Meet Our Climate Action Fellows (2021-2024)
Since the inception of the Climate Action Program, we have had many cohorts of dedicated and brilliant students addressing climate change. Below, you can meet our Climate Action Fellows through the years!
2023-2024 Climate Action Fellows
- Nerjes Azzam (she/her) ‘25
- Major: Environmental Policy
- Summer Project: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Air Quality and Emissions Assessment Sector (Texas)
- Mishka Banuri (she/they) ’24.5
- Major: Gender, sexuality, and feminist studies
- Summer Project: HEART (Islamic reproductive justice organization), Independent project (USA)
- Tasha Deen (she/they) ‘25
- Major: English Literature
- Summer Project: Middlebury Area Land Trust (MALT) (Middlebury, VT)
- Mariia Dzholos (she/her) ‘24
- Major: Economics
- Summer Project: Wellington Management Climate Risk ESG (Boston, MA)
- Elio Farley (he/they), ‘24.5
- Major: Education Studies (Secondary Health Track) & Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
- Summer Project: Addison County Teen Center, Middlebury Pride (Middlebury, VT)
- Nadia Hare (she/her) ‘25
- Major: Conservation Biology
- Summer Project: Research Experience for Undergraduates at UT Austin, Inclusive Student Training in Collections and Field Based Topics (Austin, Texas)
- Emily Kuperstein (she/her) ‘24
- Major: Environmental Policy, Psychology
- Summer Project: Alvarez and Marshall Public Sector Service (Washington D.C.)
- Corinne Lowmanstone (she/they) ‘24.5
- Major: Conservation Biology
- Summer Project: Research and Independent Project on Middlebury College’s Justice Commitments (Remote)
- Dira Mahmud (she/her) ‘25
- Major: Earth & Climate Science & Food Studies
- Summer Project: Groundwork Somerville, School Garden Educator (Massachusetts)
- Lucas Nerbonne (he/him) ‘25.5
- Majors: Geology, Biology, History
- Summer Project: Waadookawaad Amikwag - Citizen Science research on Line 3 (Minnesota)
- Aiden Pape (he/him) ‘24
- Major: Computer Science, Math
- Summer Project: Climate Disaster Prediction Research at the University of Delaware (Delaware)
- Cassia Park (they/she) ‘24.5’
- Major: Environmental Justice, Food Studies, Education
- Summer Project: The Knoll Organic Garden at Middlebury College (Middlebury, VT)
- Marlow Saucier (they/he) ‘24
- Major: Environmental Justice, Creative Writing
- Summer Project: Addison County Relocalization Network (ACORN) (Middlebury, VT)
- Faith Wood (they/she) ‘24.5
- Major: Environmental Justice, Film & Media Culture
- Summer Project: Independent Film Project
- Zev York (he/him) ‘23.5
- Major: Religion, Philosophy and the Environment
- Summer Project: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, “Touching the Earth” (Marlboro, VT)
- Kamryn You Mak (she/her) ‘23.5
- Major: Environmental Justice
- Summer Project: Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program @ University of Wisconsin, Year 2 of internship with Chris Mantegna (Black in Marine Science) and Matt Axling (Yellow Island Preserve Manager) (Yellow Island, WA)
- Max Zeltsar (he/him) ‘24.5
- Major: Conservation Biology
- Summer Project: Tick Research with David Allen (Middlebury, VT)
- Crystal Zhou (they/she) ‘23.5
- Major: Black Studies, Classics
- Summer Project: New Perennials, Twilight Project Research on Black Farmers in Vermont (Vermont)
- Cece Ziegler (she/her) ‘24.5
- Major: Computer Science
- Summer Project: Sports Innovation Lab, Research with Shelly Potter on effects of climate change on outdoor hockey rinks
2022-2023 Fellows
- Molly Babbin ‘23 she/they
- Major: Sociology
- Summer Project: Migrant Justice internship and Theories of Change research (Vermont)
- Qiting (Tina) Cai ‘23 she/her
- Major: Conservation Biology & Spanish
- Summer Project: NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates, “Integrating Biology from Molecules to Ecosystems” (UC Berkeley)
- Sophia Fatima ‘24 she/her (Returning)
- Major: Biology & Anthropology
- Summer Project: Conservation Heritage Turambe - partner organization of GlobeMed (Rwanda)
- Emily Kuperstein ‘24 she/her
- Major: Environmental Policy
- Summer Project: Blue Lab, Democratic Consulting Firm (Cambridge, MA)
- Hannah Laga Abram ‘23 she/her
- Major: Dance & Anthropology Joint
- Summer Project: Independent research on embodiment and story (Ireland)
- Christine (CJ) Nabung ‘22.5 she/they (Returning)
- Major: Environmental Justice
- Summer Project: The Knoll farm internship (Middlebury College)
- Clark O’Bryan ‘23 he/him
- Major:
- Summer Project: Research into mycelium as cost-effective, low-carbon and green sound insulation material (Vermont)
- Andrés Oyaga ‘23 he/him (Returning)
- Major: Environmental Justice & Food Studies
- Summer Project: NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates, “Geographic, Socio-economic, and Cultural Factors Shaping Crop Diversity and Livelihood Outcomes in East Africa” (University of Vermont)
- Marlow Saucier ‘24 they/he
- Major: Environmental Justice & Food Studies
- Summer Project: SUSU CommUNITY farm (Brattleboro, VT)
- Remi Welbel ‘22.5 she/they (Returning)
- Major: Neuroscience & Dance
- Summer Project: Continued development of Zumwalt Acres, a Jewish regenerative farm (Illinois)
- Faith Wood ‘24 she/they
- Major: Environmental Justice & Film and Media Studies
- Summer Project: Vermont Abenaki Artists Association, Abenaki Arts & Education Center (Vermont)
- Zev York ‘23.5 he/him
- Major: Religion, Philosophy, and the Environment
- Summer Project: Independent research on Climate change, Aash tree extinction and emotion, relationships (Vermont, various)
- Max Zelstar ‘24.5 he/him
- Major: Conservation Biology
- Summer Project: Iceland resilient bird habitat development (Vigur, Iceland)
- Jessica Buxbaum ‘23 she/her (Returning)
- Major: Environmental Economics & Food Studies
- Kamryn You Mak ‘23.5 she/her
- Major: Environmental Justice
- Summer Project: Doris Duke Conservation Scholar at the University of Washington
2021-2022 Fellows
- Jessica Buxbaum (she/her) ‘23
- Major: Environmental Economics and Food Studies
- Summer Project: Climate Economy Action Center of Addison County (CEAC) and Addison County Relocalization Network (ACORN)
- Hamia Sophia Fatima (she/her) ‘24
- Major: Conservation Biology and Anthropology
- Summer Project: Vermont Business Strategy and Consulting Internship
- Kate Goodman (she/her) ‘24 *Returning
- Summer internship: Davis Project for Peace supporting immigrants in detention
- Jiaqi Li (she/her) ‘22
- Major: Computer Science and Geology
- Summer Project: National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation of Atmospheric Research (NCAR/UCAR)
- Christine Nabung (she/her) ‘22.5
- Major: Environmental Justice
- Summer Project: Supporting undocumented students at Middlebury College
- Francine Newman (she/her) ‘24
- Major: Environmental Anthropology and Creative Writing
- Summer Project: Adirondack Experience Museum’s Diversity Initiative and Education Fellowship
- Andrés Oyaga (he/him) ‘23
- Major: Environmental Justice and Food Studies
- Summer Project: Knoll Organic Garden at Middlebury College, racial equity work and affinity space building
- Julia Ulsh (she/her) ‘24 *Returning
- Summer Project: Rodale Institute
- Remi Welbel (she/her) ‘22
- Major: Neuroscience and Dance
- Summer Project: Zumwalt Acres farm and Chicago Children’s Hospital
- Clara Wolcott (she/her) ‘22
- Major: Environmental Studies/Architecture and Chinese
- Summer Project: Vermont Farmer’s Food Center (VFFC)