Alumni Fellows and Interns

nayakp@sas.upenn.edu

Pooja Nayak is a Ph.D. candidate in South Asia Studies and Anthropology at Penn, with interests in how environments are made, the social worlds of science and technology practitioners, nature writing in Kannada, and public scholarship.

I am a rising sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences studying English and Environmental Studies.

I am a senior double-majoring in HSOC (Disease and Society) and Medical Anthropology with a minor in English.

Mikayla Golub is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She is majoring in History with a World History concentration and minoring in Creative Writing. 

Jessica Lin is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences from New York. She is studying architecture and urban studies.

aniess@sas.upenn.edu

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I am an audio-visual researcher based in Philadelphia. Impelled by the urgency of contemporary ecological crises, I make research that highlights their disorienting exigencies.

Georgia Ray is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences triple majoring in Cognitive Science, Philosophy, and Urban Studies with a minor in Environmental Studies.

Leechen Zhu is a senior in the College studying architecture, with a second major from SEAS in materials science. She is from Delmar, NY.

I was born and raised in South Africa. I am interested in the ways in which these three subjects are interconnected and can be used to make positive change for the environment.

achenchc@sas.upenn.edu

Alex Chen is a third year Anthropology doctoral student in the combined MD / PhD program.

Katie Collier is a freshman undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania studying Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.

I am a rising senior in the College of Arts and Sciences majoring in Urban Studies with a concentration in Environmental Studies, and a minor in Hispanic Studies.