Poverty, Livelihoods, and Sustainable Development

As a postdoc, Ivy is focused on implementing an intervention in coastal Kenya that addresses malnutrition and its intersections with fisheries sustainability. Her research interests include rural food production systems and livelihood security in low income countries, social-ecological interactions, and subsistence agriculture adaptation and resilience to climate change.

Other institutional affiliations: E3 Nutrition Lab; Humphries Lab

I work to raise awareness about environmental issues and the interactions between the law and the environment at the law school. In academic year 2020-21 I plan to write my student note on the future of environmental Litigation as climate change continues to change society and how we operate.

Other institutional affiliations: Energy and Environmental Law Society (EELS)

My dissertation research examines the impact of climate-related disaster on the livelihoods and everyday vulnerability of the marginalized population living in jjokbang-chon, one of the last remaining slum neighborhoods in South Korea. The study also examines the role of social work institutions in addressing this population’s needs and challenges.

I will be co-president of the Energy and Environmental Law Society (EELS) at the law school for the '20-'21 academic year. My undergraduate research was conducted at Argonne National Laboratory and focused on organic carbon prediction methodology in the permafrost region. My work experience includes lab and field technician work for the DOE and work with university sustainability education programming, and I will be working as a legal extern for the EPA Office of Regional Counsel in Chicago during summer 2020.

Other institutional affiliations: Tyson Research Center; Goodman Theatre Company; Missouri Sierra Club

Chris Weatherly is a 3rd year doctoral student in social work at the Brown School as well as a licensed clinical social worker. His research focuses on the impact of climate change on mental health, specifically looking at this intersection from a system dynamics perspective.