
Camden Robertson ŮٱƵ23 Awarded for Best Undergraduate Thesis; Dyson Faculty, Students Present at Peace and Justice Association Annual Conference


Camden Robertson ŮٱƵ23, Peace and Justice Studies, was awarded the by the Peace and Justice Studies Association for her work ŮٱƵExtinction Rebellion: A Case Study of Nonviolent Climate Activism.ŮٱƵ
Robertson was presented with the award at the Peace and Justice Studies Association Annual Conference, held from September 14ŮٱƵ17 at Iowa State University. RobertsonŮٱƵs work was a case study on Extinction Rebellion NYC, an environmental movement using nonviolent civil disobedience to advocate for government action. Through ethnographic data and interviews, Robertson explored ŮٱƵthe human capacity to resist forces of social, economic and political power and demand action in the face of crisis.ŮٱƵ

Several Dyson faculty members and students also . Associate Professor of Peace and Justice Studies Emily Welty, PhD, and students Dante Dallago ŮٱƵ24, Peace and Justice Studies, and Kalina Walaski ŮٱƵ24, Peace and Justice Studies, presented as part of a panel on Peacebuilding and the Arts.
Welty and Robertson were also joined by Assistant Professor Garrett FitzGerald, PhD, and Peace and Justice students Mikayla Meachem ŮٱƵ24 and Natale Maclay Tijerina ŮٱƵ26 on a panel on Intersectional Approaches to Peace and Justice.