Student Opportunities
Open Positions
Environmental Justice Community Fellows
YCEJ is hiring five Community Fellows who will work as a team to:
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map, serve, and augment the landscape of environmental justice work in Connecticut and the broader Northeast US
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inventory, resource and expand environmental justice research and service-learning in both undergraduate and graduate units at Yale
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pilot a new, in-depth approach to building community capacity in Bridgeport.
Each Fellow will have a defined, individual scope and regularly interact with the other four, community-based organizations, and the Center’s leadership to tune their work so that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Regional Engagement Positions
Two Regional Partner Engagement Fellow will work with regional EJ leaders and state agencies to develop a formal toolkit for EJ community organizations in the region. There will be regular work with state officials and community members with a few trips required to Bridgeport (travel will be covered by the Center). Some of the toolkit will be delivered online and/or in a “mobile-first” framework
Are you interested in brownfield restoration, land acquisition, urban ecology, and advancing community-led environmental justice priorities?
Save the Sound is working with as part of the Six Lakes Park Coalition alongside Hamden community leaders, town officials, Congregations Organized for a New Connecticut (CONECT), and the Hamden Land Conservation Trust to help transform a contaminated 102-acre property in southern Hamden known as Olin Powder Farm (aka Pine Swamp) into Six Lakes Park, a public park for the benefit of the Newhall neighborhood (an Environmental Justice Census Block), the Town of Hamden, and the broader region.
Independent Study Opportunity
Environmental Justice and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA):
Benchmarking Wealth Creation, Well-Being and More
An Assessment of the Flow of Capital, of Jobs and of Well-Being to Low-Income and Disadvantaged Communities
Professors Torres and Gelobter are hosting an independent study Fall Semester, 2023 on measuring the benefits (or lack thereof) of the IRA on Justice40 and other BIPOC affected communities. We are doing this in partnership with staff from CERES and the Center for American Progress. Students are invited to the first meeting of the independent study group on Monday, Sept. 11th at 3pm in the Sage Hall reading room.
a bit about ceeds (clean equitable energy development)
During the 2023-24 academic year, we will launch a new online program in Clean Equitable Energy Development (CEED). This is a collaborative project led by CBEY and the Center for Environmental Justice (YCEJ). Over the past two years, a team of Yale students, faculty, and staff from across the University, as well as industry experts and professionals working in frontline communities, have worked on developing the program, including an online curriculum tailored to working professionals, video production, online content development, online education business models development, cultivating new marketing and sales channels, setting up the administrative infrastructure and more.
We expect to welcome our first online cohort in January 2024. Led by Drs. Michel Gelobter and Gerald Torres and industry experts, participants will upskill their ability to design or redesign clean energy projects in a way that can immediately impact the transition to a clean, affordable, and equitable energy future. Our online learners will engage with one another and develop their skills in three online courses:
Clean Equitable Energy Development:
In January 2024, we plan to launch a new online program in Clean Equitable Energy Development (CEED). This project is one of the first major collaborations between CBEY and the Center for Environmental Justice (YCEJ). Led by Drs Michel Gelobter and Gerald Torres and industry experts, participants working in or alongside frontline communities will upskill their ability to design or redesign clean energy projects in a way that can immediately impact the transition to a clean, affordable, and equitable energy future.
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. (Readmore at www.bit.ly/ycej)
The Center is ramping up significantly this year and is seeking a dynamic cohort of Fellows who will work as a team to, among other things:
-run a global conference on Environmental Joy
-launch an online certificate program aimed at moving hundreds of millions of dollars in clean energy projects (and wealth) into environmental justice communities
-serve and expand environmental justice research and education across Yale
–teach new courses and workshops in Traditional Indigenous Knowledge, Energy Justice, Community-based Research, and more…
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. Please take a look at the variety of positions we are offering to see where you might best fit!
We look forward to hearing from you!
EJ Teaching/Faculty Fellows
YCEJ is hiring two Fellows to work with the Center’s two principal scholars, Prof. Gerald Torres and Dr. Michel Gelobter: The Fellow working with Dr. Gelobter will play a key role in updating, further developing, and running the Center’s Energy Justice course, to be taught in the Spring of 2024.
Because the Center will be launching a new, online certificate program during the same period, the Fellow will also play a role in augmenting that course and its impact with hundreds of online participants.
The second Fellow will work with Prof. Gerald Torres as a Research Associate. They will assist him in research for a book on environmental justice and another on social movements and legal change. They will also provide some support for his classes, including a new one on indigenous knowledge and forests.
Qualifications
-Passion for and creativity about energy and environmental justice
-Great research skills, including literature and database searches and summaries
-Basic office software literacy, bonus for good slide-making skills
-Good people skills, including inviting, confirming, coordinating timing and travel, and thanking speakers for the Energy Justice course
-Excellent follow-through
-Ability to meet in person 1x/week
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, launch an online certificate program to move significant resources for clean energy projects into EJ communities, expand EJ research and education across Yale, offer new courses in Traditional Indigenous Knowledge, Tribal Co-Management 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. Please take a look at the variety of positions we are offering to see where you might best fit and we look forward to hearing from you!
Do you feel passionately about strengthening local community-engaged research while creating tools for the New Haven community to access research about them? YCEJ is ready to launch New Haven People and the Environment Research Library (New Haven PERL) a special collaboration between YCEJ, Hixon Center for Urban Ecology, the Environmental Humanities and the Yale Center on Climate Change and Health funded by a Planetary Solutions seed grant.
The goal of the digital repository project is to make research available to the Yale and New Haven communities, so that researchers and students can build on existing research and avoid duplicating efforts, community members can easily access the research findings, and ultimately, a community of practice is developed to deepen community-engaged practice at Yale.
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, launch an online certificate program to move significant resources for clean energy projects into EJ communities, expand EJ research and education across Yale, offer new courses in Traditional Indigenous Knowledge, Tribal Co-Management 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. Please take a look at the variety of positions we are offering to see where you might best fit and we look forward to hearing from you!
About the Environmental Justice Community Fellows
YCEJ is hiring three Community Fellows who will work as a team to:
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Map, serve, and augment the landscape of environmental justice work in Connecticut and the broader Northeast US
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Inventory, resource and expand environmental justice research and service-learning in both undergraduate and graduate units at Yale
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Keep our work this year connected to partners in the region leading EJ efforts.
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, launch an online certificate program to move significant resources for clean energy projects into EJ communities, expand EJ research and education across Yale, offer new courses in Traditional Indigenous Knowledge, Tribal Co-Management 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. Please take a look at the variety of positions we are offering to see where you might best fit and we look forward to hearing from you!
About the Environmental Justice Community Fellows
YCEJ is hiring three Community Fellows who will work as a team to:
-
Map, serve, and augment the landscape of environmental justice work in Connecticut and the broader Northeast US
-
Inventory, resource and expand environmental justice research and service-learning in both undergraduate and graduate units at Yale
-
Keep our work this year connected to partners in the region leading EJ efforts.
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 injusticewhile 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, launch an online certificate program to move significant resources for clean energy projects into EJ communities, expand EJ research and education across Yale, offer new courses in Traditional Indigenous Knowledge, Tribal Co-Management 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. Please take a look at the variety of positions we are offering to see where you might best fit and we look forward to hearing from you!
About the Environmental Justice Community Fellows
YCEJ is hiring three Community Fellows who will work as a team to:
-
Map, serve, and augment the landscape of environmental justice work in Connecticut and the broader Northeast US
-
Inventory, resource and expand environmental justice research and service-learning in both undergraduate and graduate units at Yale
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Keep our work this year connected to partners in the region leading EJ efforts.
Are you passionate about getting federal funds directly to EJ Communities and Tribes in the region that are most at-risk? Want to be front-row for how billions of dollars of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) money will be used in Justice40 communities?
The Yale Center for Environmental Justice is looking for a Student Program Organizer to work between now and late September to work with the Center’s core team in building partnerships and designing programming to help EJ Communities and Tribal Nations in New England secure IRA funds.
YSE Environmental Justice Research Fellowship
Applications due Friday, March 10, 2023 at 1PM EST.
The Yale Center for Environmental Justice awards student fellowships to support Masters and Doctoral research focused on environmental justice. $15,000 in grant funding of up to $5000 each are awarded competitively each year to eligible students. Recognizing that the field of environmental justice is broad and multidisciplinary, we welcome proposals from students across disciplines interested in researching a range of issues significant to social and environmental justice.
The award will be provided in 2 installments: 80% of award upon acceptance of the proposal and 20% upon the completion of the research paper or report. Research papers that are not pending publication will be featured on YCEJ’s website.
Applications currently being accepted for the 2023-2024 Fellowships!
