Pinar Çobanyilmaz
Pinar Çobanyilmaz is a Turkish urban scholar who is currently researching urban and rural climate resiliency measures and management after forest fires. Her academic research areas include climate change and urban resilience, the right to the city, urban conflicts, the politics of urban space, mega projects and urban regeneration, and planning theories. Dr. Çobanyilmaz received […]
Daniel Daponte
Daniel is pursuing a BA in Environmental Analysis and Policy with a minor in Urban Studies. He aspires to have a career in city planning or local government to create more sustainable and equitable cities. Through this Fellowship, Daniel will spend the fall semester paired with IOC Director and Professor Graham Wilson in a Directed Study program. […]
Chelsea Desrochers
Read more about Chelseas’s experience as the 2014 Santo Domingo Ayuntamiento Fellow
Gary DeYoung
Gary DeYoung is originally from the Boston area and worked in education in Mississippi and Arkansas for a number of years after graduating from college. He returned to Boston for graduate school, first earning a Master’s in Psychology, and now wrapping up a PhD in Applied Human Development from BU Wheelock College—what he calls a […]
Claudia Diezmartínez
Claudia Diezmartínez is a recent graduate of the Boston University Earth & Environment PhD program. Her current research focuses on urban climate policy and climate justice. Specifically, she is interested in understanding how cities can design and implement policies that serve not only to mitigate or adapt to climate change, but also to improve social […]
Yi Ding
Read more about Yi’s experience as the 2017 City of Providence Department of Innovation Fellow Yi graduated with a Masters in City Planning in Spring of 2017. Before coming to BU, she worked for the China Urban Construction Design & Research Institute Company. Yi has since moved back to China, where her work has focused […]
Paige Dolci
Paige Dolci is the former Program Manager for MetroBridge, the Initiative on Cities’ experiential learning program that embeds real-world projects for municipalities and community organizations into courses at BU. Under MetroBridge, municipalities receive research support as clients, and students receive hands-on experience addressing urban challenges surrounding racial equity, the environment, public health, social services, and […]
Tammy Dong
Tammy is currently an undergraduate senior studying International Relations at Boston University. Her areas of focus include foreign policy and security studies with a regional specialization in the Middle East and North Africa. She enjoys learning about different parts of the world and piecing together the puzzle of why the world is the way it […]
Tori Douglas
Read more about Tori’s Experience as the 2019 Greater Manchester Combined Authority Summer Fellow Tori Douglas majored in Political Science and minoring in Philosophy. She has previously worked for WaterFront Center in New York, where she worked with children to teach them the importance of environmental conservation. She interned at Environment America, where she worked […]
Zakaria Elkawa
Read about Zakaria’s experience as the summer 2023 Climate Ready Boston Intern. Zakaria is a young professional finishing his undergraduate education at Boston University with a Magna Cum Laude distinction. The breadth of his International Relations and Anthropology studies has inspired him to pursue a career in urban planning. His focus is to center climate […]