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.
Connor Scarlett Hardy
College of Arts and Sciences
PPEH Public Research Intern
Connor Hardy is a senior double majoring in Health & Societies and Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies.
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.
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.
Tsemone Ogbemi
College of Arts and Sciences
PPEH Public Research Intern
Tsemone Ogbemi is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in English. She grew up in Lagos, Nigeria and Stavanger, Norway and spent her high school years at a boarding school nestled in the woods of New Hampshire.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.
Leechen Zhu
College of Arts and Sciences
PPEH Public Research Intern
Leechen Zhu is a senior in the College studying architecture, with a second major from SEAS in materials science. She is from Delmar, NY.
2019 - 2020
Grace Boroughs
College of Arts and Sciences
PPEH Summer Public Research Intern
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.