2021 - 2022
Pooja Nayak
PPEH Dissertation Completion Fellow
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.
2020 - 2020
Zoë Affron
College of Arts and Sciences
PPEH Summer Public Research Intern
I am a rising sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences studying English and Environmental Studies.
Isabelle Breier
College of Arts and Sciences
PPEH Summer Public Research Intern
I am a senior double-majoring in HSOC (Disease and Society) and Medical Anthropology with a minor in English.
2020 - 2021
Santiago Cunial
Doctoral Candidate, Political Science
PPEH Graduate Fellow
Santiago Cunial is currently a PhD candidate in political science at the University of Pennsylvania, where he works on political incentives towards energy transitions in developing countries.Mikayla Golub
College of Arts and Sciences
PPEH Public Research Intern
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.
Sherif H. Ismail
Doctoral Candidate, Comparative Literature
PPEH Graduate Fellow
Sherif H. Ismail is a doctoral candidate in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at Penn.
Davy Knittle
Doctoral Candidate, English
PPEH Graduate Fellow
Davy Knittle (he/they) is a sixth-year Ph.D. candidate in English.
Jessica Lin
College of Arts and Sciences
PPEH Public Research Intern
Jessica Lin is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences from New York. She is studying architecture and urban studies.
Jane Robbins Mize
Doctoral Candidate, English
PPEH Graduate Fellow Alum
Jane Robbins Mize is a writer, teacher, and literary
Miranda Mote
Doctoral Candidate, Architecture
PPEH Graduate Fellow
Miranda is an artist, architect, and historian of North American landscapes. She writes histories of places as they are informed by belief and imagination.
Andrew Niess
Mellon Dissertation Fellow, Penn Program in Environmental Humanities
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
College of Arts and Sciences
PPEH Public Research Intern
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.