in weekly meetings by YCEJ’s Executive Director, faculty and staff, with the goal not just of generating amazing results for our partner communities but also of moving Fellows into the forefront of environmental and climate justice practice. Look at our Student Opportunities page for openings!

2023

Environmental Justice Community Fellow, Environmental Studies '24
Yale Center for Environmental Justice
Environmental Justice Community Fellow: Regional Partner Engagement, Master of Environmental Management '25
Yale Center for Environmental Justice
Development Fellow, Master of Environmental Management '25
Yale Center for Environmental Justice
EJ Community Fellow , J.D,'25 Pace Law School , Master of Environmental Management '25 Yale School of the Environment 2025
Yale Center for Environmental Justice
Community-Engaged Research Fellow, Yale Center for Environmental Justice, Master of Public Health, Epidemiology '24

2022

MEM Candidate 2023, Research Assistant
MESc & MPH Candidate 2023
MESc Candidate 2023
EJ Community Fellow, Master of Environmental Management '24
Yale Center for Environmental Justice
Community-Engaged Research Fellow, Yale Center for Environmental Justice, Master of Public Health, Epidemiology '24
MEM Candidate 2022
MEM Candidate 2023

2021

Environmental Justice Community Fellow
MPH, MESc Candidate 2023
Alisa E. White
Community Resource Lab Fellow
J.D & MESc Candidate
Max Teirstein
Community Resource Lab Fellow
B.S. Candidate in Environmental Studies, Political Science
Community Resource Lab Fellow, Communications and Events Associate
MEM Candidate 2023
MPH Candidate, Research Assistant
Yale School of Public Health
Molly Johnson
Teaching Fellow, Tribal Resources and Sovereignty Clinic, MEM Candidate 2023, Research Assistant
Yale School of the Environment
Environmental Justice Community Fellow
Yale Law School J.D.'22
Environmental Justice Community Fellow
MEM Candidate 2023

People and Partners

Yale Center for Environmental Justice
Yale School of the Environment
Kroon Hall
195 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Email: ycej@yale.edu